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History Research Guide

This guide was designed to help you find high quality resources that are credible and relevant to your topic. Please reach out to Mrs. Phiambolis if you have any questions. 

Citing your Sources

Use NoodleTools to create your Works Cited, Notecards, etc. If you have trouble logging in, see Ms. Phi.

*Tip: NoodleTools works best with Safari. If it starts glitching, you're probably using Chrome.

Specialized Database

  

ABC-CLIO provides access to articles similar to those found in Gale. If you are struggling to find information in Gale or Britannica, ABC-CLIO can be a good alternative. 

*Search Tip: start your search using "Time Periods"

Databases

Britannica School:

Provides access to good introductory articles, images, and more.

*Search Tip: Britannica School is NOT THE SAME as Britannica.com. Be sure to use the School Edition 

History Databases

 

             

Gale In Context: U.S. History provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people.

Gale In Context: World History provides access to articles, images, maps, and more.

*Search Tip: start your search using "Topics" and narrowing down from there.

Specialized Databases

 

         

Issues & Controversies has pro/con articles that present both sides of an issue clearly and without bias.  *Search Tip: start your search by selecting the Era and select the Event you are researching         

 

Oxford African American Studies Center provides access to more than 20,000 articles by top scholars in the field, and over 2,500 images and 700 primary sources 

Primary Sources

 

    

ProQuest Historical Newspapers provides access to archived New York Times articles from 1851 - 2019

*Search Tip: limit your result by year of publication!

Gale Primary Sources searches ALL of our Gale databases for primary source content. 

Database Passwords

If you are using the LARC databases from home you will need to log in. Here is a list of the usernames/passwords