Covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, etc. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science,etc.
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Explore issues within government, law, health, science and technology, society and culture, etc. This database integrates news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, etc, Offers over 250 country pages and more than 400 issue pages. Commentaries provide background and guidance on significant topics like Food Security, Genocide, Human Rights, Extreme Weather, etc.
A broad subject database which includes peer-reviewed journals, magazines, reference sets and podcasts covering the areas of criminal justice, history, economics, marketing, and psychology. Also includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
A broad ranging general reference collection of ebooks. Search thousands of authoritative reference sources across all fields and disciplines.
This newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Develop a topic
Select a Topic | Develop Research Questions | Identify Keywords | Find Background Information | Refine a Topic
Locate information
Books & E-Books | Videos & Images | Articles | Websites | Search Strategies
Types of Information
Information Sources | Examples of Information Sources | Types of Periodicals
Evaluate
Help! My News is Fake! | What Can I Do? | Let's Check a Claim | Check your own claim!
Write
Grammar and Figures of Speech | Take Notes | Outline the Paper
Cite
Plagiarism | MLA Format | APA Format | APA Examples | Annotated Bibliographies | Additional Citation Styles and Sources
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This guide was developed with the Johnson & Wales University Denver Library and is used with permission.