Intro to Public Speaking

The following multidisciplinary databases are the best bets for general research.

To search all our databases at once you can always use our library search.

For more information on how to search library databases check out our handy tutorial, Introduction to Library Research.

Academic Search Complete

• Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary general database
• Access to more than 5,890 full-text scholarly journals.

ProQuest Research Library

• General, multi-disciplinary database with full-text access to over 4,500 publications
• Includes popular magazines like Essense and Vanity Fair as well as academic journals.

JSTOR

• Great resource for art, history, literature, general and social science
• Access to over 2,000 full-text scholarly journals

Project MUSE

• Use this database for literature and criticism, political science, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, and gender studies
• Includes access to 600 full-text scholarly journals

Newspapers can be a great source of information for current issues and events. As well as gaining contemporary accounts and reactions to historic events.

(Note: some assignments require that you only use peer-reviewed scholarly resources. Be sure to double check the details of your assignment first.)

New York Times

• Complete text of The New York Times going back to 1980.
• The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine are also available

(Note: All SFC students and staff have free and unlimited access to the NY Times on their computer and mobile device. Check out our handy flyer for instructions).

Newspaper Source

• Full text access for more than 40 U.S. & international newspapers.
• Full text television & radio news transcripts are also accessible