As an active HCCC student, you can sign into the Library from anywhere on or off campus.  Given that this is an online class, you should be able to access these resources by providing your user id and your password.  The following is information in relation to using HCCC’s Library for research purposes and a list of databases that I feel would work best for the purposes of this assignment:

EN 111 Library Resources

Catalog:

For books and other media (videos, audio, etc.)

Databases:

Academic OneFile (form of Infotrac) – Academic OneFile is the source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

Academic Search Complete (form of EBSCO) – Covering most areas of academic study, this scholarly, multi-disciplinary database contains more than 6,100 full-text periodicals – as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 10,100 journals – and offers access to monographs, reports, conference proceedings and much more.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context – This is an online library database of current events topics – the facts as well as the arguments of each topic’s proponents and detractors.

CQ Researcher – CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. and go back to the first entries from 1991.

Lexis Nexis Academic – Research areas cover top news, general news topics, and news transcripts; foreign language news sources; company, industry, and market news; legal news; company financial information; general medical and health topics and medical abstracts; accounting, auditing, and tax information; law reviews; federal case law; U.S. Code; and state legal research.