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A series of brief tutorials that guide you through the process of finding/creating your research topic and research question/thesis statement.

politics & policy
Government policy reports.

all subjects, policy studies
Formerly known as Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
Pro and con essays, articles and primary sources on controversial issues.

biography, all subjects
Biographical information on notable people, both contemporary and historical.
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Photographs of famous people and public figures, historic and news events, landmarks and high quality stock photography.
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High quality images including paintings and drawings, art photography, photographs of sculptures, architectural blueprints and photographs.
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all subjects
Lots of full-text scholarly articles in all subjects - great place to start your research.
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Full-text to many regional, US, and non-US newspapers. For most of them, coverage is from 1996-present.

all subjects
JSTOR does not have articles from the past year or two!!!
Articles in all subjects. Especially good for ancient history, literature, film studies, mathematics, environmental science, African American studies.
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Full-text articles from major national newspapers including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post. Coverage for most is 1980-present. Best place to search for news articles from the past 3 decades.

all subjects
Select two or more ProQuest databases to search at the same time.

Our largest e-book database.
* If you want to create an ebrary bookshelf or highlight, you will need to create a separate ebrary account.
* If you see a "security certificate" message, just click OK or "add exception" to proceed.
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