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Somewhere to start your research
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Academic Search Complete
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Background information
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Books, encyclopedias (Britannica Online), dictionaries (Oxford English Dictionary), or other reference material.
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| Current research on a subject |
Databases
*JSTOR is a back issues database and won’t have the most current research.
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| Academic or scholarly articles |
Databases
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Info on both sides of “hot topic” issues like abortion or gun control
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
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Up-to-the-minute information like stock prices, news, sports scores
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Newspapers, the Internet or databases: LexisNexis Academic |
| Statistics |
LexisNexis Statistical Universe, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center or government websites
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| Popular articles |
Magazines or Academic Search Complete
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| Contemporary accounts of historical events |
New York Times Archive or other newspapers on microfilm.
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| Primary Sources (letters, diaries, government reports, photographs, maps, manuscripts, etc.) |
American Memory, Empire Online
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950
Women and Social Movements in the United States
Autobiographies, memoirs, correspondence, or letters.
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