Choose a research topic
These databases provide good resources to get topic ideas or background information on a topic. Click on a database name to search it.
- Sage Reference This link opens in a new window
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowElectronic collection of encyclopedias on a variety of topics. This is an excellent source of background information about concepts, people, places, and events.
Find information
These databases provide good resources to get topic ideas or background information on a topic. Click on a database name to search it.
- MAS Ultra - School Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides full text from periodicals covering general reference, health, science, and other areas and includes biographies, primary source documents, pamphlets, and reference books at a high school reading level.
- Middle Search Plus This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text magazine articles, charts, tables, graphs, full-text reference books, encyclopedias, pamphlets, and book reviews at a middle and junior high school reading level.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowElectronic collection of encyclopedias on a variety of topics. This is an excellent source of background information about concepts, people, places, and events.
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