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Art, Architecture & Engineering Library
The University of Michigan
Art, Architecture & Engineering Library
The University of Michigan
Other Useful Guides
Recommended Databases for Scholarly Research Articles
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowCovering 12,000+ scholarly journals, plus selected books and published conference proceedings in all academic disciplines, the Web of Science Core Collection combines seven citation indexes which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowInternational multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 1800+ journals, back to 1952.
Recommended Databases for News Sources
- ProQuest News & Current Events This link opens in a new windowCombined access to all 50 ProQuest news databases, both historical and current, including ProQuest Global Newsstream.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowA full text database of 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages.
- Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new windowFull text of over 200 alternative and independent-press newspapers, magazines and journals.
Social Impact Journals
- Science, Technology, & Human ValuesThis is a collectively edited, peer-reviewed, transnational, interdisciplinary journal containing research, analyses and commentary on the development and dynamics of science and technology, with a focus on their relationship to politics, economy, society and culture.
- Societal ImpactsSocietal Impacts is a multidisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal, which publishes short, digestible articles that describe the societal impacts of research, including cultural, economic, educational, environmental, health, legal, political, social, and technological impacts.
Technical Writing: "How To" Resources
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication by Publication Date: 2021Practical Strategies is the best way to keep up with all types of writing required in today's constantly changing workplace. It covers everything you need to know about audience and purpose, document design, research, style, and more.
Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition by Publication Date: 2016Naming What We Know examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies, using the lens of "threshold concepts"--concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. This edition focuses on the working definitions of thirty-seven threshold concepts that run throughout the research, teaching, assessment, and public work in writing studies.
