ENG 480: Senior Thesis

Search scholarly articles, books, and dissertations in literature, language, and related fields. Use this database to trace how a critical theory has been applied across different texts, explore research on language acquisition, or find sources for close readings in literary studies.

   

Use this tool to find peer-reviewed articles, news, and magazines across nearly every academic field. A great place to begin research on any topic. Tip: Get the EBSCO mobile app to view content from all of the Library's EBSCO database subscriptions on your smartphone.

   

Access full-text scholarly journals and eBooks in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Use this platform for academic writing in literature, philosophy, cultural studies, and more. Especially helpful for accessing peer-reviewed work from university presses.

Search JSTOR to find peer-reviewed journal articles and scholarly e-books across a wide range of disciplines. This digital archive supports deep research in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and arts, with strong historical coverage. Ideal for students writing research papers or conducting literature reviews. Note: Be sure to check publication dates—JSTOR includes many older articles that may not reflect current research.

  

Use Google Scholar to search across a wide range of academic and scholarly literature. Unlike a standard Google search, Google Scholar focuses on scholarly sources—but it also includes citations for theses, conference papers, court opinions, preprints, and other materials that may not be appropriate for every assignment. Always check the publication type and date, and evaluate whether the resource meets your assignment’s requirements. Because Google Scholar uses natural language searching, results may not always be relevant. Consider how closely each source connects to your topic, especially if you need work written by experts in a specific field. Tip: Connect Google Scholar to the Roger Williams University Library to access more full-text resources through our subscriptions.

Explore author biographies, literary criticism, plot summaries, and book reviews. This database provides full-text access to scholarly articles and reference books for analyzing literary texts and authors.

Browse digitized periodicals covering a wide range of topics from the 18th to 20th centuries. Includes collections on African American history, medicine, the arts, politics, religion, literature, and more. Use these journals and magazines to explore how different ideas, movements, and practices were represented across time.

Flip through high-quality scans of every page of The New York Times from 1851 to 2002 as they originally appeared in print. Use this for historical research, media studies, or analyzing how major events were reported at the time.

Register for an Academic Pass with your RWU email address.
Once registered go to www.nytimes.com and login.
Coverage is from 1851 to date, with some exceptions.

Dig into U.S. history by searching through popular magazine articles published between 1890 and 1982. Ideal for students researching how topics like war, technology, politics, and pop culture were discussed in their own time.

Click on the Literature Subject category for an online selection of reference ebooks.

Collections include Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange, British Politics and Society, British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture , and European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection.

Use this database to explore digitized books, pamphlets, essays, and broadsides published in the UK during the 1700s. Great for historical research, literature reviews, or tracking cultural and political shifts across the Enlightenment.