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Welcome! This guide was designed for your Rhetoric of Sustainability course and to help you find sources for your class assignments.
Activity 1: Popular vs Scholarly Sources
Databases for Popular and Scholarly Sources
Background and Pro/Con Resources
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowGood starting point for research on "hot topics" in the news including science, education, politics and economics.
- Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new windowSummarizes current issues and controversies in political, economic, social and scientific topics. From Facts on File.
Government Resources
- govinfogovinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- USA.gov - Earth and EnvironmentFind government information on energy, green technology, pollution, wildlife, and more.
Eco and Agriculture Databases
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowGreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowCitations related to agriculture, animal science, chemistry, and natural resources. Books, Serials, AV and other materials are indexed.
Interdisciplinary Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch more than 13,300 periodicals, including full text for nearly 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. It features a mix of interdisciplinary scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and books.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowExcellent source for full text scholarly journal articles in history, economics, education, philosophy, literature, African studies, Asian studies, African American studies, sociology, political science, science, and psychology.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowFrom business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,000 titlesnearly 2,800 in full textfrom 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
