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AP Seminar/AP Research Guide

Academic

Peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

Current Periodicals

Issues, Controversies, & Debates

Reports published 44 times per year on contemporary political and social issues in the U.S.

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Issues & Controversies

This database allows you to search in-depth investigations of current top issues

Open Access Sources

PubMed:  PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally.

The PubMed database contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. It does not include full-text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources, such as the publisher's website or PubMed Central (PMC). (Description from PubMed site)


Science Direct: Open access journal articles covering multiple subjects in science (account creation may be necessary) 


PLOS ONE: Full-text open access articles covering multiple subject areas


MDPI: Includes approximately 420 peer-reviewed journals and nine conference journals


Frontiers: 221 OA Journals

 

**Preprints and unpublished works are NOT been peer reviewed.** (use with caution)

 

National Library of Medicine Clinical Trials Database:  Collection of up-to-date clinical trials from around the world


Biorxiv: Unpublished preprints of articles in life sciences


Medrxiv: Unpublished preprints of articles in the medical, clinical, and health sciences


PsyArXiv:  Unpublished preprints of articles in psychology

Pew Research Center: Nonpartisan organization that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. 

Library of Congress: The largest library in the world with more than 162 million items, including books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts. The LOC serves as the research arm of Congress.

National Archives: The nation's record keeper- Contains documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States federal government

Science.gov: Authoritative federal science information

Smithsonian: Smithsonian Libraries offers educational resources and digital collections from 21 specialized research libraries. Features RESEARCH TOOLS, a portal that allows you to search their collection of journals and books.

Digital Public Library of America: Features photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and more, from America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions.

GREAT FOR: Primary Sources from History