ENGL 100: Introduction to College Composition (Spring 2025) : Finding Sources
Books
Books often provide background and comprehensive information about a topic.
Articles
Articles often provide more specific information about a topic. Your assignments may require you to find popular magazine, scholarly journal and/or newspaper articles.
Source Suggestions for History-Related Topics
Books, documentaries, databases with historical newspaper articles, and the selected article databases below are particularly helpful for research topics that require historical information.
- The Library CatalogMainly books. Also includes streaming documentaries.
- Historical Newspapers Online (Database List)Trace an event from the beginning. These news articles can be excellent primary sources.
- America: History and LifeDatabase covers United States and Canada. Includes both scholarly and non-scholarly articles.
- Historical AbstractsDatabase covers world history. (For U.S. and Canada, see America: History and Life listed above). Includes both scholarly and non-scholarly articles.
- JSTORMultidisciplinary scholarly article and ebook database with strong history coverage.
Source Suggestions for Local Information
UW-Madison has access to many local newspapers, along with Midwest newspapers such as The Chicago Tribune.
