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**Online Databases**

Suggested databases, depending on your topic:

**(Databases with * are password protected.** **Click here for database passwords** **)**

Start with these which offer "original content"
==Most articles in the //ABC-CLIO//, //World Book// and //Encyclopedia Britannica// databases are original content, published by the database. For original content in a database, use these options in NoodleTools: 1. Citation type = Database, 2. Original Content (at bottom of list) as the source type, 3. Copy and paste the citation provided by the database==




 * World Book Encyclopedia, [|Encyclopedia Britannica]: Good general reference sources to get an overview of your topic
 * Gale Virtual Reference Library: Try this database for any topic. It includes hundreds of reference books on many topics related to history.
 * Digital History Excellent for both primary and secondary sources.
 * **American Government (ABC-Clio)***
 * American History (ABC-Clio): *A good database for any topic related to American History. It provides great overviews of topics, as well as more specific sources.
 * U.S. History in Context (Gale): A good database for any topic related to American History. Notice that the results are divided by category: reference, magazines, scholarly journals, primary sources, etc.
 * Opposing Viewpoints
 * Oxford African American Resource Center *: This database has information on many topics related to African American history and people of African descent.
 * Daily Life Through History (ABC-Clio)* : This database is recommended for topics related to everyday life and culture.
 * Pop Culture Universe*: If your topic is related to culture - especially popular culture (music, media, youth, etc.), this database is a good place to find sources.
 * Science in Context: This database may provide good sources for any topic related to science/technology.
 * [|JSTOR]*
 * [|Literature Resource Center]: This database provides information on literature and authors throughout history.
 * [|Boston Globe Archives]: search newspapers from 1872-1979.

** Primary Sources **

 * Annals of American History
 * Internet Modern History Sourcebook
 * NHD extensive list of sites containing U.S. primary sources
 * Guilder Lehrman Institute of American History
 * National Archives

Books

Go to the BHS Library Catalog and search for your topic.


 * Remember to try different key words to find a book on your topic.
 * You may need to make your search narrower or broader.
 * Remember, you can find books in the Reference section and in the Non-Fiction section.
 * Ask a librarian if you need any help finding a book.

Additional books and reference material available on book cart in library, Cawthorne/U.S. History

=**Noodletools**=

Tutorials:


 * Creating Notecards in Noodletools
 * Creating Notecard Piles
 * Adding Notecards to an Outline

The Noodletools User Guide

media type="custom" key="25109232" This video shows you how to perform an advanced search in the database US History in Context.