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5 HUM - African Icons: Changemakers, Political Activists & World Leaders

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Practice searching for your research topic using these resources!

World Book Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
A middle school friendly online encylopedia with a Biography Center, current events, research guides, and more. A good resource for middle school learners to access information from trusted sources.

Britannica School This link opens in a new window
An integrated resource that not only provides articles by school level, but also links to newspaper and magazine articles, websites, primary resources, and e-books! Includes images, videos, and a dictionary.

Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine and journal articles, primary sources, and multimedia content. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers.

Geographical Resources

Practice searching for your research topic's country of origin using these resources!

CultureGrams (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains reference articles on more than 200 countries, get a kid's-eye view of daily life around the world and find reports on all of the U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and territories.

The World Factbook (CIA)
The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 265 world entities.