English Research Guide

NC LIVE Databases

Literary Reference Center Plus is a great database to find literary criticism, author biographies, plot summaries and brief critical analysis of thousands of literary works.
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Academic Search Complete is a great database to begin research on any subject. If you have a research project for English, Psychology, Sociology, Nursing, Sonography, Biology or anything else, give this database a shot.
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Opposing Viewpoints is an excellent resource for hot button social issues such as immigration, offshore drilling, gun control and more. This will really help for a persuasive speech or paper.
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Points of View provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. POV contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including essays, articles and images.
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Biography Reference Center - is an excellent biographical resource, providing comprehensive coverage of people in the news and a full range of history-makers. It covers over 236,000 individuals, plus more than 36,000 images.
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Dana Glauner
dglauner@spcc.edu
704-272-5387
Horne Library
LLP Campus

Books

Opposing Viewpoints - Look here for a list of books we have on current and controversial topics in the news today.

Library Online Catalog - Click here to search the catalog for books related to English.

Websites

Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Put together by Purdue University, the two sections of note are "The Writing Process", where each part of your essay is broken down and explained, and "Grammar and Mechanics", where general writing rules of thumb are covered.

Online Symbolism Dictionary - Commonly used themes in literature are explained on this site.