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Click on EBSCOhost Web and scroll down and click on History Reference Center. Make sure to
check  Full Text.
 
 
 
 
 
This database has recommended websites.  You can find them by doing a topic search.

In School Only

1.  Internet

2.  Favorites

3.  eLibrary

4.  Select the Topics tab

5.  Search for a topic:  or Browse the topic tree
 
 
1.Click on Reference Databases or      
 
2. Click on   
 
3. Click on Article Search and   
 
 
 
 
 

tjlibrary.org

1. Eighth Grade

2. Click on

       -Ancient Greece

       -Artists

       -Shakespeare’s England

 

about.com is a collection of websites organized by subject which are collected and maintained by approximately 570 subject experts.  Just enter your topic in the Search window

 

Clusty the clustering search engine is a metasearch engine.  It searches several search engines and puts similar search results into clusters or groups.  This allows you to focus on those clusters or groups which will be most helpful to you.
1. Search under web only
2. Avoid Wikipedia links
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 KidsClick is a subject guide to websites for kids created by librarians.
1. Click on Geography/History/Biography
2. Click on a specific subject such as History (General), Middle Ages, Castles or type your topic in
    Search window.
 
 
Librarians' Internet Index : websites you can trust  is a search index to recommended websites for adults.  These sites have been reviewed by reference librarians and the site is funded by the California State Library.  Click on History under Arts & Humanities or type your topic in the Search Window.
 
 
 
 
 
These sites have been selected for their relevance to the eighth grade social studies  curriculum.  These choices are consistent with the selection policies of the library, and with the print and non-print materials available there.  Each site has been seen by the librarian and has been screened by the school's Internet filtering software.  However, the library, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and the Board of Education are not responsible for the content of these sites, which is subject to frequent change, nor for the content of any other sites to which these sites may be linked.