Colonial Travel Project (Donohue & Ford)
Recommended Resources
Electronic resources recommended by the library:
Search for your colony and also keywords like "colonial America" or "colonial America entertainment."
The Colonial and Revolutionary Era: Beginnings to 1783 (Handbook to Life In America)
Use the table of contents to browse for specific topics or search in the book for your colony or topic.
Check out this article on United States History for several of the colonies. Also search for your colony then use the table of contents to go to the section on history and read about the colonial history.
Another database like American History Online but bigger, use similar strategies.
Citing Sources
The library databases have citations ready to go. Ask the librarian or your teacher if you need help.
E-books are cited like print books with a twist:
Carlisle, Rodney P., ed. The Colonial and Revolutionary Era: Beginnings to 1783. Vol. 1. New York: Facts on File, 2009. Handbook to Life in America. Destiny Discover. Web. 26 Oct. 2017.
If you are only using a single chapter of the book, indicate that:
"Family and Daily Life." The Colonial and Revolutionary Era: Beginnings to 1783. Ed. Rodney P. Carlisle. Vol. 1. New York: Facts on File, 2009. N. pag. Handbook to Life in America. Destiny Discover. Web. 15 Dec. 2016.
Keyword Searching
Try several options when keyword searching. For example:
United States colonies
America colonies
colonial America
colonial New England
Massachusetts history
Massachusetts colonial history
Massachusetts colony
colonial America entertainment
colonial America religion
And so on! What were YOUR best keyword search terms?
