The SIRS Knowledge Source searches an online database of articles and also provides links to valid websites from your search.

ABC CLIO Online Databases provides information for Social Studies classes. This site only searches Social Studies databases.

BadgerLink is a portal to databases of information that is verified and reliable.  
Some of the searchable databases include:

• EBSCOhost-database of online published articles.
• ProQuest-database of ethnical studies and newspapers.
• AABD- African American Biographical Database searches biographies of famous African Americans with links to individual websites.
• Access Newspaper Archive- Searches newspapers from around the world
• TeachingBooks.net- Links to famous books used in schools along with notes and interviews with the author.
• LitFINDER-Searches plays and poems from famous authors around the world.

Culture Grams focuses on the cultures of countries and territories in the world.  This is a very useful resource for geography and world studies classes.

Grolier Online is great for social studies research and current events.

AccuWeather provides information about current and past weather conditions for all areas of the US and World.

WISCareers is a very useful site for those planning for the future.  The user can find colleges that help with the field they are wanting to go into.  The user can also find a description for different types of jobs.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a great resource for current events projects.

A good resource for current event projects, this newspaper comes from Madison, Wisconsin.

The Capital Times is a newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.

Merriam-Webster is a resource for looking up the definitions of words and finding words of similar meanings.  They also provide a visual approach to definitions and spelling with their new Visual Online Dictionary.

The CIA World Factbook includes vital information on every country/territory in the world.  It is a great resource for geography and world studies classes.

Gale Junior Reference provides valid information for a variety of topics.

EBSCO Host searches databases of published works by reliable sources.  A variety of topics are searchable through this tool.