Hi, I was just wondering if you have tried using JSTOR for online journal articles? Academia and Google Scholar is good too. Occasionally I also have success going on Google Books. Does your course have any readings at all? I doubt they'd throw you in blind, take your course readings and find the sources they used, from there you can work backwards and generally find something.

Sorry if this wasn't much help but I wish I knew this when I first started university. Good luck.

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