Explore these sources to gather background information and learn more about your topic. Keep an eye out for keywords and references that can help you find more sources once you narrow in on your topic.
Provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Includes full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.
Google Scholar searches across scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints and grey literature.
There is typically an abstract for the article. Ask a librarian to request the full text of the article. Additionally, check out the Cited by link to find resources that utilized that one in their bibliography.
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WorldCat is the world's largest network of library catalogs. Use this resource to find books and other materials in local, national and international libraries. What's included?
There are listings of which libraries have the item that you are looking for. Ask your librarian for help requesting the item using Interlibrary Loan.
The holdings of the National Archives date back to 1775 and contain public records that trace the story of America, its government, and the American people.
Millions of primary sources including images, videos, photographs, music, manuscripts, maps and newspapers about Jewish history and culture. There is also a section for educators with primary source sets, lesson plans, and interactive activities on many topics.