Educational Resources
The internet offers a wide variety of sources for doing research. However, in its current state it is like the wild west of the 1800's, untamed and expansive. The resources on this page are designed to guide you in your searches.
School Subscriptions
Proquest is a wondeful database and should be your first stop when researching for a paper. It has full-access to thousands of magazines and scholarly journals that will likely have articles that are about your topic.
Proquest ELibrary
The following are three news magazines you can use for free online.
If you want to find the many definitions or the etymology (the history) of a word, look no further than the Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
You will require a login for Proquest and OED unless you are at a school computer.
Internet Public Library
The Ask an IPL2 Librarian is a wonderful way to get your difficult questions answered by a another professional librarian. Just email them, and they will get back to you with the answer within a week.
Internet Subject Guides
The Internet Public Library also has the definitive guide to websites by topic. Click on Resources by Subject.