Terrific for beginning your research, encyclopedias offer suggestions for subtopics and provide a starting point for exploration. Search tip: search broad topic such as "Global Warming".
Databases provide access to a large collection of resources such as books, magazine and journal articles, websites etc. Search tip: try detailed searches such as "the effect of coal power plants on global warming". Also, try different ways of entering your search.
Expert researchers provide credit to others whose ideas or information they have used. Digital resources often provide a citation that can be copied and pasted. These tools can help with creating your citations.