Databases 

KCLS Student Accounts- Scholarly databases Instructions

Tips for Research

Help w/ NoodleTools & Databases

This citation management has a complete research-management system to create bibliographies, organize your research notes, and manage your research paper.

ProCon

Part of the reason ProCon.org exists at all is to bring neutrality and credible research to important social issues. Their stated mission is, "Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan primarily pro-con format." 

AllSides provides balanced news & delivers multiple perspectives on any topic to reveal bias, engage users, & connect people for civil conversations. Read articles from the right, left, & center point-of-view.

Gale eBooks

eBooks on bookshelves arranged by subject. To browse scroll through the book covers. 

Google Scholar

Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. 


Pew Research Center

Nonpartisan, nonpartisan, and nonadvocacy. Their mission is to inform, not to prescribe. This is a fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

for STUDENTS ACCOUNTS

https://kcls.org/students/

***Online Access ONLY

See link for additional help logging in for both students and teachers.

ABC CLIO -

AMERICA's News-

BRITANNICA -

CONSUMER REPORTS -

GALE -

HeinOnline SOCIAL JUSTICE SUITE-

History Study Center (PROQUEST)-

KANOPY

LinkedIn Learning -

MANGO LANGUAGES -

MORNINGSTAR RESEARCH CENTER -

NEW YORK TIMES -

Nineteenth Century US Newspapers-

OVERDRIVE-

PHYSICAL REVIEW JOURNALS-

PRESSREADER-

PTSDpubs-

ReferenceUSA-

Sanborn Maps

Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce-

Seattle Times Collection-

VALUE LINE INVESTMENT SURVEY REPORTS-

Weiss Financial Ratings-

General Research

ABC CLIO -

ABC-Clio Daily Life Through History - Prehistory to Present-articles, maps, primary documents, focusing on daily life in world cultures.

AMERICA's News-

AMERICA's News - NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues, such as Books/Authors, Business/Economics, Civics/Governement/Politics, Criminal Justice, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Education, Environment, Health, International Issues, Careers, Leisure Activities, People, Social Emotional Awareness, Social Issues, Sports, STEM, and Technology.

BRITANNICA -

GALE -

History Study Center (PROQUEST)-

HeinOnline SOCIAL JUSTICE SUITE-

PRESSREADER-


Health-related Research

Current Events & Business Research

History, Law & Culture Research

Literature Research

Career Prep & Life Skills Research

Science/Technology/Math