Students, here are some links to consider when doing research related to American History. All of these links are also apps on your webdesk inside a folder called: "Library Digital Resources." If you are at home and the link does not let you in, go to your webdesk and find the app. It will authenticate there. The picture of the app is included next to each one below.
Search Apps
The following 4 resources are all in the ABC-Clio app. Whether you are clicking here or on the webdesk, you will need to select "Classlink" then Otto, and then it will get you to the resource. On the webdesk app, it signs you into all of them, and you just have to select the specific one you want.
Coverage: 1350 to the present; topic overviews, biographies, government and court documents, photos, maps, audio and video recordings, statistics, timelines. Includes Full Text. Click for Tutorial Video
Topic overviews, biographies, documents, images, maps, audio and video recordings. Includes Full Text. Click for Tutorial Video
Database dedicated to the history and culture of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Guatemalans, Cubans, Dominicans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, and other Hispanic groups in the United States. Click for Tutorial Video
Database with more than 8,000 articles focused on African Americans throughout history, including the complete WPA Slave Narratives collection. Click for Tutorial Video
Multimedia resources—including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio titles, articles, activities, worksheets, interactives, and more. Click for Tutorial Video
Current Issues & News
Get the complete historical background and contemporary status of each issue and the supporting facts, figures, and timelines. Click for Tutorial Video
Premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Click for Tutorial Video
Includes Full-text Updated daily Articles from 1000 newspapers from around the world 1980 to present day. Click for Tutorial Video
Encyclopedias
Search encyclopedia articles, timelines, weblinks, multimedia, maps, more. Use to find information on all subjects.
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Citing Your Sources
It is very important that you give credit to any of your sources so that you don't plagiarize which means stealing or taking credit for someone else's work. For a social studies project, you want to cite in MLA style. Every single one of these resources already gives you a citation for their articles or books. However, if you need to create one from scratch, here are some links online to citation makers, and there are videos explaining how to cite different sources. Every year some citation machines quit working or you have to pay, so that's why we keep adding different ones to try out, but they all work the same way. If you are using Google Docs, there's an even easier way to do this. Follow the instructions on the Google Slides.