LibGuides: Middle School: Seventh Grade Social Studies: Research Resources

Resources

Countries & Cultures: FactCite This link opens in a new window Information about countries including everything from population to economy to religion to social media statistics.
Essential Information: FactCite This link opens in a new window
General purpose reference source for all ages. Covers everything from art to religion to history to science to business.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window Full-text reference sources on all topics
NoodleTools This link opens in a new window Integrated tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving/annotation, and collaborative research and writing.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window Oxford Reference Online is an ebook database containing specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and reference resources for general research.
World Book Student (Middle School) This link opens in a new window 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 This link opens in a new window 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.
U.S. History in Context This link opens in a new window 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 History in Context This link opens in a new window 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.