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Research Topic

Photo History Project

Use the resources below to help research your photograph.

Encyclopedia Databases

Read Around Your Topic

Encylopedia Databases

During the beginning stages of your research, reading around your topic helps you to: 

  • Build a foundation of understanding.
  • Find a path for your research.
  • Identify important key terms, events, and people for your research. 

Encyclopedia Databases provide thorough background information on a variety of topics and are a strong resource at this stage of research. 

Encyclopedia Databases

ABC-CLIO: American History

Encyclopedia articles for background research and exploration in American History.

Facts on File: Issues and Controversies in History

Explore controversies from American and World history.

Britannica

A great online encyclopedia database for background and introductory research.

Article Resources

Explore Deeper

Article Databases

The following resources are best when you already have:

  • A basic understanding of what you are looking for. 
  • A collection of key terms, events, and people to add to your search.

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. 

Article Databases

Gale World History in Context

Explore topics in World History through authoritative curated content.

Gale US History In Context

A curated collection of resources about US history.

Gale Power Search

Search all Gale databases.

Additional Resources

Reference eBooks

We have a large collection of reference ebooks available for research. These books are available as multi-user ebooks, meaning that multiple people can read the same book at the same time.

As with print books, you can use the index or table of contents to navigate the books, but you may also do a full-text search to find mention of your topic, event, or person.

Web Resources

The following websites could be useful places for this research.

Research Footer

Citation Tutorials
Keyword Generator
Website Evaluation
Username and Passwords
Book recs and research help