ENGL 101: Academic Writing

Resources for Assignments

Scholarly Sources

• UMD Discover - search academic articles, books, and everything else that UMD has
• Academic Search Ultimate - great starter database! has a broad selection of recent articles
• JSTOR - scholarly sources for humanities, social sciences, and sciences (just nothing within the past 5 years)
• Database Finder - all of our specialty databases to do a deep dive in your subject area of choice!

Popular Sources

• UMD Discover Newspaper Search - search newspaper articles across the catalog
• New York Times - UMD students have access to the New York Times for free. Sign up here for an account!
• Nexis Uni - newspaper articles, legal and government sources

Background Info

• CQ Researcher - background info, pros and cons
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context - context for issues in culture

Citations & Miscellaneous

• Purdue OWL Citations - how to cite sources, citation machine for MLA and APA
• Anatomy of a Scholarly Article - how to read a scholarly source!
• Citing ChatGPT - how to cite text generated by generative AI in MLA format. Note that ChatGPT & some other AIs can now provide a unique URL to your prompt and response, so remember to add that to your citation as well. Also, remember that you can only use ChatGPT on an assignment if your instructor says it's ok!

Office Hour Schedule

Have a question about your research? Visit the Library Fellows for drop-in office hours to get some help. Office hours take place in McKeldin room 4100A, right next to the Reading Room on the 4th floor. Our hours for Fall 2024 are:

• Monday
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• Tuesday
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
• Wednesday
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• Thursday
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM

Can't make one of these times? Email libues@umd.edu or your Library Fellow to set up a one-on-one consultation. We're here to help!