About This Topic
A Topic Guide is a quick way to find reliable information in different formats, all relating to a chosen topic.

What Are They?
Find Topic Guides when you visit the Research Portal
The Library's subscription premium sites combine with librarian-reviewed web resources to make Topic Guides.
One Guide is a targeted collection of of links to premium content such as article databases, websites, suggested books and ebooks--all about the same topic.
Why Should You Go There First?
- A Topic Guide is a quick way to find reliable information in different formats, all relating to a chosen topic.
- Some will help you get started on a research paper or homework assignment. Each Guide contains tabs with information and links to useful resources.
- Our Topic Guides contain resources to help you find the answer to questions you have, or even to questions you didn't know you had.
- The Guides have been chosen, evaluated, and annotated by Arlington Public Librarians specifically for your research needs.
- Note that featured book titles on Topic Guides are only a sample, and are not a complete list of what is found on the library shelves or in eCollections.
What's available?
Topic Guides and Premium Sites bring you access to a wide range of premium content: encyclopedias, periodicals (magazines), newspapers, reference books, and more. Get full-text articles, maps, and photographs from encyclopedias, newspapers, and magazines, plus investment, career, small business, genealogy and language-learning tools. Use them to pinpoint facts, update information, or learn about something. Free with your Library card!
How do I begin?
Browse the list of All Topic Guides which make up the Resarch Portal
Search the Topic Guides in the Research Portal: Use the box below the Research Portal to search "All Guides"

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