RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

If the academic databases are not giving you the type of information you desire, explore some of the recommended websites below. Each site has its own search engine to help users find just what they need. Each image is a clickable link that will direct you to the site.

HISTORY & pRIMARY sOURCES

The Digital Vault: A U.S. National Archives Experience features an engaging introduction to primary-source materials. Collect documents and turn them into posters or movies, explore the connections between documents through pathfinders, or search for specific documents by title or tag.

Browse the Library of Congress, the nation's largest digital collection of primary source documents, images, maps, and audio files. Users can search by topics related to government, politics, religion, and culture. There are also extensive collections in science, history, journalism, and recreation.

The Digital Vault: A U.S. National Archives Experience features an engaging introduction to primary-source materials. Collect documents and turn them into posters or movies, explore the connections between documents through pathfinders, or search for specific documents by title or tag.

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.

The WDL makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents on one site, in a variety of ways. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films.

News & Current Events

Get the scoop as you go "Behind the Headlines" using our World Book Online subscription. You may need to use the World Book App in your Single Sign On to access. Credible breaking news accounts are just two clicks away!

A source for news from around the world. Browse by topics including business, technology, science, health, entertainment and the arts.

The Learning NetworkTeaching and Learning With The New York Times

A Quick Tour of The Learning NetworkA slideshow highlighting some of the many ways The Learning Network can help you teach and learn with Times content.

All features for students are free, and we hear from thousands of teenagers around the world each week. So whether the students you know are interested in politics or pop culture, science or sports, fashion, food or foreign affairs, you're invited to join the conversation.

Read articles at your grade level on far-ranging topics brought to you by The Smithsonian Tween Tribune.

Current events and nonfiction literacy on topics such as news, books, and movies.