All History & Genealogy

African American Heritage (ProQuest)

ProQuest® African American Heritage was created in partnership with leading African American genealogists and recognized leaders in genealogical information to develop a comprehensive mix of resources, records, and tools specifically pertaining to African Americans.

genealogy, history, ancestry

 

American History (FactCite)

Factcite is a collection of databases that contains content designed to inform, inspire, and empower student researchers. Includes 6,000 illustrated articles on people, places and events. Includes eras in American History, Native Americans, states, the Presidents and more. Grades 4 and up.

kids, American history

 

 

Ancestry.com

In-Library Use Only. 

Ancestry.com Library Edition provides access to billions of historical records in the U.S., Canada, and internationally. Search census, military, immigration, tax, criminal, land, pictures, maps, and so much more. Features include:

  • documents and history
  • message boards
  • training and tutorials
  • personal-use charts, forms, and other guides

historical records

 

Defining Moments in U.S. History (FactCite)

The Fact Site is an ever-growing knowledge base for the world’s most random and interesting facts.

  • Narrative overviews
  • Primary source documents
  • Images
  • Biographies
  • Timelines
  • Glossaries

 middle/junior high/high school, fun facts

 

Fold3 - History and Genealogy Archives Plus

IN LIBRARY LINK - Fold3® features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K. and other international records.

Fold 3 - History and Genealogy Archives Plus

OFFSITE LINK.  60 million pages of historical documents including census records from 1860 and 1930, city directories, historical newspapers, naturalization documents and state records.  

HeritageQuest

Heritage Quest provides access to billions of historical records in the U.S., Canada, and internationally. Search census, military, immigration, tax, criminal, land, pictures, maps, and so much more.

  • City Directories
  • Census Map Guide
  • U.S. Indian Census Rolls
  • Mortality Schedules
  • Agricultural and Industrial Schedules
  • U.S. Freedman's Bank Record, 1861-1875

ancestry, history, genealogy

 

Facts on File

Login Required Offsite

Facts on File Issues and Controversies databases provide authoritative information in core subject areas such as careers & education, current issues, general reference, geography & culture, history, literature & language arts, medical & health, news services, religion & philosophy and science & mathematics. Features include:

  • Pro/con Articles
  • Debate Videos
  • Court Cases
  • Overview Videos
  • National High School Policy Debate Topics
  • Presidency And Presidential Races
  • Instructional Resources

politics, law, debate, government, current issues, history

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (ProQuest)

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (ProQuest) is a longstanding, comprehensive Canadian periodical collection covering multiple subjects and topics, with millions of full-text records. Accessible to readers and researchers at every level, the Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database features a diversified mix of publications, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio and television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more.

Canada, news, culture, history, literature

 

Biography for Beginners (FactCite)

Profiles of more than 10,000 people from around the world. Features include:

  • State, National, and category listings
  • Teacher resources

kids, biography, history

 

ABC-CLIO

ABC-Clio is a unified search platform for American History and the African American Experience. Features include:

  • Educator support
  • Strategies for research, writing, critical thinking and more
  • Citation help
  • Ask a Cybrarian

American History, African- American Experience

 

African American Experience (ABC-Clio)

A groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research. Features include:

  • Educator support
  • Strategies for research, writing, critical thinking and more
  • Citation help
  • Ask a Cybrarian

American History, African- American Experience

American History (ABC-Clio)

American History (ABC-Clio) surveys American history from the Colonial era and American Revolution to the nation's rise to eminence as a global superpower. Analyzes American political conflict, economic development, and changing culture. 

Features include:

  • Educator support
  • Strategies for research, writing, critical thinking and more
  • Citation help
  • Ask a Cybrarian

American History

World Book Student

A research tool tailored for students in elementary & middle schools with over 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, 10,000 biographies, multimedia, videos, animations and student activities. Features include:

  • Games
  • Maps and Atlas
  • Timelines
  • Citation Builder
  • Text-to-speech reader with translations
  • 360 images

history, geography

World Book Timelines

A resource for accessing or creating timelines for projects in the arts, literature, notable people, science & technology, world history, geography and more. Users can select a built timeline and make changes or create new timelines then images and videos.

history

 

World Book Discover

Reference resource with content and tools specifically tailored for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties. Features include:

  • Organized saves and notes
  • Literacy aids
  • Lifeskills
  • Games
  • eBooks
  • Educator tools

kids, history

 

World Book Advanced

A reference tool for 8th grade and up that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-books, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search. Features include:

  • Citation builder
  • Dictionary
  • Educator tools
  • Interactive maps
  • World Newspapers

kids, history

 

 

World Book Early Learning

The Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades. Developed with experts on early childhood education, the Early World of Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum.

  • Stories and games
  • Reading practice
  • Interactive Encyclopedia

kids, history

 

Banco de Contenidos aulaPalenta

World Book’s new comprehensive Spanish database with more than 170,000 articles, images, and videos designed for native Spanish-speaking researchers and advanced bilingual and ESL students.

Spanish, history