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ENGL 1301 Lawhon Spring 2025: Searching ACC Databases

Research Tools and Tips for Paper 4 - Arguing a Position

Basic Article and Database Search

Just like the book searching described from the previous page, you can do a search across the ACC databases from the main search box on the library home page:

 

Once you've gotten a list of results, you can limit to the type of resource you want by using the Source Type Menu and clicking Apply.

 

Finding Articles Tutorial

Need more tips or maybe just a refresher on searching for articles in the ACC Libraries? This brief tutorial might help:

More Specific Article and Database Searching

The basic approach from the library home page searches almost all library databases at once. And that's fine, but what if you want to focus your search a bit more? The A-Z List of Databases on the home page can be useful.  It lists all of the ACC Library databases separately, with links.

 

We also group databases by category, so that you can see all the ones that are relevant to your topic. 

 

Austin and Texas Topics

If your topic is tied to Texas or Austin, you might find the following databases useful:

Finding Background Information Tutorial

ACC Libraries also have databases that provide background information -- thinking like encyclopedias or Wikipedia -- but better, and with citations! This following tutorial can walk you through this process:


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