Resources

AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take a site's users to places where those primary sources are found, and to which the site's users may otherwise not go. The author of each story is listed on the "chapters" page of the story. A link to the author provides more detailed information. There is also a www.google.com search on the main subject-index page.  Type in "awesomestories"+"your topic," and Google should help you find it.

ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.  Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year backfile, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought provoking debates.  This database is great for research papers and debate prep.