DECORAH MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY
"Research is to see what everybody else has seen and to think what nobody else has thought."
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Topic Ideas
1.
Awesome List of Topic Ideas!
Background on a Topic
1.
Encyclopedia Britannica
(kaea025/kaea01)
2.
SweetSearch
3.
Wikipedia
Iowa Topics and Research
1.
Iowa History Timeline
2.
The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
3.
Iowa History Magazine
4.
Iowa Newspapers - Primary Sources
History Databases (kaea025/kaea01)
1.
American History
2.
Modern World History
3.
African-American History
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4.
American Indian History
5.
US History in Context
6.
American History in Video
General Databases (kaea025/kaea01)
1.
Gale Databases
2.
SIRS Researcher
3.
Learn 360 - Videos
Search Engines
1.
Google Books
2.
SweetSearch History
Primary Sources
1.
Library of Congress
2.
Historic American Newspapers
3.
Google Newspapers
(Click here for quick instructions)
4.
Google Primary Source Search
5.
National Archives
6.
Digital Public Library of America
7.
Explore the links from the official NHD website!
Other Library Catalogs
1.
DHS and DMS books
2.
Decorah Public Library
3.
Luther
4.
WorldCat
(use for ILL - ask Ms. Horton for help)
Documentaries/Videos
1.
American Experience (PBS)
2.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
(LOTS of primary sources)