Student Research

Offers a world of academic research at your fingertips, with more than 17,000 scholarly journals, podcasts and transcripts.

Access Video lets you watch video on demand from any computer or tablet, with no app or software to download. The Access Video collection includes online shows and documentaries from channels like PBS, BBC, History Channel, A&E and more.

Explore early American history to support school assignments, genealogical and local history research, and more. Features more than 1,000 historical newspapers from all 50 states. This database includes early American newspapers previously available in America's Genealogy Bank.

This online version of the official Associated Press Stylebook is searchable, customizable and updated regularly. It offers writing guidelines for spelling, usage, punctuation and style. Includes access to Webster's New World College Dictionary.

Want to learn about another country? Get in-depth information about 175 countries, including history, culture, customs, food, religion, travel information, maps and much more.

Get in-depth biographical information about the world��s most influential people from all time periods.

The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, including over 400 current and historical Black publications from the 1700s to today.

The Encyclopedia Britannica online, plus a dictionary, thesaurus, world atlas, the full text of current magazine and journal articles, live feeds from a variety of news sources and much more.

Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids. Offers thousands of articles, images, videos and more to help students from kindergarten through high school learn about the world.

Get an inside look at the daily life, history, culture and customs of the world's people. Includes information on more than 200 countries, every U.S. state and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.

Explore one of the world��s largest general reference collections of magazines and digital content to find the information you need. Designed for students in middle school and beyond.

Need to research a topic? Here��s an easy-to-use source for searching magazines, newspapers, journals and audio content.

Access multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.

Find research organized for elementary students featuring age-appropriate search tools, and content.

Analyze important global issues with topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.

Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues. Designed for high schoolers.

Middle School students! Start here to explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, and literature.

Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnologia, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias. Full-text articles from popular Spanish-language magazines.

Explore LGBTQ history, culture, health, and political, social and legal issues in the United States and around the world. The searchable database includes approximately 1.5 million pages of information.

Updated biographical information, library criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from ancient times to the present.

Find literary works and authors throughout history, including thousands of full-text poems, short stories, plays, and author biographies.

This ProQuest database offers searchable access to full-text articles from The New York Times.

If you are on a Library computer or connected to Library Wi-Fi, you can read New York Times articles online for free. Start by creating an account or logging in. You can also get an access code good for 72 hours to read outside the Library. Includes News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic. After 72 hours, with your username and password to get additional access. Also available via NYTimes app.

Curious about the past? Find full-text and full-image content from The New York Times, including articles, headlines, ads, obituaries and more. Contains full-text and images in PDF format of the New York Times from 1851 to three years before current year.

Perfect for debate prep or anyone interested in seeing both sides of social issues, this database offers insight and research into today��s hottest topics in science, social studies, current events and language arts.

OverDrive has thousands of e-books and audiobooks you can borrow for three weeks and download to most devices.

Explore the history and meaning of English words. Includes more than 600,000 words dating back over a thousand years.

Doing a research project for school or work? Start with this vast archive of more than 90,000 reference and information resources that spans centuries.

For general health questions or in-depth research, here��s an easy-to-use database of more than 500 trustworthy medical journals and popular health magazines covering medicine, nutrition, lifestyle and more.

Search fully digitized editions of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and download and print full-text articles. Depending on the issue date, different formats of articles may be available. A partial run of the The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1901-1935) was purchased with a generous grant from The Seattle Public Library Foundation; however, the full run is currently available until further notice.

Search fully digitized editions of The Seattle Times, and download and print full-text articles. Depending on the issue date, different formats of articles may be available. The Seattle Times Historical Archive (1895-1984) is made possible through a generous grant from The Seattle Public Library Foundation.

This database offers full-text newspaper, magazine and reference content from more than 2,200 high-quality sources on topics such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.

Provides detailed statistics that describe social and economic conditions in the United States.

Log in with a Library card to get free online tutoring from live tutors for K-12 students, as well as adult learners and job seekers.

Full-text access to five major daily newspapers: Chicago Tribune 1985-current; Los Angeles Times 1985-current; New York Times 1980-current; Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition 1984-current; and Washington Post 1987-current.

Find news and information about Seattle and other Northwest communities in this collection, which includes newspapers from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Find current Washington state salaries, training requirements and educational programs for a wide variety of occupations, plus tools to help you choose a career.

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