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Analyzing Primary Source Media | PBS LearningMediaIn this self-paced interactive lesson, students examine primary source media—specifically, news footage carried on Boston television channels over the last five decades. Like historians who analyze documents, photographs, and other primary sources to learn more about the people, issues, and events of the past, students watch news footage on subjects including the 1979 oil crisis, the 1974 Boston school desegregation controversy, and affirmative action. They practice three steps—observe, interpret, and question—to analyze the media. For a final assignment, they select footage and write an essay or blog post that contains their analysis and reflects their understanding of the content in its historical context.

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EasyBib: The Free Automatic Bibliography Composer

20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More EfficientlyMany people use Google search, but few know the real power of the search. Check out these Google search tips to make your search more efficient.

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When you search, you can enter special symbols or words to your search term to make your search results more precise.

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World Book Online

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Dictionary.com Is The World’s Favorite Online DictionaryDictionary.com is the world’s leading online source for English definitions, pronunciations, word origins, idioms, Word of the Day, and more.

Encyclopedia BritannicaExplore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

Online Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, and ThesaurusInfoplease is a free, authoritative, and respected reference for Internet users that provides a comprehensive encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus.

Thesaurus.com - The world's favorite online thesaurus!Thesaurus.com is the world’s leading online source for synonyms, antonyms, and more.

Libraries & Archives

Digital Public Library of AmericaThe Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.

Discover 37,055,474 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States

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Papers Past National Library of New Zealand

New Zealand Library Archives

Australian Museum Research Archives and Library

Digital New Zealand Library

New Zealand Archived Websites

National Library of Medicine

Auckland New Zealand Library - Digital Archives

Heritage Collections

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Smithsonian Library

Getty Publications Library Archives

TopicsOur topic areas provide starting points for engaging with complex moments in human history that shape our present.

Facing History - Resources

Associated Press NewsNews from The Associated Press, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library

Expansive collection of digital archives from different organizations, museums, and scientists.

Library Spot
Several web libraries by topic

American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Click to Visit

Home | Library of Congress The world’s largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office.

Student Nonfiction Digital Library

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Visit Museums for Archives

United Nations Geospatial Information Section

An online collection of maps held and produced by the United Nations. Both general and peacekeeping maps are available, along with other geographical resources. You can view maps by country, region, or mission.

Central Intelligence Agency's Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room.

The online collection houses items from FOIA and CIA release programs, including more than 50 years of CIA information on UFOs and a collection dedicated to the oldest classified documents in the US.