Subject Guides: Islam in America: Home

How do I locate popular/doctrinal websites with varying viewpoints on my topic?

Google
Wikipedia
A communally-written encyclopedia. Anyone can edit or contribute an entry, at any time. Excellent for locating controversies on a topic and getting ideas for research papers. The bibliographies often point to scholarly resources. Not itself a scholarly source per se, with no authority control. Compare with Scholarpedia.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A subscription database. Good starting place for magazines such as Newsweek, Time, and People.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Limit to "peer reviewed" or "academic journals" to get at the scholarly journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive from Stanford University of scholarly journals in all subject areas.

Encompass Search
Encompass Search searches for books and other resources, first in our own library, and then beyond, in other research libraries.
Google Scholar
May be used in conjunction with interlibrary loan. Access to full text is maximized by searching from the Muhlenberg network.

UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
"Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more."

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources.

Or visit the Online Writing Lab at Purdue.

For automated citation, try the shareware Zotero. Directions for installing Zotero here.

For help with annotated bibliographies, visit Purdue's Online Writing Lab for definitions and format of an annotation.

Articles and books not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.