ENGL 101 English Composition 1 (Higgins)

Library Databases

Searching the databases

  • Limit to Magazines or Newspapers for current news and analysis.

  • Limit to Scholarly (peer reviewed) for scholarship.

The Alternative Press: 

Education Publications & Journalism

To search for articles in a database:

Step 1:

  • Use multiple relevant search terms.
  • Use OR for alternate terms.
  • Use AND to narrow your search.
  • Try a range of words that capture what you want to learn about and try different databases! 

ProQuest advanced search

Step 2:

This search returns 10 Magazine and Trade articles on my topic. 

results list

Step 3:

Look at titles and click on relevant-sounding titles to see what the articles are about. 

step 3

chronicle of higher ed first gen student program

Select Multimedia