Targeted resources for student research
SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) provides a portal to relevant, credible information carefully hand-selected by our SIRS editorial staff.
When students use SKS, they receive best-of content designed to support
student research, study, and homework in key curricula subjects.
Databases cross-searchable within SKS will vary based on subscription.
SIRS Knowledge Source offers National, State, Province and Common Core
Standards aligned to content.
Use SKS to search these SIRS resources at once, or to link to each SIRS collection:
- SIRS® Issues Researcher—Covering the pros and cons Leading Issues most studied and debated by students
- SIRS® Government Reporter—Historic and Government Documents, Directories and Almanacs
- SIRS® Renaissance—Current perspectives on the arts and humanities
- SIRS® WebSelect—Collection of editorially-selected reliable and credible educational websites covering all curriculum topics
SKS can also link to other popular SIRS databases:
- SIRS® Decades—Primary and secondary sources covering 20th Century American History
- SIRS Discoverer®—Content hand-selected for younger researchers in grades K-9
Every SIRS article, primary source, website, and graphic has been
carefully reviewed to ensure its relevancy, credibility, curricular
applicability, standards alignment, and appropriateness to students.
