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!
The following databases are the best place to start.
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
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.
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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.
Articles from almost 600 reference books, covering various subjects.
From Smartphones to Social Media: How Technology Affects Our Brains and Behavior by 
The Smartphone Society by 
Media Use in Digital Everyday Life by 
Ethical and Social Dimensions of Digital Technologies : Views from the AoIR by 
Critical Perspectives on Technology and the Family by 
Digital Literacy: Skills & Strategies by 
Left to Their Own Devices: How Digital Natives are Reshaping the American Dream by 
The Marijuana Legalization Debate by 
Marijuana 360 by 
In the Weeds by Use the search box below to search the SCC Library Catalog for physical books (in one of our library locations) and eBooks. You can also open the Library Catalog or use the Advanced Search for more search options.
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