Social Studies

Information, photos, and videos about the world's countries, the states of the U.S., and the provinces of Canada.

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Contains high school-appropriate magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles and also includes primary source documents, reference books, and multimedia.

Includes Academic Search Premier, Consumer Health Complete, MAS Complete, MasterFILE Complete, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, and Science Reference Center databases. (EBSCO)

Contains middle school-appropriate magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles and also includes primary source documents, reference books, and multimedia.

Includes Consumer Health Complete, Middle Search Plus, Newspaper Source, Primary Search, and Science Reference Center databases. (EBSCO)

Covers hundreds of debate topics, with an Overview (objective background/description), Point (argument) and Counterpoint (opposing argument) articles and a Guide to Critical Analysis to evaluate the controversy. (EBSCO)

A community analysis and social science data platform that gives users access to large built-in visualized datasets, including millions of variables from 100+ sources. Users can build maps, charts, tables, and reports, analyze public datasets with citations, and compare places, trends, and variables over time.