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.
Explore modern issues and controversies in society.
Strong resource to explore modern issues and controversies in the United States.
A great online encyclopedia database for background and introductory research.
Encyclopedia articles for background research and exploration in American History.
Encyclopedia articles to explore modern era world history.
Country Reports gives you access to historical and current information about the country.
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 issues and controversies in modern society from a variety of viewpoints and sources.
A curated collection of resources about US history.
Explore topics in World History through authoritative curated content.
Curated resources related to issues and controversies around the world.
Curated content about and related to thousands of individuals from history and today.
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