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St. Olaf College
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Research & Writing Tutors
Librarian
Audrey Gunn
Contact:
304 Rolvaag Memorial Library
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057
507-786-3658
Website
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This guide is designed to help you locate, evaluate, and cite sources for your research in Writing 120. For further assistance, you can:
- Schedule a research consultation with Audrey or email her at gunn4@stolaf.edu
- Schedule an appointment or drop in to talk with a peer Research & Writing Tutor (8-10pm, Sunday-Thursday, Rolvaag Library)
General / Interdisciplinary Databases: Find Popular and Scholarly Articles!
If you're exploring research topic ideas, these databases are a great place to start. Try looking at newspaper and magazine articles or encyclopedia entries to get a general sense of the information available on your potential topic and identify aspects of the topic that you'd like to pursue further in your paper. To find in-depth research articles on your topic, look at the "Find Articles: Disciplinary Databases" tab of this guide.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowArticles on virtually every topic, drawn from scholarly journals, professional journals, trade magazines, news publications, and lifestyle magazines. Provides full-text access to over half of its 8000+ publications. Covers materials published 1975-present.
- MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new windowOffers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowArticles on virtually every topic, drawn from scholarly journals, professional journals, trade magazines, news publications, and lifestyle magazines. Includes 5,000 titles - over 3,500 in full text. Covers materials published 1971-present.
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