Hosted by the Library of Congress, Chronicling America is a nationwide historic newspaper digitization project that hosts digitized and full-text searchable newspapers from 1789 - 1963. Also available is a directory of American newspapers published between 1690 - present.
History
Online Resources
Elementary School Resources
Designed for elementary school researchers with simple search for articles, essays, and primary source documents; easy-to-browse topics, and overviews to help students find a starting point.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos (now called Banco de Contenidos aulaPlaneta)
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos es el nivel de comienzo en Espanol de la enciclopedia web, con miles de articulos, illustracions, y mapas. Facil de utilizar con interfaz bilingue.
Explora
Designed with students and educators in mind, Explora provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, and homework.
Gale in Context: Elementary
Find text, images, charts, graphs, and educational videos from books, magazines, and news periodicals on interesting and important facts with connections to current and past events.
High School
Student Resources In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Las Vegas Review-Journal (historical) Magazines & Newspapers
Access the historical issues of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in this searchable digital collection spanning from 1929 to 2018. Each page is a complete digital facsimile that contains every original image - every photograph, illustration, cartoon, and display advertisement.
- Uncover previously unknown aspects of family lineage from obituaries and other news items, including society columns, casualty reports, sports stories, and more.
- Discover timely answers to an array of local questions.
- Spend hours uncovering lost details about local people, places, and events.
Middle School Resources
Designed for middle school researchers with simple search for articles, essays, and primary source documents; easy-to-browse topics, and overviews to help students find a starting point.
National Geographic Kids
Reputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before. Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
National Geographic Magazine Archive Magazines & Newspapers
The complete, online archive of the magazine, from its start in 1888 to six weeks ago. All the articles, photos, covers, maps, and even advertisements are included and searchable in several ways.
Primary Search
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, this database contains full text for popular children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries, and a vast image collection. Students can learn about a variety of topics, such as endangered species, famous musicians, fitness, and space exploration.
Primary Sources
Digital historical documents from over 500 years of world history, curated by Gale and partnering libraries from around the world.
SIRS Issue Researcher
SIRS Knowledge Source provides relevant, credible information on social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
World Book Kids
Learn, play, read, and create with all the information you get from World Book, written just for kids!
World Book Student
Tailored for students in elementary and middle schools, World Book Student includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles, learning resources, and research tools.
World History – Ancient & Medieval Eras
World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.