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Research and More

Various links to help with research assignments. Need more help? See Mrs. Levy in the library.

Enter a keyword, and the Keyword Tool provides a huge handful of long-tail keyword opportunities, organized alphabetically.

Creative Commons (images)

Search for free content in the public domain and under Creative Commons licenses with more than 300 million images!

Designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by exploring topics in history, literature, and culture through primary sources

Use their primary source collections (Stonewall, Mormon Migration, Sherman Alexie, World War I and more). Check out EXHIBITS to get access to more primary sources put together by theme or topic.

"Just because you can download it doesn’t mean that you can use it. Even if it is for a classroom project, you still can’t just ignore copyright. While the rules for academic use are little looser than commercial use, saying “it’s for a school project” doesn’t get you out of playing by the copyright rules."

Library of Congress

LoC primary resources

Mel eResources (databases)

Michigan public libraries catalog, databases and more!

National Archives

"America's Record-Keeper" works under the jurisdiction of the Executive Branch which encompasses many agencies. Here is where you can gain access to government records across all those agencies. Be sure to check out the information at each Presidential Library.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.

ProCon.org

The leading source for pros and cons of controversial issues

Shmoop

Homework help, test prep, teacher resources

Smithsonian

Select a topic to discover featured collections and stories, OR search millions of digital records.

Enter a keyword, and the Keyword Tool provides a huge handful of long-tail keyword opportunities, organized alphabetically.

Creative Commons (images)

Search for free content in the public domain and under Creative Commons licenses with more than 300 million images!

Use their primary source collections (Stonewall, Mormon Migration, Sherman Alexie, World War I and more). Check out EXHIBITS to get access to more primary sources put together by theme or topic.

"Just because you can download it doesn’t mean that you can use it. Even if it is for a classroom project, you still can’t just ignore copyright. While the rules for academic use are little looser than commercial use, saying “it’s for a school project” doesn’t get you out of playing by the copyright rules."

Mel eResources (databases)

Michigan public libraries catalog, databases and more!

National Archives

"America's Record-Keeper" works under the jurisdiction of the Executive Branch which encompasses many agencies. Here is where you can gain access to government records across all those agencies. Be sure to check out the information at each Presidential Library.

Smithsonian

Select a topic to discover featured collections and stories, OR search millions of digital records.