ENG 110 - College Composition

This guide provides resources to support the ENG 110 class and assignments.

This guide provides resources to support the ENG 110 class and assignments.

Navigate through the pages in the left menu to learn more about how to get started with a topic and research question, how to choose the right databases, and what terms to search (Beginning the Research Process).  Understand the most popular tools & databases for research in ENG 110 on the Key Resources page. Use the various Guides to search more effectively and efficiently, learn how to get articles from other libraries, and critically evaluate the sources you find. 

Contact a Librarian or Research Assistant through the LibChat feature (chat bubble icon on any Library web page in the lower right corner). Also, visit the Library's FAQ page for answers to common questions from students during our distance learning for the remainder of this semester. 

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Proprietary databases to which Taylor University subscribes have distinctive differences from search engines such as Google or Google Scholar. A database, generally, is a collection of information organized to provide efficient retrieval of subject matter, specifically scholarly subject matter. They tend to be narrower in scope than Google or Google Scholar. 

Prominent features of these subscription databases generally include:

• Covering specific discipline area/s.

• Including academic (peer-reviewed) articles from journals or magazines, eBooks, newspapers, images and research related resources.

• Providing citation information on or full-text access to the item types listed above.

• Accessible because of subscription for which Zondervan pays. Whereas Google is free, databases can be many thousands of dollars per year.

Zondervan Library subscribes to over 100 research databases/tools that contain journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as reports and other written materials on both general and specific disciplines. There are pros and cons for using each tool. Awareness of the content, organization, and precision of search capabilities of each can save you time and yield the most appropriate and relevant results.

What do Librarians have to do with it? 

Librarians are available for assistance:                                            

• one on one research consultation
• formulation of research question              
• search strategy
• identifying appropriate databases
• advanced information seeking (beyond Zondervan)
• help with citations (Zotero); interlibrary loan (ILLIAD)
• other ideas regarding the literature review/research