Library Resources

The Best American Magazine Writing 2013 by Sid Holt (Editor); The American Society of Magazine Editors (Editor)
Call Number: PN4853 .B47 2013
ISBN: 9780231162258
Publication Date: 2013-12-10
On Revision by William Germano
ISBN: 9780226410654
Publication Date: 2021-11-05

Suggested Search Terms

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academic writing
scholarly writing
essay writing

Suggested Boolean Searches

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writing AND feedback
scholarly writing OR academic writing
scholarly writing NOT popular writing

Suggested Subject Headings

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Writing & editing guides
English -- rhetoric
English language -- grammar

Suggested Call Number Ranges

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LB 1400 - 2000

General Database

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
(Gale) - Academic OneFile provides peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Includes coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and, other subjects.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
(Gale) - Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.
Funded by College and Statewide

Literary Databases

JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection This link opens in a new window
(JSTOR) - Access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) - Literary Reference Center Plus is the definitive literary database covering all genres and timeframes. It includes thousands of full-text poems, short stories, synopses, critical essays, literary journals, reference books and author biographies, plus lesson plans and literary study guides. It gives students a complete foundation of literary reference works.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window
(Gale) - Contains the complete archived contents of Contemporary Literary Criticism.
Funded by Perpetual License
Literature This link opens in a new window
(Gale) - Gale Literature is an integrated research experience that brings together Gale’s premier literary databases. This unique digital environment allows researchers of all levels to find a starting point, search across a wide array of materials and points in time, and discover new ways to analyze information with literature resources online.
Funded by Statewide Allocation

Topic Resources

Literary Analysis (Skill Development & Assessment)
Learn how to write a literary analysis through this resource.

How to SIFT through resources
This guide will show you how to implement the SIFT research method.
Research Companion
Follow along with this database to learn how to find, evaluate, and use information.

SO WHAT? (w/ Readings) by Kurt Schick; Laura Miller
Call Number: PE1404 .S3373 2021
ISBN: 9780197537213
Publication Date: 2021

Breaking Down Arguments (Literacy Skills & Standards)

This video explains the basic components of writing a good argument.

ENC 1102: Writing About Texts

Library Resources

Topic Resources

Breaking Down Arguments (Literacy Skills & Standards)