Research Starter - ENGL 110 B. Conn

You can also search the library's other databases for information about your topic. 

Search Strategy

If you want to search EBSCO Discovery Service for examples of argumentative essays, try this search strategy.

Go to the library's homepage at http://www.leeuniversity.edu/library/.  Once on the homepage, choose "Advanced Search" from the EBSCO Discovery Service box in the center of the page.  

Once you click on the "Advanced Search" option, you will be required to enter in your username and password in order to access the databases from off campus.  This information is the same as the credentials you use to login to Moodle, Portico and your Lee email. Please contact the library if you have any trouble logging in to any of the library's databases.

After you have entered in your username and password information, you will be taken to the EBSCO Discovery Service.  Here you can search through a large majority of the library's database.  Follow the directions below to find examples of argumentative essays. 

1. Enter your broad topic into the first search box.  Examples include abortion, global warming, gun control, capital punishment, and immigration. 
   • Note:  If your first search doesn't have many results or you don't find what you are looking for, explore different words to represent your topic.  For example, in place of "global warming" you might try the term "climate change." 
2. From the drop down menu choose "Subject Terms."
3. In the second search box, type in the word "Editorial."  This will help to limit your results to argumentative essays.
4. Leave the second dropdown menu as "Select a Field" as this will allow EBSCO to look through the entire article for the term editorial. 
5. Click search.