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American Literature (ENG 251 & 252)

Where to Begin

Before you begin writing your paper, you must first research your topic. This is an important step in your research because it guides your decision making regarding the subsequent steps of the research process. More specifically, doing a preliminary research on your topic ensures that you have significant, appropriate, and a variety of resources to support your topic before you get too involved in writing your paper. Also, this step helps you to develop or/and modify your topic and your thesis statement. Furthermore, performing preliminary research on your initial topic gives you ideas and subtopics for your outline and your paper. 

Hence, the resources from these databases not only provide you with guidance regarding ideas you will need to focus, but they can give you the much needed information to support your ideas in your paper. 

Movie Titles

According to the website, Feature Films for Education "focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles for educational instructional purposes, including literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award® winners, and more."

To access the site, click on the above icon. For specific films for ENG 251 or 252, click on the individual links below.