LibGuides: ENC 1102 (Gibson): Home

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Follow these steps:

Log in to Atlas
Go to the Courses tab
Locate the Libraries Channel halfway down the right-hand side of the screen
Click on Search the Library.

Note: If you do not access this guide through Atlas or Canvas, you will be prompted for a Borrower ID and PIN when you click on the links to library resources

Your Borrower ID is your V number including the V.
Your PIN is the last four digits of your VID

MLA Guides online

Remember that although many of the library databases provide MLA citations for electronic sources, it is your responsibility as a student to ensure that all of your citations are correct.

Be sure to compare any database generated citations to the library's MLA guides online (link below), the official MLA Handbook (located at the second floor Reference Desk), or your Little Seagull Handbook.

Citation Guides

The Perfect Source

One Perfect Source?

Recommended Databases

General/Interdisciplinary

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for thousands of publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It includes PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Funded by: Statewide Allocation
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation

Literary

Literature (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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
eBook Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Gale's eBook collection offers more than 85 reference sources including encyclopedias, series and more, allowing libraries to provide respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas. Users can search across a single eBook or an entire eBook collection.

Funded by: College and Statewide

Newspaper

America's News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
This NewsBank database focuses on current news from thousands of sources in the United States. Find current and historical topics related to controversial issues, the environment, health, education, science, the arts, literature, business, economics, criminal justice, and more, from sources including newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos and more.
Funded by: Statewide Allocation

Medical and Psychological

Health and Wellness (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Easy-to-use interface with access to full-text nursing and allied health journals, encyclopedias and other reference sources, as well as informational pamphlets. Also includes the Alternative Health suite of resources.

Funded by: State Library of Florida
DSM-5 (Psychiatry Online) This link opens in a new window
The DSM-5® is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders, and is the product of more than 10 years of research. It offers objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings- inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care.

Funded by: College
APA PsycArticles (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in Psychology. This esteemed collection from American Psychological Association (APA) provides access to the full spectrum of study in the field — including cutting-edge research from preeminent scholars, to the historical underpinnings of the behavioral and social sciences (from 1894 to present),

Funded by: Statewide Allocation

To Find Other Databases

Databases by Subject

Library Catalog

Search the library catalog to find books and/or ebooks on your subject. Keep in mind that books may not be as up-to-date as articles from newspapers or magazines.

Library Catalog

Video Tutorials

How to Search EBSCOhost Databases
Searching JSTOR
-You will need to Download the article and email it to yourself.
-You can copy and past sample citations by clicking on Cite. Remember to check the citations for accuracy.
Using Gale's Literature Resource Center (Artemis)
How to Find Literary Criticisms
Using the DSM-5 Online
How to Search the Library Catalog

West Campus Librarians

Google Scholar

Use the link below to search Google Scholar

After doing a search, look at the right hand side of the results screen.

Articles that say Full Text @ VCC come from the Valencia databases.

Add the word JSTOR to your search in Google Scholar

Google Scholar