Research, Citation, & Class Guides: High School: Starting Points

Great Databases to Start with! (Subject focused databases farther down)

CQ Researcher
In-depth, authoritative, informative & persuasive reports on a full range of political and social-policy issues extending back to 1923.
Each report is footnoted and includes an overview, background section, chronology, bibliography, and debate-style pro-con feature, plus tools to study the evolution of the topic over time.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Contextual topic overviews and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Links to content from magazines, academic journals, news, primary sources, multimedia, and vetted websites.
Academic Search Complete
Full-text access to articles from over 7,000 journals (including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals), magazines, and reference sources.
Partial funding provided by Student Technology Fees.
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Peer-reviewed, full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines.
Statista
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Statistics and other quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a variety of other areas of interest.
Research@UWW
A discovery tool for most of the Library's articles, books, multimedia, and digital repositories.

CQ Researcher
In-depth, authoritative, informative & persuasive reports on a full range of political and social-policy issues extending back to 1923.
Each report is footnoted and includes an overview, background section, chronology, bibliography, and debate-style pro-con feature, plus tools to study the evolution of the topic over time.
Environment Complete Full text articles and e-books in the areas of agriculture, energy, natural resources, water science, geography, pollution, urban planning, and more.
Partial funding provided by Student Technology Fees.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
EBook reference articles
GreenFILE
Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment and includes scholarly, government, and general-interest titles.
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.

Alt HealthWatch
Focuses on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Available through Badgerlink
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.

CINAHL PLUS with Full-Text
Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
EBook reference resources
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Available through Badgerlink
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.

Medline with Full Text Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Medline covers all aspects of biomedicine including nursing, dentistry and veterinary medicine.

Education Research Complete The definitive online resource for education research. Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties.
Access provided by Wisconsin DPI via Badgerlink.

ERIC
Provides access to of government documents, reports, conference proceedings, standards, curriculum, and journal articles on education research and practice.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
EBook reference articles
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Abstracts and some full-text journals for criminal justice and criminology research.
Subject areas include forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.

Partial funding provided by Student Technology Fees.
Political Science Complete Full text for scholarly articles, reference books, monographs, and conference papers.
Partial funding provided by Student Technology Fees.

Communication & Mass Media Complete Academic journals, trade journals, and news in communication and mass media studies. Full text for over 200 titles and citations for more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
EBook reference articles
GenderWatch Scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government, and special reports that focus on how gender affects a broad array of subject areas.
Its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, is a repository of historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community and the changes in gender roles over the years.
APA PsycInfo Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and books in psychology and related disciplines.
Partial funding provided by UW System Shared Electronic Collection.

SocINDEX Contains full text for 777 journals dating back to 1908 and full text for more than 820 books and monographs and 13,947 conference papers.

Women's Studies International Citations for 800 essential sources from 1972-present, including journals, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, reports, theses, dissertations, and grey literature.