These databases are most useful for English 101.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowProvides information in nearly every area of academic study, including arts, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, ethnic studies, engineering, language and linguistics, literature, medical sciences, philosophy, physics, psychology, religion, social sciences, and more.
- SIRS (Social Issues Resources) This link opens in a new windowUse SIRS Issues Researcher to locate articles about controversial issues selected from newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. It features information about a variety of social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, and political issues from around the world.
- Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new windowContains reference essays and literary criticism examining the lives of great authors—from William Shakespeare to J. K. Rowling—and their works throughout history from a wide range of scholarly and critical sources.
- Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new windowA resource which covers current controversial social subjects, with articles that offer informed, differing views on both sides of each issue. Includes, reference articles, infographics, news articles, images, video, audio, and more.
- Artemis Literary Sources (formerly Literature Resource Center) This link opens in a new windowArtemis Literary Sources provides full-text literary content that you can use to research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.
- Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new windowA full-text database that offers students with a series of comprehensive essays with point and counterpoint arguments related to current issues in the news.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides access to full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. And Credo brings the facts alive with images, sound files, animations, and much more. Find speedy, simple answers and authoritative, in-depth articles.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowStreaming service providing academic, career-related, and educational videos. Contains a large collection of videos covering a wide range of academic topics.
- Hoopla This link opens in a new windowHoopla is allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV!
- Writer's Reference Center This link opens in a new windowTools on how to write and research effectively, including a step-by-step guide to writing a good essay.
- Fact Check-Ad FontesA great site for checking political bias from both media organizations/publications as well as individual articles.
- Biography in Context This link opens in a new windowBiography is an engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Organized into a user-friendly portal experience, it merges Gale's authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia.
- History Reference Center This link opens in a new windowCovering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, History Reference Center is a research database containing full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.
- Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new windowAn essential database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.
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- ZoteroAn open-source citation tool. There is an available Chrome plug-in, and the personal library available on the cloud makes saving and accessing resources simple. The interface is more user-friendly than Mendeley or Endnote, and it beats Easybib in that all citation formats are free.
- PapershipThis is an iOS app that will tie either Zotero or Mendeley (whichever you use/prefer) to your apple device.
- Aziz liteAn App for Android which helps to integrate your Zotero or Mendeley library with Google Drive, Dropbox, and more.
- EasybibThis is a quick way to generate a citation in MLA format without having to download software or create a personal library of resources. There are applications available in both iOS and Android formats, and if this becomes a preferred citation method, there is the option to go for the paid version which provides multiple citation formats including APA.
- Google DriveGoogle Drive is an excellent free cloud-based resource which comes with plenty of cloud storage (and the option to purchase more).
- EvernoteThis is an extremely versatile resource. It has the option for paid additional features/cloud storage, but the free features are excellent and provide a smooth integration of information between computer and smartphone/tablet and Cloud. It can be used for day-to-day activities such as shopping lists, as well as for classes- the notebook feature is ideal in that it provides the option of adding "key words" linking to various "pages" in each notebook.
- Genius ScanThis is a simple but extremely useful application that seamlessly integrates with google drive. If you're reading a book or looking at some type of material that you cannot keep, this app makes it easy to scan the item, tag it with key words, and upload it to google drive.
- Smart RecorderThis application is for Android only. An easy and convenient way to turn your smart phone or tablet into a voice-recorder. It makes recording memos to yourself, or interviews for a paper a snap, and it's user interface is extremely intuitive and straight-forward.
Ebooks
- OpenstaxFree online textbooks (with integrated videos and audio in chapters) covering all of the basic introductory college courses.
- Google BooksA mix of free and paid ebook material.
- Amazon KindleThe Kindle store provides a mix of free, discounted, and paid ebook materials.
- CalibreAn open-source software to help organize your personal ebook library. There are also connecting apps in Android and iOS called "Calibre Companion"
- eReader PrestigioA generally reliable application that can open essentially every ebook format, as well as a great number of audiobook formats.
- Good ReadsA large community of users reviewing books and making recommendations based upon the books that you indicate you enjoyed. There are applications available in both Android and iOS platforms.
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowA collection of eBooks ranging across all academic subjects. eBook Central gives students and faculty seamless and immediate access to the eBooks they need.
- HooplaHoopla is a web and mobile library that gives OC Tech students, faculty, and staff access to eBooks, audiobooks, TV shows, movies, and music. You must use your student ID number to access Hoopla.
English Lit Apps
- Advanced English Dictionary and ThesaurusA large lexical database of English with up to 140,000 entries and more than 1.4 million words, developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University.
- ELSA Speak: English Accent CoachTraining in various English accents. Helps ESL students to perfect their English, or native speakers to practice their annunciation.
- Improve English: Word GamesApp aimed at the English as a Second Language demographic.
- QuickdicDictionary with multiple languages available to download for immediate access, even when unable to connect to a network.
...More Resources!
- KHAN ACADEMYAn excellent resource of free, self-paced courses for all levels and styles of learning. Android and iOS Apps are available for streamlined access.
- CuriosityAvailable in both iOS and Android, this is a rich resource of educational materials, in written, audio, and visual formats on an enormous variety of subjects.
- MOOC ProvidersAn organized archive of Massive Open Online Course providers.
- CourseraA provider of structured online courses, available as recorded lecture or in real-time lecture format. Apps are available in Android and iOS.
- EdXA non-profit provider of online courses, with applications for Android and iOS.
- MOOC listA consistently updated list of Massive Open Online Courses, along with dates (when they begin and end). There are also apps in iOS and Android that can access this list as well.
- Teach YourselfAnother resource for free courses, available in iOS and Android, with written audio formats. Subjects include everything from civilizations to literature and languages.
- My Open CoursesApps available in iOS and Android, another resource of free electronic academic courses, with audio, video, and ebook content.
- OpenCourseWare (MIT Open Courses)MIT Courses now made available for free to the public. Applications in iOS and Android are available, labeled "OpenCourseWare Companion".
- Logical DefenseAn Android Application which explores logic and rationality.
- Logical ReasoningAn Android application which offers a unique set of educational tools exploring rationality and reasoning.