Other Resources
Schools in California have many resources available to them for free through the California State Library. These are useful for history and social science research - including research into your own ancestry!
Britannica School & Britannica Escolar
Britannica Education provides reference-style access to articles, images, videos, biographies, and more! Articles are available at different reading levels. Britannica resources are most often used for introductory research, as encyclopedia entries provide a broad overview on major topics.
This resource is available in both English and Spanish.
ProQuest Black Freedom Struggle
The documents presented here represent a selection of primary sources available in several ProQuest databases. The databases represented in this website include American Periodicals, Black Abolitionist Papers, ProQuest History Vault, ProQuest Congressional, Supreme Court Insight and Alexander Street’s Black Thought and Culture.
The goal of this website is to provide a selection of primary source documents that may be used by a wide range of students, from middle and high school students to college students and independent scholars. Examples of assignments may include National History Day projects or research papers about Black Freedom.
Ancestry Classroom
AncestryClassroom™ offers free access to all the original and primary documents of Ancestry's collections for use in the classroom.
Newspapers.com by Ancestry
The largest online newspaper archive, established in 2012. Used by millions for genealogy and family history, historical research, crime investigations, journalism, and entertainment. Search for obituaries, marriage announcements, birth announcements, social pages, national and local news articles, sports, advertisements, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle pages, comics, and more. Everything you’d expect in the paper—and maybe something you didn't!
fold3 by Ancestry - Military Records
Fold3® features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K. and other international records.
Why the name Fold3®? Traditionally, the third fold in some flag-folding ceremonies honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world.