HUMAN 105 - THE HUMAN STRUGGLE -- McLemore

For Prof. McLemore's Take-Home Essay #2, these are the best databases to use. You can open them from the A-Z Database list at the GCC Library, or by clicking on the hyperlinks below.

• EBSCOhost - for respected magazines, newspapers, & scholarly journals. Click here for a short video demo.
• ProQuest - for respected magazines, newspapers, & scholarly journals. Click here for a short video demo. 
• JSTOR - for scholarly journals only. Click here for a short video demo. 
• U.S. Newsstream for respected newspapers only: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Wall Street Journal
• JSTOR Images - for digital copies of major artworks. Includes paintings, drawings, photographs, architecture, sculpture, posters, and fashion. 

You can use these databases for free from home! But you will need to login, using your Canvas login.

When using library databases to explore articles about happiness--or about the books, music, architecture, and artwork you're considering--try a variety of keywords, and combine them to better focus your search.

For example: Try searching for "happiness OR well-being" AND "Dalai Lama". Or search for "pop music" AND "Romantic hero".

Here is a list of useful keywords to get you started.

• happiness, well-being, wellness
• joy, delight, pleasure
• satisfaction, comfort
• contentment, fulfillment
• interpretation, criticism, analysis
• symbols, symbolism, relevance, representation, motifs, themes
• purpose, meaning, significance
• allusion, connotation, denotation