4. Find Sources

Once you've narrowed your topic and thought about keywords, try searching the databases below for potential sources you can use for your paper. Try to find sources that provide evidence to support your thesis. If your keywords aren't working, ask a librarian for help!

Databases / Articles

The following databases are the best place to start.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
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Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Issues & Controversies
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Features pro and con articles on more than 800 thought provoking topics in business, politics, government, education and popular culture. Updated weekly with links to a 12-year back file. Proxy Bypass
Points of View
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Contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including more than 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.Provided through EBSCO. Proxy Bypass

General Databases

Any of these databases may have sources on your topic. You may pull up a lot of results so remember to narrow by date, type of publication and using combinations of words such as "cell phones" and health and teenagers.

EBSCO General Databases
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Search 10 databases at once: Academic Search Premier, TOPICsearch, MasterFILE Premier, Military & Government Collection, MAS Ultra - School Edition, Vocational and Career Collection, Associates Programs Source, Newspaper Source Plus, GreenFILE, and News (AP, UPI, etc.). Find journal, magazine and newspaper articles. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. Proxy Bypass
Gale Power Search
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A good general database that covers many subjects, especially current new issues. Has magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, as well as some reference material. Full-text content.
Statista
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With access to over million statistics on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 credible sources, this database specialized in market and consumer data, statistics, infographics, reports, plus company insights to support research and help to find statistics, charts, graphs, and other visuals to integrate into papers and presentations.
Gale eBooks
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Contains Reference books covering many subjects, but primarily in areas of literature and social science (including history), and also some in health and science.
Credo Reference
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Articles from almost 600 reference books, covering various subjects.

Smartphones
Prison Labor Policy

From Smartphones to Social Media: How Technology Affects Our Brains and Behavior by Mark Carrier
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 1440851794
Publication Date: 2018-10-18
The Smartphone Society by Nicole Aschoff
Call Number: Central Stacks HE9713 .A83 2020
ISBN: 0807061689
Publication Date: 2020-03-10

Interrupted Life by Rickie Solinger; Paula C. Johnson; Martha L. Raimon; Tina Reynolds; Ruby Tapia
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0520944569
Publication Date: 2010-01-25
Explaining U. S. Imprisonment by Mary F. Bosworth
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 1483302105
Publication Date: 2009-01-01

Find More Books

Use the search box below to search for books at the SCC Library.

Find More E-Books

For ebooks, use the databases below.

eBook Collection (EBSCO)
A collection of over 260,000 eBooks including a variety of subjects including history, business, social science, political science, literature, science, medical, technical subjects, etc.. Proxy Bypass
EBook Central
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A collection of over 250,000 eBooks including a variety of subjects including social science, history, literature, business/management, religion, science, medicine, fine arts, education, etc.
Gale eBooks
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Contains Reference books covering many subjects, but primarily in areas of literature and social science (including history), and also some in health and science.