Library Guides: DS 094: Integrated English and Reading: Resources for your Paper

Databases to help you find and research a topic

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
A fulltext database spanning academic disciplines with coverage of popular press and scholarly publications, including peer-reviewed journals.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Contains original, comprehensive reports and analysis on issues in the news.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.

Google - Use Limiters
You can limit to government sites using .gov or educational sites by using .edu. Example: site*.edu smoke-free campus would search all university and college websites for mentions of smoke-free campus
ProCon.org
ProCon.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. Our purpose is to provide resources for critical thinking and to educate without bias. We research issues that are controversial and important, and we present them in a balanced, comprehensive, straightforward, transparent, and primarily pro-con format at no charge.

Library Catalog
The library catalog should be used to find books, government documents, and movies on your topic.
University of MS Library Topic Guides
Look through other topic guides created by librarians at UM. From "Contextualization at UM" to "Human Experimentation & UFOs," we cover a lot of ground.
Daily Mississippian
Good for browsing or searching to look at current (or past) issues at Ole Miss