Academic Research

Bloom’s Literature offers a wealth of relevant content on the authors and works most studied in the high school curriculum, multicultural classics, contemporary literature, and more. Content includes literary criticism, author information, and writing help. 

Trusted encyclopedia with information written for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty.

Busca biografías e información sobre lugares y cosas. Encuentra respuestas rápidas y ayuda con la tarea.

Trusted online encyclopedia with three age-appropriate levels.

Trusted online encyclopedia with information written for elementary, middle, and high school students.

A resource that allows you to read, search, and compare constitutions from around the world.

Quickly access articles from a database of scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Best for academic research.

Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.

Introduce elementary students to database searching with resources featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content.

Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.

Explore thousands of topics across subjects including literature, science, history, and social issues using different sources.

Features a variety of nonfiction, informational text, and formats, including books, images, audio, video, newspapers, primary sources, and more to support learning.

Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources.

Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history.

Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.

Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.

Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements.

Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.

Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more.

Access leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women's lives across the globe.

Comprehensive periodical content for researchers studying law, law enforcement, forensic science, terrorism, and more.

This collection explores cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.

Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students.

Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.

Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.

Find millions of articles on the practical and scientific aspects of horticulture studies. For all horticultural enthusiasts.

Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

Search magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference on a range of topics. Best for middle- and high-school students.

Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily.

Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.

Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily.

Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.

Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily.

Access information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines. Updated daily.

Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.

Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.

Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

Cross-search multiple Gale databases at once.

A collection of millions of titles, many freely available in full-text, digitized from libraries around the world.

A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Free research from social sector organizations around the world on a variety of subjects.

To help students, researchers, and readers understand the critical issues we face today, Issues & Controversies explores and analyzes hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture. Updated weekly, with a wire-service newsfeed providing the latest headline stories, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles designed to inspire thought-provoking debates and research papers. 

Use this tool for locating specific electronic journals and magazines contained within the databases that the State Library of Kansas subscribes to. 

Search materials held at libraries across Kansas. If you are interested in borrowing an item found in this catalog, please contact Lawrence Public Library for Interlibrary loan.

You don't have to be a KU student or staff member to use the KU Libraries! Use this guide to find out about the resources that are available to Kansas residents, as well as information about how to get to campus and find the library you need.

Contains an A-Z index of NIH health resources, clinical trials, current medical news, and more. Información en español. Also, an easy guide to using NIH for research can be found here.

A directory of repositories of freely accessible academic research.

Multimedia collection on the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries, for students and scholars.

A free full-text archive of peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

An all-in-one resource for social science researchers and students to access statistics relevant to their areas of study. 

This cross-media platform allows users to search and browse over 10,000 items, video, book and reference titles within the Social Sciences, including CQ Press resources focusing on American government, politics and current affairs. Available from any computer with a Kansas IP address, or with your Kansas Library eCard.

Pairs recently published social work textbooks with compelling documentaries, clinical demonstration videos and lectures.

This is a grouping of all of the online databases offered to Kansas residents through the State Library of Kansas. A State Library eCard or Kansas IP address is required to access these databases.

World News Digest promotes understanding of a topic by combining the latest news with key context and background. Original articles from 1940 to today include overviews of historic events, country profiles, historical documents, biographies, research features, special reports, editorials, and editorial cartoons. World News Digest also provides easy access to extensive historical video footage from the 1940s through the 2010s. 

Search for books, movies, genealogy resources, and other materials in libraries worldwide. If you are interested in borrowing an item that Lawrence Public Library does not have and need assistance placing an interlibrary loan request, please contact us.