Research Guides Homepage: CMS 200: Voice and Diction: Informative Speeches

Helpful Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 7,300 scholarly publications with coverage in virtually every subject area updated daily. Academic Search Premier is a section of this database.
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Central location for resources useful for Black studies' instruction and research: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, and The Chicago Defender (1935-1975).
General OneFile This link opens in a new window General OneFile is a comprehensive general-interest resource providing periodical and news information. In addition, General OneFile also features more than 500 travel guides; a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present; links to over 5,000 video files; more than 3,000 full-text titles recommended by Bowker’s “Magazines for Libraries”.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window Full-text for over 160 newspapers and other sources. (AVL)
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Search engine specifically for scholarly journal articles, books, dissertations, and technical reports.

How to Find Articles

In order to find articles, first go to the LWLC homepage and select "Databases by Subject" in the blue box on the lower left hand portion of the page. Next, select the subject you're wanting to research such as "News" (for News Articles). Finally, a new page will open with a list of databases relevant to that topic.