Over 330 titles, cross searchable with E-Books, this database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

This database is like a giant interactive almanac of the world and the states. A great place to look if you’re trying to learn details about an unfamiliar place. There are also some great internet resources for statistical information about countries. Try the CIA World Factbook and Nationmaster if you're allowed to use web resources for your assignment.

Britannica is an online encyclopedia and general subject database that will provide articles,images,and videos for almost anything you are researching.

SIRS is a Proquest K-12 specific general reference database containing 1000s of full text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. You can save your searches on this database and come back later.

Proquest provides a K-12 database.