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Welcome to the Erickson Library's English subject guide. You'll find tabs at the top that will lead you to additional information with print and online resources.
The Erickson Library is here to help you find credible and reliable information. Please feel free to call or email with any of your research questions!
The Erickson Library is here to help you find credible and reliable information. Please feel free to call or email with any of your research questions!
Finding background information on your topic is helpful before you dive into specific databases.
Credo Reference is a great place to start to gather ideas for keywords and gather background information.
Opposing Viewpoints and Points of View Reference Center are useful databases to get ideas for topics or to narrow your research.They also offer suggestions for topics that are currently being discussed in academics and the news.
Visit the Articles tab to get more tips on using keywords in databases, and the Websites tab to find reliable tools and information from websites.
Credo Reference is a great place to start to gather ideas for keywords and gather background information.
Opposing Viewpoints and Points of View Reference Center are useful databases to get ideas for topics or to narrow your research.They also offer suggestions for topics that are currently being discussed in academics and the news.
Visit the Articles tab to get more tips on using keywords in databases, and the Websites tab to find reliable tools and information from websites.
- Credo Reference
Search over 3 million full text entries in 1,200 electronic reference books! Watch How to Run a Basic Search on Credo. - Points of View Reference Center
Points of View is a full-text database that offers students with a series of comprehensive essays with point and counterpoint arguments related to current issues in the news. Points of View Reference Center Tutorial - Opposing Viewpoints
This online resource covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. It includes rich resources for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, news, images, video, and more.
Your instructor will let you know which citation style you should use for your assignment. Purdue OWL offers introductory guides to various styles:
Purdue OWL: AMA for print or AMA for online
Purdue OWL: APA formatting and style guide (7th Edition)
Purdue OWL: Chicago Manual of Style
Purdue OWL: MLA formatting and style guide
Purdue OWL: AMA for print or AMA for online
Purdue OWL: APA formatting and style guide (7th Edition)
Purdue OWL: Chicago Manual of Style
Purdue OWL: MLA formatting and style guide
Blues Vision: African American writing from Minnesota (MINNESOTA PS283 .M6 B57 2015)
In other words (MAIN PS3562 .A316 Z46 2016)
Queer voices: poetry, prose, and pride (MINNESOTA PS508 .S49 Q44 2019)
The source of self-regard: selected essays, speeches, and meditations (MAIN PS3563 .O8749 A6 2019)
Staring down the tiger: stories of Hmong American women (MAIN PS508 .H63 S73 2020)
Handbook of technical writing (REFERENCE T11 .B78 2011)
Legal Writing in Plain English: a Text with Exercises (MAIN KF250 .G373 2013)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: the offical guide to APA style (REFERENCE DESK BF76.7 .P83 2020)
Very like a whale: the assessment of writing programs (available online)
- Academic Search Premier
EBSCO's largest database includes full text of thousands of scholarly publications across all academic disciplines. Watch the Ebscohost Tutorial. - Credo Reference
Search over 3 million full text entries in 1,200 electronic reference books! Watch How to Run a Basic Search on Credo. - EBSCO eBook Collection
Search and view the full text of ebooks. Watch tutorial on how to download, access ebooks. - EBSCO MegaFILE
Save time and search all four EBSCO databases at once. The EBSCO MegaFILE is comprised of the complete content and functionality of Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, Business Source Premier, and Regional Business News. - JSTOR
JSTOR is a shared digital library created in 1995 that currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals. The content on JSTOR comes from a broad range of disciplines, predominantly in the humanities, social sciences, and field sciences. - Learning Express Library
Free online courses to improve basic skills (Adult Core Skills), workplace skills (Career Preparation) college readiness skills (College Students), and computer skills (Computer Skills). Includes many practice tests for college and graduate school entrance as well as career, workplace, and preparation for entrance exams including Medical Assistant, PTA, Rad Tech, Surg Tech, Preparation for the NCLEX-PN, NCLEX-RN, Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Certification, Electrician Licensing, CDL Exams, EMT Certification, and Firefighter Exams. Navigating Learning Express Tutorial. - Opposing Viewpoints
This online resource covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. It includes rich resources for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, news, images, video, and more. - Points of View Reference Center
Points of View is a full-text database that offers students with a series of comprehensive essays with point and counterpoint arguments related to current issues in the news. Points of View Reference Center Tutorial
- Duluth News Tribune
Full-text newspaper articles from Duluth News Tribune from 1995-date. - NewsBank
Newsbank delivers U.S. news content from local, regional, and national sources. Diverse source types include printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Includes Special Reports. Includes access to current and archived articles of the Duluth News Tribune.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials that are either a) in the public domain or b) licensed in a manner that provides everyone with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities (retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute). creativecommons.org
Building a Better Vocabulary
A website to build vocabulary for every level on learning English.
InfoPlease: Selected Activists and Reformers
Biographies of a varied list of social activists and reformers.
Internet Archive
Over 2.5 million free titles. Download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
Openlibrary
Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available.
OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Purdue University provides writing resources and instructional materials. OWL provides help on developing an outline, creating a Thesis statement, citation resources, and much more.
Poetry Foundation
Poems, prose, podcasts, POETRY magazine.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
A website to build vocabulary for every level on learning English.
InfoPlease: Selected Activists and Reformers
Biographies of a varied list of social activists and reformers.
Internet Archive
Over 2.5 million free titles. Download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
Openlibrary
Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available.
OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Purdue University provides writing resources and instructional materials. OWL provides help on developing an outline, creating a Thesis statement, citation resources, and much more.
Poetry Foundation
Poems, prose, podcasts, POETRY magazine.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.
CareerOneStop
Career Wise
O*NET
Elements of Writing (2006, c2005, 1:50:34)
This volume concentrates on successful storytelling. In a talk called "Scene, Summary, Silence," writer/educator Al Young tells how to engage readers and keep a story moving by creating believable narrative and maintaining a balance between scene and summary.
Truth Underground: Three Poets Discover the Power of the Spoken Word (2017, c2016, 1:08:23)
The lives of three outspoken poets (CJ Suitt, Kamaya Truitt-Martin, Jeremy Berggren) intersect as they harness the power of the word.
Writing Narratives (2012, c2011, 17:54)
Viewers learn how to create well-rounded characters, complete with motivations and character flaws; techniques for establishing tone and mood; and how to caputre attention starting on page one.
This volume concentrates on successful storytelling. In a talk called "Scene, Summary, Silence," writer/educator Al Young tells how to engage readers and keep a story moving by creating believable narrative and maintaining a balance between scene and summary.
Truth Underground: Three Poets Discover the Power of the Spoken Word (2017, c2016, 1:08:23)
The lives of three outspoken poets (CJ Suitt, Kamaya Truitt-Martin, Jeremy Berggren) intersect as they harness the power of the word.
Writing Narratives (2012, c2011, 17:54)
Viewers learn how to create well-rounded characters, complete with motivations and character flaws; techniques for establishing tone and mood; and how to caputre attention starting on page one.