Personal Narrative Assignment
For your personal narrative assignments, the resources listed below will provide you with more information about the culture at OU as well as the culture in Oklahoma.
- Our Sooner Heritage
Look for archival information by selecting and searching OU's Sooner Magazine, the Regents' Minutes, or the OU Photo Archives. - The Sooner: Yearbook of the University of Oklahoma
Copies of the OU Yearbook are located on the main floor of Bizzell Memorial Library, along the wall behind the west entrance stairwell. Additional copies are located in the Western History Collections Library, Monnet Hall room 300. - OU Daily
The student voice of the University of Oklahoma since 1916. - Guide to more OU History Resources
This guide includes information about the University Archives and other materials that are not available online.
Research Paper Assignment
Databases
These basic databases are a great place to start for any research topic.
- Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary database that indexes articles published in selected magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. - Google Scholar
Google Scholar indexes many types of materials that are NOT scholarly or peer-reviewed, so carefully evaluate everything you find! - Google's Advanced Search
Build a better search, get better results! Use the "site or domain" field to specify that you want to see what's available on .edu or .gov websites.
​Journals
These journals have quality articles that are longer than 1 column or page.
- The Atlantic
To access full text, use any of the links listed in the View It section of the page. - The Chronicle of Higher Education
To access CURRENT full text, use the journal website link in the View It section of the page. - The Economist
To access full text, login with your OU 4x4 and password when OU's single sign-on page pulls up. - Harper's
To access CURRENT full text, use the journal website link in the View It section of the page. - The New Yorker
To access full text, use the OpinionArchives link in the View It section of the page. - US News & World Report
To access full text, use any of the EBSCOhost links in the View It section of the page. - Vanity Fair
To access full text, use the EBSCOhost link in the View It section of the page.
