�  EBSCO databases are one of the best places to search for many different types of sources, for many different types of assignments, in many different types of classes.

�  Chances are, if you are writing a research paper for a college class, EBSCO will be a good place to gather research.

�  EBSCO gives you access to newspaper and magazine articles, book chapters, and articles from academic journals. There are also options that will allow you to search for only a specific type of source.

�  Begin by going to the WC library home page (www.wc.edu/academics/library) and click on the “Online Resources” link.

�  Different databases may be more helpful for different disciplines, so choose your course’s discipline category.

�  English courses fall under the Humanities Discipline, so here are the Humanities focused databases. Choose “Academic Search Complete” here.

�  If you want only articles that are available on-line, check the “Full Text” box. If you want only scholarly journal articles, check the “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals” box.

�  I searched only for NASA and received 30,102 hits for that search. This is too much to sort through, so use the other search boxes to get more focused results.

�  If I was interested specifically in NASA’s budget for asteroid research, I could insert these other search terms, which cut my results down to 22. This is manageable to look through.

�  If I am interested in a source, I can click the “PDF Full Text” or the “HTML Full Text” link underneath it, and it will open up the source.

�  Now, the source will open, and you can check it out to see if it looks useful for your project. You can also download, email, or print the source from this screen.

�  EBSCO will provide you will works cited entries. On the right of the screen, click the gold page. From the list that opens, choose the citation format that your class is using.