Global History I: Iraq War Referendum: Home

Library databases can provide you with information on key people, organizations, and events. They can also include primary sources and images. Check out the databases below to start. Just make sure that you are only building your argument on information that would have been available in 2003.

Tips for Searching the Databases

• Before you search come up with a short list of search terms you might want to use. These can include synonyms and alternate wordings in case your first search terms don't turn up a lot of results.
• Start with more general search terms and then get more specific as you learn more about your topic. 
• If you're having trouble finding good sources, think about searching more broadly or narrowly
• Use the Advanced Search option to get better results -- this will allow you combine multiple search ideas at the same time.
• Use words like "and", "or", and "not" to separate search terms. For example, "China" AND "climate change".
• Use "quotation marks" to search for a whole phrase together.
• Use an asterisk (*) to search for related terms. For example, searching for "librar*" could return results about a library, libraries, a librarian, or librarians.
• The databases don't work exactly like Google search does--you may have to try out a few different search terms before you find one that works well.

Newspapers and other news media will be a key resource for you as you seek to support your argument. Here are several recommended library resources.

Always make sure you get the stable link and citation information for your articles. Look for something that says "Citations", "Citing", or "Cite this article", and then copy the Chicago Turabian citation OR export that citation directly into Noodletools. Do not copy the URL from the URL bar -- it will not bring you back to the article later.