Research Sources

Books (alternative to gil)

booksinprint.com - $$$

Library of Congress – Free

Google Books - Free

Newspapers & Periodicals - (alternative to galileo)

newspaperarchive.com - $$$

U.S. News - newsvoyager.com

World News - world-newspapers.com

Google Scholar

Government

U.S. Government Printing Office

Official U.S. Government Page

University of Michigan 

    - Government Document Database (State, Federal, International)

Atlas

National Geographic Atlas of World

Internet

Infomine (scholarly database - some articles cost $$$)

Global Security (international information)

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