Getting started
2. Find Books, Journal Titles and Media in Stanford's Online Catalog, SearchWorks.
3. Find Articles in Selected Databases. Note: Stanford subscribes to over 1000 Databases that index articles and books on various topics. Since there are so many databases we recommend a select subset of databases which will give you access to articles in a wide variety of subject areas.
4. Ask Your Librarian for help!
Background/reference sources for scientific rhetoric
Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.
Selected SearchWorks subject terms
Here are some "controlled vocabulary" terms for science related topics. You can use the Limiters on the left column of the results list : Topics, Call Numbers (for Subject Area), Location (which library - another clue for subject/perspective), Publication Date, etc. to narrow your searches.