General Resources (all grades)
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Keyword Generator
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This interactive tool from UCONN will help you think through key ideas and search terms to help with your research.
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2026 TRIP Calendar
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Noodle Tools
Use this for your citations, note cards, and outline.
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TRIP Creative Project Rubric
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Grades 7/8
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Gale in Context: Middle School
Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more
- Database searching skills student activity (opens in new window) Review strong search strategies for databases.
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Newsela ELA
This database provides news articles at various reading levels.
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News-O-Matic
This database provides news articles at various reading levels.
Grades 9/10
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Britannica Academic
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Sooth.fyi
Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for
students and knowledge professionals.
We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of
expert content from across the web covering a range of
important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
- Academic Journal Tips (opens in new window) All about Academic Journals in Databases
- Searching Skills (opens in new window) Develop strong searching skills in databases
Grades 11/12
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JSTOR Secondary Schools Collection
An online library of journals, academic ebooks, and primary sources. Participating K-12 schools gain access to all of the archival journal content (~2,000 academic journals in more than 60 disciplines) and JSTOR's primary source collections (JSTOR Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa, African World Heritage Sites). Detailed descriptions of these collections are below.
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Sooth.fyi
Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for
students and knowledge professionals.
We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of
expert content from across the web covering a range of
important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.
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Gale PowerSearch
Search newspapers, business journals and health journals.
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Gale: Opposing Viewpoints
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
- Searching Skills (opens in new window) Develop strong searching skills in databases
- Academic Journal Tips (opens in new window) All about Academic Journals and finding them in Databases