HHS Library 

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

______________________

FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

______________________

PRIMARY SOURCES

Resources for Finding Primary Sources

_____________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES for ALL research papers and projects
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Academic Search Premier: Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• EBSCOhost: Select databases to access approximately 2000 magazines and journal articles, 180 full-text newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, social studies resources, science resources, business news, health and drug information, image collections, primary source documents, e-books, Literary Reference, Points of View, NoveList, biographies and more.
  Also available as EBSCOhost Espanol.
  
  
• EBSCO eBook & Middle Search Reference Collection: Search a full text collection of eBooks.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: full text eBooks
  
  
• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• Legal Information Reference Center: Digital full text law reference books and articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - law and legal topics
  
  
• MasterFile Elite: Provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection includes a broad range of general  reference  titles. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  
• Points of View Reference Center: Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

________________

WEB SEARCHING HELP

• Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout) 

• 5W's of Website Evaluation (Website)

NATIVE AMERICAN/INDIGENOUS Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• The United States Government’s Relationship with Native Americans (National Geographic Article) 

• US Relations with Native Americans (Library of Congress Article)

• Native American Response to US Colonialization & Westward Expansion (Encyclopedia Britannica)

• Native American Contributions

• Native American Policy

• Native American Indian and Western Expansion of the United States

• Indian/Native American Archives

• Early Europeans Encounters

•  Native American societies before contact

• Native American History

• Native Americans in Colonial America

• Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830

AGE OF EXPLORATION Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• Early European Exploration and Colonization

• Early Europeans Encounters

• Discovery & Exploration Collection - Library of Congress

• The Ages of Exploration - The Mariners' Museum

• Explorers: Age of Encounter | Google Earth Voyager Stories

• Explorers: Vikings | Google Earth Voyager Stories

THE COLONIAL ERA, 1600s-1763 Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• Colonial America (1607-1754) - Kahn Academ

• Colonial America (1492-1763) - AmericasLibrary.gov

• Pirates in Colonial America - American Battlefield Trust

• MORE COMING SOON

AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA, 1763-1783 Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• American Revolution Research Guide (Library of Congress)

• The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 (Library of Congress)

• American Battlefield Trust - Revolutionary War

• Digital Collections from the Washington Library at Mount Vernon

• The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington (Mount Vernon)

• Founders Online: Correspondence of the Seven Major Shapers of the United States (National Archives)

• Timeline of the American Revolution with linked resources (National Park Service)

• People of the American Revolution (National Park Service)

• Stories of the American Revolution (National Park Service)

• Visuals of the American Revolution (National Archive)

• National Geographic American Revolution Resource Library

• National Geographic American Declaring Independence Resource Library

• Revolutionary War Campaigns (US Army Center of Military History)

• PBS Learning Media: Revolution & the New Nation

• The American Revolution (Colonial Williamsburg)

• Revolutionary Period (1764-1789)

• Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) - AmericasLibrary.gov

THE NEW NATION, 1783 - 1815 Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• The New Nation (1790-1828) - AmericasLibrary.gov

• The New Nation, 1783 - 1815 - Library of Congress

• A New Nation - Museum of the American Revolution

• The New Nation, 1783–1815

• MORE COMING SOON

EARLY 19TH CENTURY THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• 19th Century America Research Guide - UCLA Libraries

• US History Sources 1820s-1880s:  Source Guide for US History: Antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction

• Antebellum Era - Rediscovering Black History - National Archives

• 1800–1865: Antebellum through American Civil War - National Park Service

• 1800–1865: Antebellum through American Civil War - National Park Service

• Civil War suggested Google search string (add in additional relevant key words to the string): "civil war" site:.gov

• U.S. Civil War: Selected Resources at the Library of Congress

• National Civil War Museum

• MORE COMING SOON

***ACADEMIC WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General History Resources
Note: many of these resources will also include primary sources. Find more primary source resources compiled HERE.

• ***American History Research Guide - Links to a wide range of American history resources compiled by the Smithsonian
  Excellent place to start your research!

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's Story from America's Library

• The British Museum

• Digital Public Library of America

• The Gilder Lehrman Museum of American History 

• Library of Congress & RESEARCH GUIDES from the Library of Congress

  • Using the Library of Congress (LOC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students

  • Library of Congress (LOC) Research Guides (full list)

• National Archives

• National Geographic Education Social Studies 

• National Museum for the American Indian

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture

• National Park Service

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - a growing database with new materials added every day with prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.

• PBS Learning Media - Social Studies

• Smithsonian

• World Digital Library

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

______________________

FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

______________________

PRIMARY SOURCES

Resources for Finding Primary Sources

______________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

***START HERE*** RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  
• Academic Search Premier: Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  
  
• Legal Information Reference Center: Digital full text law reference books and articles.
  
  
• MasterFile Elite: Provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Academic Search Premier: Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• EBSCOhost: Select databases to access approximately 2000 magazines and journal articles, 180 full-text newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, social studies resources, science resources, business news, health and drug information, image collections, primary source documents, e-books, Literary Reference, Points of View, NoveList, biographies and more.
  Also available as EBSCOhost Espanol.
  
  
• EBSCO eBook & Middle Search Reference Collection: Search a full text collection of eBooks.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: full text eBooks
  
  
• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• Legal Information Reference Center: Digital full text law reference books and articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - law and legal topics
  
  
• MasterFile Elite: Provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection includes a broad range of general  reference  titles. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  
• Points of View Reference Center: Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

________________

RESEARCH WEBSITES HELP

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation
  
  

WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General Sociology Resources 

• American Sociological Association 

• National Social Science Association 

• American Anthropological Association 

• Sociology Website Guide from South Dakota State University Libraries (scroll down to "Associations" and "General Sociology Websites")

• Research Guide for undergraduate and graduate Sociology Studies (Public Policy Program) from Oregon State University Libraries
  
  

ACADEMIC WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General History Resources (that may be relevant to Sociology studies)

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's Story from America's Library

• The British Museum

• Digital Public Library of America

• The Gilder Lehrman Museum of American History 

• Library of Congress & RESEARCH GUIDES from the Library of Congress

  • Using the Library of Congress (LOC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students

  • Library of Congress (LOC) Research Guides (full list)

• National Archives

• National Geographic Education Social Studies 

• National Museum for the American Indian

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture

• National Park Service

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - a growing database with new materials added every day with prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.

• PBS Learning Media - Social Studies

• Smithsonian

• World Digital Library

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

______________________

FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

______________________

PRIMARY SOURCES

Resources for Finding Primary Sources

______________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

***START HERE*** RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Academic Search Premier: Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• EBSCOhost: Select databases to access approximately 2000 magazines and journal articles, 180 full-text newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, social studies resources, science resources, business news, health and drug information, image collections, primary source documents, e-books, Literary Reference, Points of View, NoveList, biographies and more.
  Also available as EBSCOhost Espanol.
  
  
• EBSCO eBook & Middle Search Reference Collection: Search a full text collection of eBooks.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: full text eBooks
  
  
• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• Legal Information Reference Center: Digital full text law reference books and articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - law and legal topics
  
  
• MasterFile Elite: Provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection includes a broad range of general  reference  titles. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  
• Points of View Reference Center: Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

________________

RESEARCH WEBSITES HELP

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation
  
  

AUTHORITATIVE/TRUSTWORTHY WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

1920's Era Resources

• Chronicling America: a searchable digital collection of historic (1777-1963) newspaper pages (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress).

• LOC Digital Collections: Cartoon Drawings - Swann Collection -  Over 2,000 drawings, prints, and paintings spanning 1780 to 1977.

• LOC Digital Collections: Bain Collection - News Service Photographs - The George Grantham Bain Collection includes the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies - sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. 

• Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s - (Ohio State University)

• The 1920's - (University of Houston)

• 1920 Fast Facts - History - U.S. Census Bureau Census data, news headlines, and pop culture images and information related to the decade of the 1920s.

• (LOC) Overview | Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 

• LOC Research Guides: Flappers: Topics in Chronicling America

• LOC Research Guides: 19th Amendment

• LOC Research Guides: Prohibition

• (PBS) Jazz Age

• (LOC) Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929

• (Smithsonian) America on the Move: Americans Adopt the Auto 

• Temperance and Prohibition (Ohio State University)

• F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page

• Prices and Wages by Decade: 1920-1929

• (LOC) Automobiles in the 1920's

• (LOC) Prohibition: A Case Study of Progressive Reform

• (Smithsonian) What Caused the Roaring Twenties? Not the End of a Pandemic (Probably)

• The FBI and the American Gangster

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

Great Depression Era

• Great Depression and New Deal: A General Resource Guide (Library of Congress)

• American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1940 (LOC)

• Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (LOC)

• The Great Depression & the New Deal (National Archives)

• FDR Presidential Library & Museum (National Archives)

• Great Depression Era Primary Sources 

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

World War II Era

• FDR Presidential Library & Museum (National Archives)

• Truman Presidential Library & Museum (National Archives

• Navajo Code Talkers (Arizona State University)

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

Cold War Era Resources 

• JFK Library &  Museum

• Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Ideological Foundations of the Cold War

• The Vietnam War (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Collection)

• Cold War Era Interviews

• Strategies of the Cold War - Resource Guide (Columbia College)

• The Cold War (National Archives)

• History of the Cold War - Digitized Collections (University of Kentucky)

• Cold War Studies Project (Harvard University's Davis Center for  Russian & Eurasian Studies)

• The U.S. Navy in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991 (By Edward J. Marolda, Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center)

• Cartoons & Comics Depicting the Cold War Era  (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

• Cold War Era Research Resources (Murray State University)

• Cold War Studies  Research Guide (Central Washington State University)

• Primary Sources of the Cold War (University of California - San Diego) 

• The Space Race Research Guide Web Resources (Vanderbilt University)

• Sputnik and the Space Race (Library of Congress - Primary Sources)

• The Vietnam War (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Collection)

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

Modern Era 

• Coming soon

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

ACADEMIC WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General History Resources
Note: many of these resources will also include primary sources. Find more primary source resources compiled HERE.

• Online Resources from the Library of Congress

• Digital Collections from the Library of Congress (primary sources)

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's Story from America's Library

• The British Museum

• Digital Public Library of America

• The Gilder Lehrman Museum of American History 

• Library of Congress & RESEARCH GUIDES from the Library of Congress

  • Using the Library of Congress (LOC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students

  • Library of Congress (LOC) Research Guides (full list)

• National Archives

• National Geographic Education Social Studies 

• National Museum for the American Indian

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture

• National Park Service

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - a growing database with new materials added every day with prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.

• PBS Learning Media - Social Studies

• Smithsonian

• World Digital Library

This Research Guide is a growing resource - more resources will be added. Need help finding a different topic? Ask! 

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

______________________

FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

_____________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES for ALL research papers and projects
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Academic Search Premier: Indexes 8,025 publications and includes full text articles for more than 4,500. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• MiddleSearch Plus: Provides full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

________________

WEB SEARCHING HELP

• Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout) 

• 5W's of Website Evaluation (Website)

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES - WEBSITE RESOURCES (remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• History Detectives (PBS.org - browse by season)

• More coming soon!

Vintage Toys -  Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• Coming soon!

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

______________________

FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

_____________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES for ALL research papers and projects
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Academic Search Premier: Indexes 8,025 publications and includes full text articles for more than 4,500. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• MiddleSearch Plus: Provides full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

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WEB SEARCHING HELP

• Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout) 

• 5W's of Website Evaluation (Website)

NATIVE AMERICAN/INDIGENOUS Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• The United States Government’s Relationship with Native Americans (National Geographic Article) 

• US Relations with Native Americans (Library of Congress Article)

• Native American Response to US Colonialization & Westward Expansion (Encyclopedia Britannica)

• Native American Contributions

• Native American Policy

• Native American Indian and Western Expansion of the United States

• Indian/Native American Archives

• Early Europeans Encounters

•  Native American societies before contact

• Native American History

• Native Americans in Colonial America

• Indian Treaties and the Removal Act of 1830

AGE OF EXPLORATION Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• Early European Exploration and Colonization

• Early Europeans Encounters

• Discovery & Exploration Collection - Library of Congress

• The Ages of Exploration - The Mariners' Museum

• Explorers: Age of Encounter | Google Earth Voyager Stories

• Explorers: Vikings | Google Earth Voyager Stories

THE COLONIAL ERA, 1600s-1763 Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• Colonial America (1607-1754) - Kahn Academ

• Colonial America (1492-1763) - AmericasLibrary.gov

• Pirates in Colonial America - American Battlefield Trust

• MORE COMING SOON

AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA, 1763-1783 Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• American Revolution Research Guide (Library of Congress)

• The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783 (Library of Congress)

• American Battlefield Trust - Revolutionary War

• Digital Collections from the Washington Library at Mount Vernon

• The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington (Mount Vernon)

• Founders Online: Correspondence of the Seven Major Shapers of the United States (National Archives)

• Timeline of the American Revolution with linked resources (National Park Service)

• People of the American Revolution (National Park Service)

• Stories of the American Revolution (National Park Service)

• Visuals of the American Revolution (National Archive)

• National Geographic American Revolution Resource Library

• National Geographic American Declaring Independence Resource Library

• Revolutionary War Campaigns (US Army Center of Military History)

• PBS Learning Media: Revolution & the New Nation

• The American Revolution (Colonial Williamsburg)

• Revolutionary Period (1764-1789)

• Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) - AmericasLibrary.gov

• MORE COMING SOON

THE NEW NATION, 1783 - 1815 Website Resources
(remember to also check out the databases resources listed above!) 

• The New Nation (1790-1828) - AmericasLibrary.gov

• MORE COMING SOON

ACADEMIC WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General History Resources 

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's Story from America's Library

• The British Museum

• Digital Public Library of America

• The Gilder Lehrman Museum of American History 

• Library of Congress & RESEARCH GUIDES from the Library of Congress

  • Using the Library of Congress (LOC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students

  • Library of Congress (LOC) Research Guides (full list)

• National Archives

• National Geographic Education Social Studies 

• National Museum for the American Indian

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture

• National Park Service

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - a growing database with new materials added every day with prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.

• PBS Learning Media - Social Studies

• Smithsonian

• World Digital Library

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

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FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

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PRIMARY SOURCES

Resources for Finding Primary Sources

______________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

***START HERE*** RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Academic Search Premier: Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• EBSCOhost: Select databases to access approximately 2000 magazines and journal articles, 180 full-text newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, social studies resources, science resources, business news, health and drug information, image collections, primary source documents, e-books, Literary Reference, Points of View, NoveList, biographies and more.
  Also available as EBSCOhost Espanol.
  
  
• EBSCO eBook & Middle Search Reference Collection: Search a full text collection of eBooks.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: full text eBooks
  
  
• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• Legal Information Reference Center: Digital full text law reference books and articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - law and legal topics
  
  
• MasterFile Elite: Provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection includes a broad range of general  reference  titles. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  
• Points of View Reference Center: Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

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RESEARCH WEBSITES HELP

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation
  
  

AUTHORITATIVE/TRUSTWORTHY WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - 

Cold War Era Resources 

• JFK Library &  Museum

• Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Ideological Foundations of the Cold War

• The Vietnam War (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Collection)

• Cold War Era Interviews

• Strategies of the Cold War - Resource Guide (Columbia College)

• The Cold War (National Archives)

• History of the Cold War - Digitized Collections (University of Kentucky)

• Cold War Studies Project (Harvard University's Davis Center for  Russian & Eurasian Studies)

• The U.S. Navy in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991 (By Edward J. Marolda, Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center)

• Cartoons & Comics Depicting the Cold War Era  (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

• Cold War Era Research Resources (Murray State University)

• Cold War Studies  Research Guide (Central Washington State University)

• Primary Sources of the Cold War (University of California - San Diego) 

SPACE RACE Resources (also see Cold War above)

• The Space Race Research Guide Web Resources (Vanderbilt University)

• Sputnik and the Space Race (Library of Congress - Primary Sources)

Vietnam War Resources (also see Cold War above) 

• The Vietnam War (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Collection)

ACADEMIC WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General History Resources 

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's Story from America's Library

• The British Museum

• Digital Public Library of America

• The Gilder Lehrman Museum of American History 

• Library of Congress & RESEARCH GUIDES from the Library of Congress

  • Using the Library of Congress (LOC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students

  • Library of Congress (LOC) Research Guides (full list)

• National Archives

• National Geographic Education Social Studies 

• National Museum for the American Indian

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture

• National Park Service

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - a growing database with new materials added every day with prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.

• PBS Learning Media - Social Studies

• Smithsonian

• World Digital Library

GETTING STARTED

• Getting Started Guide - Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout)

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout) 

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

______________________

FINDING BOOKS HELP

HHS Library Catalog Access 

You can also check out the Sussex County Library.

______________________

CITATION & WRITING HELP

NoodleTools

• Use your Hopatcong account access for full features (HERE and then click on the NoodleTools icon). IMPORTANT - make sure you create your account through your Hopatcong Google login to access all of NoodleTools subscription features

• NOODLETOOLS *QUICK START GUIDES: STUDENTS | TEACHERS

• Works Cited Page EXAMPLE exported from Noodletools (with 4 citation examples: books, website, database)

Citation & Writing Resources  

• Citation Tools & Resources  

• NoodleTools - see above

• Thesis Statement Help
  
  

______________________

PRIMARY SOURCES

Resources for Finding Primary Sources

______________________

RESEARCH DATABASES HELP

• Getting Started Guide Research Tools & Resources  (Student Handout) 

• Subscription Research Databases @ the Library (Student Handout)

***START HERE*** RECOMMENDED RESEARCH DATABASES
Click HERE to access login information (school Google account needed to access password doc) 

• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  

Also try these Research Databases

• Academic Search Premier: Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years. Note: select "full text" when searching to find full text articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics

• EBSCOhost: Select databases to access approximately 2000 magazines and journal articles, 180 full-text newspapers, Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, social studies resources, science resources, business news, health and drug information, image collections, primary source documents, e-books, Literary Reference, Points of View, NoveList, biographies and more.
  Also available as EBSCOhost Espanol.
  
  
• EBSCO eBook & Middle Search Reference Collection: Search a full text collection of eBooks.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: full text eBooks
  
  
• Explora for Secondary Schools:  An easy-to-use tool that can help you complete research and classroom assignments. With Explora, you will discover reliable information on thousands of topics covering a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature, language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health and sports.

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).

• Image Collection: The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories. The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
  Use it for: images, visuals, and maps to enhance your research

• Legal Information Reference Center: Digital full text law reference books and articles.
  Use it for: Research and information - law and legal topics
  
  
• MasterFile Elite: Provides full text for more than 1,050 general reference publications covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Includes 52 full text reference books and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags.
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: This ebook reference collection includes a broad range of general  reference  titles. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
  (Note: Access through clicking on EBSCOhost Web and then scroll down).
  Use it for: Research and information - all topics
  
  
• Newspaper Source Plus: provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
  Use it for: news, newspaper, and news media articles and reports
  
  
• Points of View Reference Center: Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).

________________

RESEARCH WEBSITES HELP

• Tips & Tricks for Strategic Internet Searching (Student Handout)

• 5W's of Website Evaluation
  
  

AUTHORITATIVE WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - Trustworthy Cold War Era Resources 

• JFK Library &  Museum

• Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Ideological Foundations of the Cold War

• The Vietnam War (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Collection)

• Cold War Era Interviews

• Strategies of the Cold War - Resource Guide (Columbia College)

• The Space Race Research Guide Web Resources (Vanderbilt University)

• Sputnik and the Space Race (Library of Congress - Primary Sources)

• The Cold War (National Archives)

• History of the Cold War - Digitized Collections (University of Kentucky)

• Cold War Studies Project (Harvard University's Davis Center for  Russian & Eurasian Studies)

• The U.S. Navy in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991 (By Edward J. Marolda, Senior Historian, Naval Historical Center)

• Cartoons & Comics Depicting the Cold War Era  (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

• Cold War Era Research Resources (Murray State University)

• Cold War Studies  Research Guide (Central Washington State University)

• Primary Sources of the Cold War (University of California - San Diego)
  
  

ACADEMIC WEBSITE RESEARCH SOURCES  - General History Resources 

• American Museum of Natural History

• America's Story from America's Library

• The British Museum

• Digital Public Library of America

• The Gilder Lehrman Museum of American History 

• Library of Congress & RESEARCH GUIDES from the Library of Congress

  • Using the Library of Congress (LOC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students

  • Library of Congress (LOC) Research Guides (full list)

• National Archives

• National Geographic Education Social Studies 

• National Museum for the American Indian

• The National Museum of African American History & Culture

• National Park Service

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - a growing database with new materials added every day with prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.

• PBS Learning Media - Social Studies

• Smithsonian

• World Digital Library