LibGuides: Extended Essay: General Resources

General Academic Search Engines

Use these tools to find scholarly journals and articles for most subject areas.

Google Scholar
Scholarly search engine searches academic journals. You wont be able to access everything. Look for the PDF link to the right.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Great source for online peer-reviewed articles.
Internet Public Library
repository of 500,000+ essays across thousands of topics
Hindawi
Large collection of open-access journals

Video Lectures
free and open access educational video lectures repository. The lectures are given by distinguished scholars and scientists.
TED Talks
Can be a good source of supportive information
Big Think
Similar to TED talks, but shorter. Usually more focused on a specific idea.
iTunesU
You'll need the iTunes App, but many, many excellent university-level courses that can help your research.
Crash Course
Who doesn't love John and Hank Green? Like Khan Academy, this is good for general background information and understanding subject-specific theories.
MIT Open Courseware
a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
Khan Academy
Good for background information and understanding theoretical concepts.