Suggested Resources for Writing Studies
Indexes & Databases Web Sites Research Help
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Password protected; ONLY UMD students, faculty and staff both on and off campus. Indexes
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Good places to start your research ...
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Academic OneFile |  |
Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals. 
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Academic Search Premier | |
Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles.
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Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...
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Alt-Press Watch | |
Full text from alternative and independent publications. |
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Alternative Press Index | |
Indexes 250 alternative, radical, and left publications |
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American Factfinder |  |
Data from 1990 and 2000 censuses, American Community Surveys, and Economic Census 1997 |
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Business News | |
Current articles on business and industry |
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CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship) | |
This database has citations from Communication Abstracts and other sources. |
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Ethnic News Watch | |
Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native presses. |
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Grants & Awards available to American Writers | |
NEW -- Database of domestic and foreign grants, awards, and residencies for use by American writers. ONCE USERS ARE AT THE DATABASE WEBPAGE, THEY MUST ENTER IN THE FOLLOWING TO LOGIN: E-mail address = umnd; Password = umnd2007 |
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JSTOR | |
Full text of over 100 periodicals from first issue. A tutorial is available |
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LexisNexis Academic | |
Business, law, medical, news. A deep database for newspaper articles and reference information. Includes polling data. |
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LLBA (Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts) | |
Index to citations and abstracts about the nature and use of language.
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MLA International Bibliography (Proquest CSA) | |
Index to articles on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. |
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New York Times (Historical Online Archive) | |
Full page images of the New York Times, from its first issue in 1851 to 2000. Includes digital images of every page from every issue, cover to cover, including the New York Times Book Review. |
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NewsStand | |
Online access to over 250 national and international newspapers, including the New York Times and the LA Times. Provides access to older articles, not just the most recent ones. |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online | |
The Oxford Engish Dictionary, containing more than 2.5 million quotations illustrates how words are used and their origins |
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Project Muse | |
Arts, humanities. social sciences and mathematics |
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RefWorks | |
An online bibliographic management tool |
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SAGE Premier | |
Coverage includes more than 125 SAGE journals, 40,000 articles, book reviews, and editorials, with original graphics and tables. Four key disciplines, including Communication Studies, Criminology, Political Science and International Relations, and Sociology. Articles on linguistics and writing can be found in the Communication Studies portion of the database. |
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WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty | |
U.S. and International library holdings |
Web Sites
Research Guide for Information Design Students
Research Guide for Journalism Students
Research Guide for Linguistics Students
Research Guide for Professional Writing and Communication Students
For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:
Sarah Beaubien, Email:sbeaubie@d.umn.edu Phone:218-726-8549 L266
