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Detailed information and histories of the 50 states and five U.S. territories. Includes maps, flags, photos and more.
A to Z The USA
Detailed information and histories of the 50 states and five U.S. territories. Includes maps, flags, photos and more.

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America the Beautiful
Grolier
U.S. states and territories explored through essays, photographs, illustrations, maps, games, and more.

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Chicago Tribune
(ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full-text of the newspaper from 1849-1986.

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Daily Life Online
Maps, illustrations, timelines, and more exploring everyday life throughout history.

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Encyclopedia Americana
Grolier Online
Article links, Web sites, research topics, current events, maps and biographies.

Explorers & Exploration
Explorers & Exploration
Information on explorers geared for junior high students and older.

Graphic reading Google News Timeline Beta
Google News Timeline
A browseable, graphical timeline. Sources include scanned newspapers and magazines, blog posts, sports scores and more.


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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Grolier Online
Articles, pictures, maps, interactive atlas, timelines, dictionary, and thesaurus.

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Heritage Quest Online
Contains local history books like The Massacre at Fort Dearborn and The History of Chicago.

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Lands and Peoples
Grolier Online
Encyclopedia articles and activities on geography and world cultures.

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New York Times Historical
Archive (1851-2005)
New York Times from 1851-2005 (1987-present NYT available at www.nyt.com).

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Salem History Center
Online version of print reference titles: Great Lives from History, Great Events from History and The Decades in America.

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Student Resource Center - Silver
Gale
Magazine articles, primary documents, photographs and illustrations.

Virtual Reference Library
Gale
Over 330 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources, including the Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Vietnam War Reference Library.  Search the entire collection or a particular subject area.

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World Book Encyclopedia
Multimedia version of the print encyclopedia.