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ProQuest is the largest, multidisciplinary, full-text database available. Do a search across all the databases, or pick a specific one based on your topic. *Make sure to click the "Full text" checkbox before you search!*
Search many databases at once or choose what fits your project best. Find Academic Search Premier, Consumer Health Complete, Primary Search, Science Reference Center and more.
Deepen your scientific research with this resource. Find periodicals, encyclopedias, essays, biographies and more.
Search Gale Academic OneFile for scholarly articles as well as general interest titles for a well rounded look at your topic. Great for critical analyses of literature.
Logical access to many types of resources on a topic. Gale in Context: High School lays out videos, magazine articles, scholarly articles, news, essays and more about a topic in easy-to-browse sections.
Use like a regular database search, or browse by topic. Within each topic get an overview and history with a bibliography containing links to other reliable sources on the topic.
When on campus, connected to the internet, access all of The New York Times for free. News articles, opinion pieces, videos and more.
Try Pro Con when researching a current issue. Get the pros and cons, articles supporting multiple viewpoints and a timeline of the issue.
ELM is a step between just Googling and a full fledged academic database. It provides quality resources with no ads and has free to use images with citations built in. ELM is free to all Minnesota residents; not just students.
A great starting point for any research. Sweet Search uses a curated list of academic resources that are already vetted by educators and librarians. It takes the guesswork out of finding reliable sources.
Search for academic resources using a format you're familiar with. If Google Scholar points you to multiple resources from one database, try going there for more in depth results.
Use refseek* to Search through books journals, articles and more without the distraction of ads. Know you can trust these sources for your research.