Research Springboard

To help get you started on your topic, below are some reliable websites and databases. 

Epic Databases
Username: cuthberts   
Password: 42cuthberts
EPIC is an umbrella of many databases. Remember, databases have already assessed their content for reliability. I recommend trying the below Databases:

Search across multiple EPIC databases at once
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A Database that focuses on Biographies

If you need more information about the time period, or Human Rights Movement, of your individual

You can change the Reading Level if the other databases are challenging. Please note, not all Human Rights Heroes are in this Database

​After using EPIC, check the information against another site:

Malala Yousefzi (Woman’s rights)

• National Women’s History Museum
• Malala Fund

Nelson Mandela (Apartheid in South Africa)

• Nelson Mandela Foundation 
• Nobel Prize

Harriet Tubman (the Underground railway and slavery)

• National Women’s History Museum
• NY Historical Society

Oskar Schindler (The Holocaust)

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Arizona Jewish Historical Society

Sophie Scholl (The Holocaust)

• National WWII Museum
• Spartacus Educational

Martin Luther King (Black Civil Rights)

• Nobel Prize
• The King Center

Kate Sheppard (Woman’s voting rights)

• Te Ara
• NZ History​

Whina Cooper (Woman’s rights, Maori Rights)

• Te Ara
• NZ History

Mahatma Gandhi (Indian Independence and Rights)

• World Economic Forum
• The Guardian 

The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo (Argentina’s disappeared)

• Official Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo website
• Gender Security Project 

Ida B Wells (Black Civil Rights, Women’s rights)

• National Women's History Museum
• New York Historical Society

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For other sites you find on Google: 
Remember to assess websites for reliability and accuracy -  the CRAAP test is a great tool to use. 

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