During the beginning stages of your research, reading around your topic helps you to:
Encyclopedia Databases provide thorough background information on a variety of topics and are a strong resource at this stage of research.
Encyclopedia articles for background research and exploration in American History.
Encyclopedia articles to explore modern era world history.
A great online encyclopedia database for background and introductory research.
The following resources are best when you already have:
Article Databases search through a curated collection of newspapers, magazines, journals, books, and more. There are often many more articles with greater depth than Encyclopedia databases. Adding your key terms to a search will help you narrow your results.
Explore topics in World History through authoritative curated content.
A curated collection of resources about US history.
Curated content about and related to thousands of individuals from history and today.
Curated resources related to the study of modern pop culture.
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