Resources

Check out the school's library website for researching tips and resources!

The District Database gives you access to databases like GALE Virtual Reference Library and GALE Academic OneFile, good places to find sources

Digital library, provides free access to book chapters & articles from academic journals

If you are writing a research paper, this is an excellent resource for finding scholarly sources that will strengthen your paper (and bibliography)!

Creating a free account allows you to access 100 articles per month

For the most accurate search results, use the "advanced search" and try multiple searches using different keywords

If you can get to the UW library, connect to their internet; this gives you temporary access to an even wider range of sources on JSTOR (and enables you to download PDFs of them)

Digital library that offers free access to sources written before 1924 (many books after 1924 are not yet in the public domain as per US copyright laws)

Useful for finding online books, particularly primary sources

Typically less useful for topics that took place after the 1920s