Databases

• Gale Virtual Reference Library There are many resources for biographies as well as history reference eBooks that you can access from home. Library Barcode is Required TUTORIAL
• WorldBook is a great resource for all types of students. In the Social Studies Power, you can search states and countries for interesting facts, find out about famous people, and even Ask a Historian! Library Barcode is required

Useful Links

• American Memory a digital library of historical documents, photos, sound files and film footage from the National Digital Library
• American Presidency Project search over 85,000 documents such as speeches, official papers, executive orders, news conferences and press briefings, including audio & video, on every US president from 1789 to today
• American Rhetoric over 5,000 public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates & more (text, audio, and video)
• Documenting the American South primary sources for the study of the history, literature & culture of the American South. Includes text, images & audio
• Documents for the Study of American History primary sources in U.S. history from ca. 1000 to today
• Papers of the War Department 1784-1800 access early primary documents of the U.S. War Department
• Portal to Texas History This is a collection of a variety of facts related to Texas History
• Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century An interactive timeline featuring Presidents of the Twentieth Century
• Prints & Photographs Reading Room for primary historical photographic documents
• TheHistoryNet
  Contains daily features, photo galleries, and over 5,000 articles originally published by their magazines.