Use the databases & resources below to search for information to use in your essay about equal protection laws, including:
The 1964 Civil Rights Act
The 1965 Voting Rights Act
1990 Americans with Disabilities Act
1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Check out the Research Tips for research help.
1964 Civil Rights Act (Britannica)
1964 Civil Rights Act (GiC: Middle School)
Includes multiple research and news articles on the Civil Rights Act.
1965 Voting Rights Act (Britannica)
1965 Voting Rights Act (GiC: Middle School)
Includes multiple research and news articles on the Voting Rights Act.
Americans with Disabilities Act (Britannica)
Americans with Disabilities Act (GiC: Middle School)
Includes multiple research and news articles about the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (GiC: Middle School)
Includes multiple research and news articles on IDEA.
When searching within the Gale databases:
Use “search within” (and other options in Filter Your Results) to limit the scope of your searches
Skip "Academic" content types
Copy the citation before you take notes
Save useful articles to your Google Drive, so you can refer back to them later
Use quotation marks (" ") to search exact phrases;
use an asterisk (*) at the end of a word to search forms of that word;
use ctrl-f to search for keywords within your article
Don't forget about ctrl-f! (This can be used in ANY webpage or document!)
in Google Docs
Either do the following before starting your bibliography or highlight the entire text of your bibliography to get started.
Go to “Format” in the menu
Select “align & indent”
Choose “indentation options”
Select “hanging” from the "special indent" dropdown menu (leave at .5)
Leave left & right indent at 0