This page contains a selected list of databases focused on specific disciplines and areas of interest. Use these to start getting acclimated to searches for scholarly and academic sources. Remember conflict exists everywhere! Thus, you may have to search several databases to get a "whole picture."
To quickly look up a topic in an online handbook, encyclopedia, or reference source access Credo Reference (login required) which contains "background information" helping you to learn more about a topic or population, and brainstorm on ways to approach your search strategies.