LibGuides: Middle School: Grade 7 Humanities: Research Resources

Resources

Essential Information: FactCite
General purpose reference source for all ages. Covers everything from art to religion to history to science to business.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Full-text reference sources on all topics
NewsBank Newspapers Access full-text newspaper articles from all over the world as well as historical newspapers dating to 1900, including The Plain Dealer.
New York Times
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Oxford Reference Online Oxford Reference Online is an ebook database containing specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and reference resources for general research.
U.S. History in Context U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today. Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals.
World Book Student (Middle School) Start your school project here. Research tools, biographies, videos, current events, images, maps, and timelines. Create your own account to track and share your research. Hear text read aloud. Translate articles into more than 30 languages.
World History in Context World History In Context reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today's headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students.

NoodleTools

NoodleTools Integrated tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving/annotation, and collaborative research and writing.