Search Tips:

1. Put quotes (" ") around the words in a phrase.  Example: "child labor laws"
2. Use the word AND to string words together. Examples: railroad AND buffalo railroad AND "sierra
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The following are links to purchased databases (provide citations for you):

Britannica Online School Edition database:

http://school.eb.com.proxy.elm4you.org 

Encyclopedia of World Biography database (Note:  Open separate window for this database as you may be unable to navigate back to this webpage):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sain46794

Gale Discovering Collection database (citation at bottom of articles): http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=mnkspps

Gale Group Student Edition database (citation at bottom of articles) :http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=STOM&u=mnkspps&authCount=1

Gale Virtual Reference Library database:

http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=stpaulps 

Salem Press History database:

http://history.salempress.com

Sharpe United States History and Culture database (NOTE:  Use comopark for both the username and password if you need them):

http://www.sharpe-online.com

Student Resources in Context (Gale database):

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/?userGroupName=mnkspps

The following are links to websites that are reliable but are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

American Memory - Library of Congress website:

 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ 

Answers.com website - use for research on any topic:
Caution: this site uses Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia which accepts information from anyone, so search results must be carefully evaluated:

http://www.answers.com

Biographies – People of the Old West:

http://www.42explore2.com/oldwest2.htm

Child labor - The History Place website:

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor

Child labor - Learning Page - Library of Congress website:

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/labor/resource.html

Chinese - History of the Chinese in California - American Memory webiste:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html

Yippy.com website - use for research on any topic:

http://yippy.com

Immigration - Angel Island website:

http://www.angelisland.org

Immigration - Ellis Island website:

http://www.ellisisland.org/

IPL2 (Internet Public Library) website - use for research on any topic:

http://www.ipl.org/

Klondike Gold Rush - National Postal Museum:

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/gold2.html

Klondike Gold rush – PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gold/about.html

Klondike Gold Rush – Photos from Alaska State Library:

http://library.state.ak.us/hist/goldrush/table.html

Klondike Gold Rush - University of Washington website:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/klondike/

Klondike and Alaska Gold Rushes – Alaska’s Gold Lode: A Database of Alaskan Primary Sources:

http://www.eed.state.ak.us/temp_lam_pages/library/gold/search.cfm

Labor Links (includes child labor) -University of Washington Library website:

http://guides.lib.washington.edu/content.php?pid=80438&sid=596049

Presidents - PresidentsUSA.net website:

http://www.presidentsusa.net/index.html

Presidents - whitehouse.gov website:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents

Railroad history and maps - American Memory website:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro.html

Railroads - University of Connecticut website:

http://railroads.uconn.edu/links.htm

Timeline – American History – Timeline.com:

http://www.timelines.info/history/continents_and_countries/north_america/united_states_of_america

United States History 1450 – 2000:

http://www.shmoop.com/history

The West - Events - New Perspectives on the West website.  Choose a decade from the left side of the screen:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events

The West - Famous People Profiles - New Perspectives on the West website:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people

The West - Primary and Other Resources - New Perspectives on the West website:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources

Como's Reliable Online Resources website - Extensive list of reliable online resources including state-purchased databases:

http://comosr.spps.org/ror.html

For Out of Class Activities Section:

http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm (MN Historical Society)

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/jjhh (James J. Hill House)

http://northfieldhistory.org/JJ/site.html (Northfield bank)

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MLA Citation Guideline Sheets:

http://spps.schoolwires.net/Page/4105