Encyclopedias give you related terms and context around your topic.
Britannica SchoolThis link opens in a new windowuser: weston
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The best place to start your research. Authoritative entries help you understand the scope of your topic and generate keywords. Choose your reading level. Translation available.
Scholastic Go!This link opens in a new windowuser: westonhigh
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CulturegramsThis link opens in a new windowusername: weston
password: wildcats
Geography, maps, history and cultural information about all countries.
Subject portals give you newspapers, magazines, journals, video, podcasts, and images on broad topics. If your topic falls into one of these areas you should definitely spend some time with these databases.
A broad collection of scholarly analysis and full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents that cover the events, movements, and individuals that have shaped world history.
Excellent place to start researching world history papers with current events themes.
eBooks give you more information than encyclopedias. Questia is a great resource for this project.
Journals and magazines give you articles containing in-depth information on targeted topics. Look here after you understand the context of your topic and are ready to get granular. When reading an article, try to determine "what side" the author is on.
Academic OneFileThis link opens in a new windowpassword: wildcats
The grandaddy of academic databases. Use this once you have narrowed down your topic a bit to find articles from newspapers, magazines, video, podcasts and academic journals dated 1980-present.
