Stranger Things is a Netflix series set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana in the early 1980s. The series began airing in 2016 and is planned to run for four or five seasons. It was created by the Duffer brothers, who pay tribute, in ways large and small, to the 1980s movies and culture that inspired them. This page organizes resources relevant to researching themes in the series, which form the basis for assignments in a special section of ENGL 111.
You will get better results if you search key words, not sentences. Always consider broader terms and synonyms. For example, search "conspiracy theories" to get background information on the MKUltra program. Put short phrases like this into quotes.
Because Stranger Things is so recent, you may need to consider credible sources as well as scholarly/peer reviewed articles. You can turn the limiter for scholarly/peer reviewed off in the library databases.
Use the date limits: for example, you can set the beginning date to January 1, 2016 the year when the show began production
Look for Full Text indicators in your search results, or set this as a search limit. Articles without full text can be requested using the Interlibrary Loan form on the Request Materials tab of the Library webpage.
Reference works, Scholarly journals, Trade publications, and important General interest magazines covering core academic subject areas. Help Guide available.
Portal to all EBSCO databases including Academic Search Complete, Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition, and more; select as appropriate from this entry page.
Search back issues of scholarly journals in arts, humanities, and social science disciplines, as well as business, finance, and health science fields; capture titles that cross discipline boundaries. Dates from the 1700s on, with a lag of more than one year. Allows advanced searching. Includes some open-access Artstor materials.
Because Stranger Things is so recent, you will find mostly books about related topics and concepts in the library databases. Recommended databases for ST topics (including the CIA, history, literary and film criticism, nostalgia, psychology, and small-town sociology):
Extensive collection of online academic books in all subject areas.
Extensive collection of online academic books in all subject areas
Academic writing requires that you cite the sources you use, so that your readers can judge if you have used credible information. When you use in-text citations, readers also can see clearly what ideas are your original content. Writers want to write in their own words and avoid plagiarism.
The preferred style for citations in English papers is MLA, defined by the Modern Language Association. The preferred style for psychology and sociology papers is APA. These styles also define the overall layout of your paper.
The guides linked below offer more details.