As you prepare to write your English 1A essay, get to know some basic academic research strategies by watching this brief video tutorial:
In order to find scholarly articles for the Advertisement Essay, you'll need to brainstorm some keywords (search terms) related to the topic. Since the essay requires you to analyze the depiction of masculinity in an advertisement, you may want to search for sources using terms such as:
Here are two examples of scholarly journal articles found in in library databases using the terms "gender roles" and advertising.
In order to find additional sources for the Fight Club essay, you will need to brainstorm some keywords (search terms) related to the essay topic. Since you will be expected to address the "connection between consumerism and the narrator's identity and his lack of social relationships," you might consider using search terms such as these:
You may also wish to search for articles including analysis of Fight Club to find out other scholars' views on the book. Search the Gale Literature database for Fight Club and browse Literature Criticism:
A combined search of a wide variety of EBSCOhost databases containing thousands of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering all disciplines. Includes scholarly journal articles. Includes Academic Search Premier, America: History and Life, science and medicine/health databases, psychology databases, and many more. PCC offers a brief video with instructions for using this database, and more advanced ways to improve your search,
A combined search of a wide variety of ProQuest databases offering full text access to articles from academic journals, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals covering a variety of subject areas. Includes ProQuest Research Library, GenderWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and many more databases.
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