Research

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Databases

From personal interest to educational research, BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with licensed trustworthy content not available from free search engines.
Video Introduction
A safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for students to discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.


A research tool with more than 1,600 sources—exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
A nonprofit that uses professional researchers and rigorous editorial standards to explore more than 80 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy.
Three million free-to-use images for student assignments and teacher lessons.
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public.
Efficient and discreet method for locating information on health, body image and sexual identity. All content is reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance and career counseling.
Head to our Geographic Resource page for maps, statistics, and games!
A cross-disciplinary database aimed at middle school students that includes literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history.
Goes beyond basic facts and figures on more than 200 countries, with up-to-date reports detailing daily life and culture, history, customs and lifestyle from an insider's perspective.

Writing Resources & Reference

Meaning of words, along with equivalent words, information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.
List of words in groups of synonyms and related concepts.
Computes systematic knowledge to help users answer questions about math, science, technology, society, culture, and everyday life.
As you type, Grammarly checks your text for hundreds of common and advanced writing issues.
Teaches the foundations of technology including keyboarding.
A multiplayer car racing game where typing speed and accuracy are the keys to victory.
A library of quotes that can be searched by topic.
Translate speech or text into more than 100 languages.

Citing Sources

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, including citation guidelines for MLA, APA, and Chicago.
Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.
A works cited generator that accesses information from across the web, drawing the relevant information into a fully-formatted bibliography that clearly presents all of the sources that have contributed to your work.
An online tool designed to help you plan, complete, and collaborate on projects. Use this resource to organize your sources, write electronic notecards for notes, create an outline, and create a works cited or reference page.