LibGuides: ENC 1102 (Blewitt) Essay: Library Databases

How to access the databases

If you are not accessing this guide through Canvas, you must login to use the databases. There are two ways to do this.

1. Login via Atlas

Open a new tab or window
Login to Atlas http://atlas.valenciacollege.edu
Go to the Courses tab
Click on Search the Library on the right-hand side of the screen.
You are now logged in to the library system and can go back to the guide and click on database links.

2. Login manually

If Atlas is down or you just don't want to bother getting into it, use this method.
Click on a database link in the guide.
The screen asks you to login using your Borrower ID and PIN.
The Borrower ID is your V number including a capital V at the beginning.
The PIN is the last four digits of your V number.

Research Requirement

At least five secondary (research sources, one of which is from Valencia’s library catalog and/or Valencia’s library databases) along with the chosen story to be discussed.

Literary Databases

Biography in Context (Gale)
An engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Browse to find people based on occupation, role, or historical period, or search based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Bloom's Literature (Infobase Publishing)
Bloom’s Literature is rich with relevant content on the core authors and works most studied in the high school and undergraduate classrooms. Students will find exactly what they need without having to wade through an uncurated search. Educators will appreciate the thoughtful organization and important curriculum tools to help with lesson plans, assignments, and independent study.

Funded by: College (FALSC Group License)
Bloom's Literature (Infobase Publishing)
Bloom’s Literature is rich with relevant content on the core authors and works most studied in the high school and undergraduate classrooms. Students will find exactly what they need without having to wade through an uncurated search. Educators will appreciate the thoughtful organization and important curriculum tools to help with lesson plans, assignments, and independent study.

Funded by: College (FALSC Group License)
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
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Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and timeframes of literature. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Literature (Gale)
Gale Literature brings together all of Gale's literary databases into one seamlessly cross-searchable research and study environment. Whether you're researching authors and their works, literary movements or genres, or trying to find book reviews of bestsellers, you can search across all of your library's Gale literary databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, and more.
Funded by: Statewide Allocation

Suggested Databases

Your sources should be complete articles (no abstracts) from magazines, newspapers or journal articles.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Type your topic word in the first search box. In the second box, type words to make the search more specific.
Orlando Sentinel (NewsBank)
This is our local newspaper -- a great source for local issues.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale)
This database will give you lots of information on health and particular medical conditions if you are doing a health-related topic.
JSTOR
A database that is all scholarly articles. Use this if you are not coming up with articles in any of the other databases.
PsycArticles (EBSCO)
Use subject-specific databases like PsycArticles to find more articles if your topic is related to this discipline.

Additional Databases

ENC 1102 (Blewitt) Essay: Library Databases

How to access the databases

Research Requirement

Literary Databases

Suggested Databases

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