General Research Databases: Great Places to Start
Current Events/Opposing Viewpoints
STATISTICS/DATA
Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that the work of Our World in Data focuses on. The goal of their work is to make the knowledge on the big problems accessible and understandable.
STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math
Full text magazines, reference books, recipes, hobby profiles, and videos with “how-to” instructions and creative ideas covering a variety of hobbies including arts and crafts, collecting, gardening, indoor and outdoor recreation, kids' crafts, needlecrafts, papercrafts, model building, performing arts, and science and technology.
Social Studies
CultureGrams provides country and state reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Browse through the four editions including Kids, World, States, and Provinces.