Databases

This is a good starting point if you want to get a brief overview of a topic. World Book is a trusted encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics. Different reading levels are available, as well as Spanish language content. Explore magazine articles, primary sources, biographies, and curated informational websites. 

General reference content, videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature and more. 

An award-winning website promoting critical thinking and informed citizenship by presenting the pro and con arguments to debatable issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, freely accessible way.

Provides periodical content covering events in U.S. history as well as scholarly work established in the field.

Provides balanced coverage of events in world history with relevant articles updated daily - both current thinking and established scholarly work.

Supports science studies by providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics and showcase scientific disciplines that relate to real-world issues.