Research Resources

MUSIC SOURCES

Genius.com (lyrics, background info on them, interpretations of them)

ONLINE LITERARY & &ART PUBLICATIONS | search within these sites, or Google your topic and add the publication title

REFERENCE SOURCES | a good place to begin: big-picture info on a word/topic

Gale Virtual Reference Library (encyclopedia/tertiary sources)

Google Trends (search usage of key terms in Google searches, from 2004–present)

Google Books Ngram Viewer (search usage of key terms in books, from 1500-2008)

RESOURCES FOR GENERAL/NON-SCHOLARLY ARTICLES | use non-scholarly sources for deepening your understanding of a topic

CUNY OneSearch (search everything in CUNY’s library system)

Opposing Viewpoints (tertiary source on debates; especially good for topics in politics and news)

RESOURCES FOR SCHOLARLY ARTICLES | here is where you will find the most detailed, rigorous (i.e., challenging-to-read and also writing that has been “challenged” by an editorial board of experts on the topic) academic work on a topic

Google Scholar (general array of scholarly texts; not discipline specific)

Project Muse (humanities and social science articles; theory)

Academic OneFile (general academic articles; not discipline specific)

Applied Science & Tech Database (science & tech sources)

NexisUni (LexusNexus) (general)

Academic Search Complete (general database of scholarly and non-scholarly articles)

OTHER POSSIBLY HELPFUL & INTERESTING RESOURCES

Kanopy (full-length films and documentaries)

Underground & Independent Comics (comics and graphic novels)

JSTOR (literary criticism & theory)

MLA Bibliography (literary sources)