Keyword searching is an important skill to master in library research. Can the user choose search terms (keywords) that elicit relevant results from library databases? Employ the following sample search terms, by no means exhaustive, in the databases listed in the right-hand column of this page to find relevant scholarly journal articles.
"capital punishment"
"death row"
prison OR prisons OR prisoners
prison* AND writing
prison* AND art*
"prison culture"
"prison literature"
"prison narratives"
"prison poetry"
"prison writings"
prisoners AND "intellectual life"
"transgender prisoners"
"writing as empowerment"
Need to know if the library has an article? Search here for the journal title.
If the library cannot make the article available immediately, request it through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.
These Gitenstein Library databases index and/or provide full-text access to the secondary journal literature of literary studies and other humanities and social sciences disciplines. Use them to find sources about prisoners' writings, the prison experience, and the role of prisons in the wider culture and economy of the United States and beyond.