History & Genealogy

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

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

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

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® 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.

IN LIBRARY LINK

OFFSITE LINK

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

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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) 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

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 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

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

Features include:

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

American History

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

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

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

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.

kids, history, in Spanish

EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. With quality databases and search features, EBSCOhost helps researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast.

all topics

History Study Center is a curated collection of full-text journals and popular magazines covering a range of global historical topics and themes. The collection includes current and archival secondary sources for vital content and varied perspectives on thousands of topics from world history. Authoritative and engaging, the History Study Center provides a launching point for the study of world history from ancient times through today. HSC supports students preparing to complete the Cambridge International AS and A Level Global Perspectives & Research project, as well as completion of the Advanced Placement U.S. History and Advanced Placement World History examinations and course work.

history, culture, literature

India Database a comprehensive multidisciplinary resource that provides full-text, scholarly journals, all published in India. These scholarly sources support many academic fields of study, such as business, medicine, science, technology, social sciences and humanities. Providing a unique source of the very best scholarly periodical output from India, India Database specializes in current scholarship originating in India, with most coverage from the last ten years and is updated daily with new content.

India, Asia, international

This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. Features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. *

all topics

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more. They provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.

ebooks, movies, concerts, internet

Unique in scale and unparalleled in data quality, WorldCat makes library collections findable and accessible around the world. OCLC’s team of expert catalogers and data quality specialists constantly enrich WorldCat records with new and corrected information to ensure that WorldCat contains the highest quality records possible.

documents, history