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Brooklyn Public Library Social Studies Databases
Brooklyn Public Library Social Studies Databases
You will need a library card for these databases.
African American Experience
A collection of scholarly articles and primary source documents on African American history and culture. Includes books, speeches, letters, photographs, illustrations and audio clips.
Library card required
American History
Conduct research on American history with more than 16,000 primary and secondary sources, including overview essays, biographies, government and court documents, photos, maps, audio/video clips, and statistics.
Library card requiredAmerican Indian Experience
A collection of scholarly articles and primary source documents covering American Indian history from the paleolithic to the present. Includes treaties, speeches, and captivity narratives as well as traditional storytelling, maps, photographs, and video.
Library card required
Bibliography of the History of Art
A searchable bibliography of works on European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007. Search by subject, artist, author, article, or journal title.
Library card requiredBrooklyn Newsstand
Brooklyn Newsstand is a collection of digitized Brooklyn newspapers made possible through a partnership between Brooklyn Public Library and Newspapers.com. Brooklyn Newsstand | Partial Content (831,000 digitized pages) - can be accessed for free from anywhere with an internet connection - contains the full run of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper (1841-1963) and Brooklyn Life (1890-1931), a Brooklyn society magazine. Learn more about the history of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn Newsstand | Full Content (2,402,000 digitized pages) contains over 30 additional newspapers, each listed below with date ranges and description, and can be accessed for free via Brooklyn Public Library’s public computers and public wireless network. Please note: We've made arrangements with our partner, newspapers.com to provide free access to all Brooklyn titles during our closure. In branch and in library wifi use only, will go back into effect when we reopen.
Free & accessible anywhereBrooklyn Public Library Digital Collections
Discover Brooklyn history: Explore our collection of digitized Brooklyn content.
Free & accessible anywhere
Daily Life Through History
Explore the lives of ordinary people around the world and throughout history. Research topics like food and cooking, celebrations, clothes, romance, work, religion, housing, language, and social customs.
Library card required
EPOCH - Electronically Preserving Obituaries as Cultural Heritage
A website that allows anyone to create and publish a free obituary online and in the process involve the community in building their own collection of local history.
Free & accessible anywhere
FreedomFlix
Read e-books and watch online videos based on titles from the Cornerstones of Freedom nonfiction American history book series. Includes report and project ideas, quizzes, and lesson plans.
Library card required
Gale eBooks
24/7 access to reference ebooks. No checkout necessary. Titles can be browsed, searched, and downloaded anytime from any Internet-connected device. Topics include arts, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science, and social science.
Library card required
HeritageQuest
Genealogical tool that includes U.S. Federal Census records,genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, Census data, slave schedules, maps, local history books and articles, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant application files, and the Freedman's Bank Records 1865-1874.
Library card required
Latino American Experience
Scholarly articles and primary source documents covering Latino American history and culture from the 1400s to the present.
Library card required
New York Heritage Digital Collections
Search and browse digital collections about New York State's extensive history. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, newspapers, and maps from over 160 museums, libraries and archives.
Free & accessible anywhere
Oxford English Dictionary Online
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words in English from current speech to past usage.
Library card required
SIRS Discoverer
Areas covered include: current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, material from DK Eyewitness books, and science experiment ideas. Search for something specific or explore a variety of topics and current events.
Library card requiredStudent Resources in Context
Contains information on a variety of topics in an easy to read format. Includes primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses, magazine articles, audio and video clips, and thousands of photographs and illustrations. Includes topics in science, health, history, literature, current events, sports, world cultures, and business/economics. Easy to search and topics are comprehensive in content.
Library card required
The Modern Era
World History: The Modern Era (covering history from the Renaissance to today) is the latest update of the reference standard of electronic history reference materials for high school and high-level middle school coursework.
Library card required
World Geography
Primary and secondary sources giving information on each nation's location, people, and culture; recent and early history; politics; and economy. Plus video, photographs and over 600 maps, including political and topographical by country and world region. Also includes research tips and how to best use primary and secondary sources.
Library card requiredWorld History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
Scholarly articles and primary source records that illuminate early human history—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance. Includes information on ancient Africa, the ancient Americas, the early Islamic world, ancient and medieval Europe, and early Asian civilization.
Library card requiredWorld History: The Modern Era
Scholarly articles and primary source records that illuminate modern history, from the Renaissance to the present.
Library card required
nypl social studies databases
nypl social studies databases
You must have a library card barcode and pin to use these databases.
Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora. Great resource for middle school, high school, and undergraduate users. Browse by type of content and by era. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Covers American history from the European conquest to the present day. Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of American Indians. Ideal resource for middle school, high school, and undergraduate research on American Indian history. Fully searchable, or browsable by era, tribe, state, and region. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
An archive of everyday life in all areas of the world from ancient times to the present day as shown in reference articles, illustrations, posters, cultural and government documents, speeches, letters, and personal narratives. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.
In addition you will find video or sound files, maps, photographs or other imagery, databases, and other documentation.
The sources cover a broad range of historical happenings (political, economic, social and cultural).
The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.
**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Covers history and culture from all the countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula, including content on modern-day Latin American countries, the history of the Hispanic Diaspora, and indigenous peoples. Features peer-reviewed essays, reference sources, primary documents, media, newspapers, and magazines. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences
Coverage of the Holocaust and genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, and other regions, from 1904 to the present. Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation. **Patrons should read the Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
Brings together all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world, as well as materials on free African-Americans in the colonies and the U.S. before 1870. Included are every statute passed by every state and colony, all federal statutes, all reported state and federal cases on slavery, and hundreds of books and pamphlets on the subject.
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
A historical archive of several million cross-searchable pages of books, serials, supreme court records and briefs, and key manuscript collections from the United States, Great Britain, and France concerning debates of slavery and abolition, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Institution of Slavery, and the Age of Emancipation. Provides a context for further research through links to chronology, biographies, bibliographies, and websites.
Coverage of the most-studied U.S. history topics including from the arrival of Vikings in North America, American Revolution, Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror through a web-like experience that supports the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills. Noted for access to primary source documents. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society
Coverage of major wars — including causes, effects, and involved parties — in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, from 2000 BCE to the present. Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation.
**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
From antiquity to the present day, search a broad collection of scholarly analysis and full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents that cover the events, movements, and individuals that have shaped world history.
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The history of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, from the Reformation to the present. A modern-era companion to World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation.
**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
The history of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, from ancient civilizations to the medieval era. Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation.
**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy
Covers world religions, belief systems, and nonbelief. Material is divided into general overviews (Topics) and explorations of both historical and contemporary issues (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Social Studies Websites
Social Studies Websites
American Memory: Library of Congress
A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.
Best of History Websites
Search by time period for the best history websites as chosen by edTechTeacher
Digital History
Primary sources for American History
El Museo Del Barrio
Latino and Caribbean Art and History
Founders Online
Read and search through the correspondence and other writings of six major shapers of the United States: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison
History Matters
Designed for high school and college teachers and students,
History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
Making of America (Cornell)
Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
Making of America (Michigan)
Materials accessible here are University of Michigan Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
New York Heritage
New York Heritage.org is a portal to free digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.
Parallel Histories: Spain, the US and the American Frontier
Western expansion.
Perseus Digital Library
An online collection of textual and visual materials illustrating the Archaic and Classical Greek world.
Western Expansion: Best of the History Sites
List of the best websites on Western Expansion
World Factbook
Covers the following for countries around the world: maps, current issues, history, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
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Google Sites
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