Students, here are some links to consider when doing research related to Texas History. Some 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
Find articles in this online encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association. Tutorial
Look through digital versions of primary source documents including photos, maps, and books. See yearbooks, receipts, directories, newspaper articles, letters, and much more. Tutorial
Contains info on politics and government, population, business and transportation, oil and minerals, science and health, education, culture and the arts. Includes detailed maps of all 254 counties. Tutorial
Search this virtual museum of the cultural legacy of Texas. Includes great pictures. Tutorial
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
Encyclopedias
Search encyclopedia articles, timelines, weblinks, multimedia, maps, more. Use to find information on all subjects.
Click for Video Tutorial
Click for Video Tutorial
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.
Video explaining in text citations for MLA. You can also ask Mrs. Prather for help.