Google Scholar is a search engine for scholarly literature and other various academic materials. With Google Scholar you are able to search for a variety of materials, such as articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions. These come from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. Unfortunately, some of the scholarly articles you will find using Google Scholar are not available in full-text or are not free, in this case, ask a librarian for help locating the article.
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There is no one perfect database to search for information related to your English Composition II papers. Below we have highlighted some of our most used databases.
Remember that when you are searching in databases you want to use keywords and not sentences. Keyword searches will result in a greater number of relevant hits. Think critically about your topic and what it is you are looking for. Are you writing about the works of Franz Kafka and the symbolism that is present in his writing? Try a keyword search of "Kafka AND Symbolism," this will return more hits than a search of "how does Kafka use symbolism in his novels."
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