For this assignment, you might need several types of sources:
Source Type | Start Here |
Background Information | Gale eBooks - encyclopedias on many topics. |
Scholarly Articles |
A library database. Multidisciplinary databases have materials on many subjects and are a great place to start; subject-specific databases have information concentrated in one subject area. see recommendations below. |
Journalism/News | Google News (especially for current news); UT Libraries NexisUni database (especially for older news articles). Make sure to evaluate unfamiliar publications. |
Primary Sources | This guide will help you think about what a primary source is; Google might be a starting place to locate primary sources, especially government documents (see the Google search tips below). If you have questions, ask your librarian or professor. |
Searching databases is different than searching Google. Distil what you're looking for into a few key terms or phrases, rather than whole sentences.
Key Concepts |
immigrant students | academic achievement | policy debates |
Related Terms |
undocumented students (more specific) immigrants
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learning academic performance achievement (more general) success academic success |
public debate policy ideas policy proposals attitudes (more general/related) negative attitudes positive attitudes |
Background and overviews
For more information on ebooks see the Ebook Guide
Multidisciplinary Databases
Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.
Members of the public can read online up to three articles for free every two weeks from a large subset of JSTOR journals via the Register & Read program. This program allows remote access. Non-UT students, faculty and staff who need more articles can contact library staff for other access options.
For more information on ebooks see the Ebook Guide
Subject-Specific Databases
LGBT Life provides comprehensive coverage of traditional academic, cultural, lifestyle and regional publications, including The Advocate, Lesbian News and Bay Windows. LGBT Life also provides indexing and abstracts for the full run of many historically significant titles such as ONE, The Ladder, Mattachine Review, Christopher Street and Body Politic. In addition, LGBT Life includes other source types such as monographs, reference books, newsletters, case studies and speeches. It also provides relevant bibliographic data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies.
News/Journalism
Google Search Tips:
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This video, from RMIT University, explains what a database is...
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