The open internet is GREAT but not the only tool you have to help you with your research.
Think classic encyclopedia, but online and continuously updated and crafted by research experts. More than 1,000 new articles per month. There are two main Britannica products offered to K-12 students.
Course Hero Study Guides include chapter summaries, Q&A, context setting, important quotes, and infographics to help you make sense of a text.
Researching a particular place? This resource provides country reports that include basic information as well as perspectives on daily life and culture, including background, customs and lifestyles of the world’s people.
Researching a controversial topic? Working on a defense?
SIRS Issue Researcher examines over 360 complex issues, providing pros and cons with a focus on current and relevant analysis of today’s most important controversial issues.
The perfect place to start for general research, with focus on famous people, geography, controversial issues, and animals. Provides a general, bird's eye view of a topic.
Looking for evidence to support your claim? Try ProQuest eLibrary! Results come from huge collection resources. All content is 100% full-text, including documents from books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos. The collection covers a wide range of subjects.
This database of millions of articles from more than 10,000 full-text scholarly journals provides information in science, technology, education, social sciences, humanities and news.
Feeling stuck in your research process? Not sure how to start or what to do next?
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ProCon.org provides excellent overviews of both sides of controversial issues such as homework, medical marijuana, abortion, and more. Use it to get familiar with both sides of an issue, and then use the cited sources to continue your research!
Learn from Primary Sources about a range of topics and events. DocsTeach is searchable by Keyword and historical era!