LibGuides: **COLONELS LIBRARY LHS**: HISTORY

DATABASES & RESOURCES FOR HISTORY RESEARCH

ABC CLIO This link opens in a new window Username: LHS2
GALE EBOOKS This link opens in a new window
Reference ebooks ALL SUBJECTS!!
Cavendish Digital E Books This link opens in a new window
Financial Literacy - World War I - World War II
Username: ledyard
Salem Press This link opens in a new window
History & Science collection of Ebooks.
Library card user name is the one you know.

From ProQuest: free, open resource for students, educators and others who are researching U.S. Black history. The site features over 2,000 curated primary-source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. https://blackfreedom.proquest.com/

Britannica Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Username: lhslibrary

Connecticut Digital Literacy Project
Digitized historically significant Connecticut newspapers.

US History

American Historical Association
American Revolution
Annenberg Classroom for CIVICS
Black History
Gallup Site
The History Channel
Library of Congress
NAACP
National History Day
National Museum American History (Smithsonian)
NPR (National Public Radio)
Organization of American History
PBS The American Experience
Smithsonian Institute
US History
US History Chronological Order
Zinn's Education History Project
Chronicling America News Map
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Use the US Map to drill down by state for news from 1940's to today

USA.gov

Explore the entire world of government resources
NOAA Climate

US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration portal into all things climate.
Education Resources Information Center

Centralized interface for searching more than 1.3 million citations, back to 1966.
World Wise Schools

Brings the Peace Corps experience home to American classrooms.
US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets

Published by US State Department, booklets provide basic facts on a country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, & its relations with other countries..

U.S. Term Limits

Making of America
Long term effort to create a digital collection of primary documents related to American History. University of Michigan Library & Cornell University Library.
US News Map

Digital Public Library Presidential Libraries

Library of Congress American Memory Project
Library of Congress America's Story
Library of Congress
LOC Discovery Sets
The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and one-of-a-kind documents on a wide range of topics, from history to science to literature. Interactive tools let students zoom in, draw to highlight details, and conduct open-ended primary source analysis. Full teaching resources are available for each set.