Research & Learn

Online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

Archive of indexed publications related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750.

Designed for educators, Explora Educator’s Edition has lesson plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources on a wide variety of educational topics.

Search interface for general-interest magazines, encyclopedias, reference books, business publications, and more.

Exploration and career planning for high school, undergraduate, graduate, nursing, or vocational and tech schools. Includes career assessments, financial aid opportunities, resume assistance, internships and apprenticeships postings.

Database of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals. Titles from Latin America, Portugal and Spain cover all major academic disciplines.

Large collection of full text encyclopedia entries that includes images, biographies, and more on a wide variety of subject areas.

Biographical information on thousands of people from throughout history. Includes video, audio clips, and images.

Thousands of pro and con viewpoint articles on contemporary social issues, topic overviews, primary sources, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.

Cross-search feature allows simultaneous searching of one, several or all available Gale databases.

Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Information on specific diseases as well as overall health topics. Subjects include fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health, children's health and more.

Full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.

Research your family history from anywhere in the 1790-1950 U.S. Census, the full text of over 20,000 family and local histories, an index of 6,300 local history and genealogy periodicals, and a database of Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrant files.

Library of Congress digitized newspapers from 1777 - 1963 including historic SC newspapers.

Full-text reference eBooks, peer-reviewed journals, primary source documents, and biographies covering U.S. and world history.

Prepare for the ACT, SAT, AP, and graduate school exams. Includes GED and occupational certification exam prep, eBooks, videos, and Spanish-language content for the US Citizenship test.

Research database for library and information science studies. LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports.