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Writing 237: McNair Research Writing

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This guide is designed to help you locate, evaluate, and cite sources for your research in Writing 237. For further assistance, you can schedule a research consultation with Audrey or email her at gunn4@stolaf.edu

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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.

Newspaper Databases