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Modern US History Research Organizer

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eBooks Source Lists

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World War I eBooks

1920's eBooks

The New Deal 

World War II 

The US & Cold War

An Affluent Society

The Sixties

The Conservative Turn

From Triumph to Tragedy

A Divided Nation



Day 1:  Overviews & Background

Starting Points

ABC-CLIO American Government

Examines the foundations of U.S. government and political system

ABC-CLIO American History

Investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation's evolution

ABC-CLIO Daily Life through History

Examines the life of various cultures from prehistory to modern era.

Facts on File African American History and Culture

Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years

Facts on File American History Online

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

Facts on File American Indian History and Culture

Information on more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history

Day 2:  Analysis & In-Depth

EBSCO Academic Search Premier

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 3,100 journals, including full text for nearly 2,700 peer-reviewed titles. 

JSTOR

Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

ProQuest Research Prep

This resource provides access to nearly 5,000 titles that offer global coverage on a wide range of subjects: arts, business, current events, education, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and more. It features a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.

Other Options

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Reference titles covering the most-studied subject areas

Infobase eBooks

Day 3:  Special Databases

Access World News Research

Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national, and local sources. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device. 

EBSCO Points of View Reference Center

Points of View Reference Center is a full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications. 

Gale Custom Newspaper

Searchable full-text of 300 plus newspapers, both national and international.

ProQuest SIRS Issues Researcher

Background and current analysis necessary for researching more than 300 current leading issues


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Citation

Author(s) Last Name, First Name. “Title of Source.” Container Title, Editor’s First Name Last Name, Publisher, Date Published, page numbers. Title of Database, URL. Date of Access. 

In-text Citation

(Author Last Name) or (Title of Source)

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Research Tutorials | MLA 9

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MLA Formatting & Style Guide

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Overview of MLA Citation Style

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Sample Works Cited Page Entries

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