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Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.

Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition @ Purdue Online Writing Lab

We also have a guide to citing your sources.

BU Libraries and BU Libraries SEARCH

Use the BU Libraries website to find people, locations, hours and help with projects.

Use BU Libraries Search to find books and ebooks, journal articles, databases, newspapers, films and video, sound and images.

Learn more about how to use BU Libraries Search

Books for First Generation students in the BU Libraries

Amplified Voices, Intersecting Identities:

Volume 1: First-Gen PhDs Navigating Institutional Power

Volume 2: First-Gen PhDs Navigating Institutional Power in Early Academic Careers

Ch 7: A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Approach to Graduate Student Access and Outcomes
Maria Dykema, Kathy Wood, Matt Newlin

Find Articles

The databases listed here are excellent places to get started for finding books and scholarly articles. You can find more specialized, subject-specific databases on our list of research guides.

Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary database that includes scholarly journals in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, business, literature, and other subjects. Date coverage and full text availability vary by publication.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window Academic Search Premier contains indexing, abstracts and full-text articles for scholarly publications, most of them peer-reviewed. The subjects covered include topics in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study. Date coverage varies by publication
JSTOR This link opens in a new window This database provides full text access to the back issues of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Book reviews are included as well as journal articles. Abstracts are available for some of the articles. Date coverage: earliest issues of each journal up to the most current five years for most publications and to the present for some.
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window Social Sciences Full Text provides access to hundreds of English language journals in the social sciences. About two-thirds of the journals are peer-reviewed. Date coverage: 1983 - present.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window Project Muse provides digital access to scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences. The scholarly content comes from non-profit scholarly publishers, including university presses and societies. The full text resources include journal articles, book reviews and book chapters.
General Science Full Text This link opens in a new window A multidisciplinary science database designed for students and non-specialists. Subject coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health, medicine, oceanography, physics, and zoology. Covers leading journals and magazines, biographical sketches, symposia, conferences, review articles, and special issues of journals. Also covers the New York Times Science Section and cites book reviews. Date coverage: abstracts 1984 - present, selected full text 1995 - present.