Continental Congress Research
DATABASES
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EncyclopediasÂ
Articles covering a very wide range of topics all from the same source. Look for an article's outline on the left.
Databases
American History Online (Facts on File)
Articles about American history from many different sources. Us the menu on the right to narrow your results to the type of source you want. Look for Source on the bottom of each search result.
Articles about a very wide range of topics from many different sources. You may want to combine search terms to look for specific information. Look at your search results carefully!
Ebsco Academic eBook Collection
Entire books, downloadable as PDFs or viewable online. You may find a specific chapter that's perfect for your topic - use the tables of contents!
MLA Formatting
Purdue OWL has information about citing books, articles, websites, and more - even audio files. Below is an example of the format for an MLA citation of an electronic encyclopedia or magazine article.
"France." Britannica School, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jun. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/France/110436. Accessed 20 Sep. 2018.
All of these databases offer options for saving or email an article. These are much better options than bookmarking the page or copying the URL. The databases will also include a link to an MLA-formatted citation. Look for these options near the top of the article you are reading.
Image source: "The thirteen British colonies on the east coast of North America at the end of the colonial period 1775". Map. The Cambridge Modern History Atlas, 1912.