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ENG 102 - English Composition - Mendelman SP 24

Best Resources for this Course

Finding Journal Articles

Often your professor will ask you to use scholarly articles, academic articles, or peer-reviewed articles. These are generally all the same thing. They are written by scholars who are experts in their fields and are usually tied to a college or university. They are great for:

  • Credible and trustworthy information
  • Recent findings and research topics in the field
  • Research studies, tables, and data
  • Bibliographies and reference lists.

 

Find Journal Articles about your topic in the databases below:

Finding Books and Ebooks

Bowman Library has a large variety of books and ebooks that are chosen for their relevance to the courses offered. You can access ebooks directly from the library website whether your off or on campus. Books and ebooks are good for finding overviews and history of your topic. ​ You don't need to read the whole book to get the information you need for your project; often one chapter of a scholarly book will cover the information you need.

 

Finding Information about modernism and modern art and culture movements:

Literary Journals (Primary sources)

Collections of photos and information about modern movements

Finding current sources with criticism and reviews on Films and Literature

 

Film Review sites:

New York Magazine

The New Yorker

New York Times

Los Angeles Times

Variety Magazine

Roger Ebert Reviews

 

Literary Magazines:

The New Yorker

The Paris Review

The Atlantic

Granta

 

 

How to do a Site Search on Google

Site searches are a great way to find credible sources online.  You can tell Google to search for results only on one kind of site, or one specific site.

For example, if you only want results from educational sources, you can use this :   

site:.edu modernist

Or site:.org modernist for results from Museums, Archives, or History Projects.

You can also choose a specific source, like the New York times newspaper by typing site:NYTimes.com Modernist