Databases
Websites
See the History Resources box and Reliable Online Information tab above for additional online resources.
Recommended Websites
The American Revolution - National Parks Service The Official National Park Service American Revolution Web Site. Explore what battles happened in which states, and find more information about battlefields that have been made into national parks.
American perspective
*The American Revolution (Digital History) -essays, documents, images
*Era of the Revolution (Massachusetts Historical Society) - **see The Coming of the American Revolution - explanations and primary documents
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress) - explanation and exhibition
US History Timeline (University of Washington)
British perspective
*Empire and Seapower (BBC - British perspective) - essays on relevant topics
The American Revolution: (British Library -British perspective)
More primary sources
U.S. History Primary Source Sets (Digital Public Library of America) - select time period
American Independence (Internet Modern History Sourcebook)
Library of Congress - primary sources
Websites focused on Slavery & Abolition (also see databases above)
Slavery & Antislavery (Digital History): textbook articles, events, people, documents, etc
Slavery Resource Guide (The Library of Congress): primary sources and links to related websites
Slavery & Anti-Slavery (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History): essays, multimedia, primary sources
Africans in America: America’s Journey through Slavery (PBS): covers 1450-1865
Primary Source Sets (Digital Public Library of America): see topics like The American Abolitionist Movement; The Transatlantic Slave Trade; Frederick Douglass; etc
Websites chronicling the Experiences of slaves (see also the databases and websites on slavery & abolition above)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project (The Memory Project): primary source – stories of 1st person accounts of slavery, photos
North American Slave Narratives (Documenting the American South)
American Slave Narratives (University of Virginia)
Websites relevant for researching Significant people and Current issues
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):see tabs for Advocacy & Issues, History, Resources
101 African American Firsts (Black Past): includes biographies, lists of African American firsts, and encyclopedia of black history
African American Timeline (Black Past)
Black Culture Connection (PBS)
African-American Issues (The Economist)
African American Issues (Huffington Post)
PowerSearch (database needs password): use right side to narrow results (e.g. to news or academic journals)
Civil War Battlefields (Civil War Trust)
The Civil War - Related Parks (National Park Service)
More maps
Civil War Maps (Library of Congress)
Other websites (specific to regions)
The War Years (Virginia) choose different "rooms" in the image to get information about battles, letters and diaries, etc
Record of Events (Virginia) use to find information on specific battles
Presentation Chicago Manual of Style See the History Resources box and Reliable Online Information tab above for additional online resources.
Books
Starting points for researching ANY topic:
Information on SPECIFIC topics:
The Great Depression
means login information is needed to access outside of school
Historica Canada - includes heritage minutes & videos under red Video tab
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
CBC Digital Archives
**Also see links in the Grade 10 History tabs for WWI and 1920s & 1930s**
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Databases & E-books *start here*
Need passwords
Other recommended websites & databases
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Visual Evidence
**Extra sources just in case you weren’t able to find images/documents in the sources above**
Gather citation information - see sample MLA citations or use bibme.org
Images:
Primary Documents:
Remember Africville, Shelagh Mackenzie, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
SMHS's library location is "Country Hills."
See the Research Help page for more citation information
University of Waterloo, Library Guidelines for the use of AI Generative Content and Citation:
AI-generated content and citation - ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Research guides at University of Waterloo (uwaterloo.ca) WCDSB AI Committee Guidelines: AI – Innovate (wcdsb.ca)
Mary Jo Kenny
St. Mary's Librarian
Phone: 519.745.6892 ext. 5630 | Email
St. Mary's High School
500 Block Line Road, Kitchener, ON, N2C 2S2
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The building where St. Mary's Library Learning Commons is located is jointly shared with the Kitchener Public Library's Country Hills Community Library. By getting a KPL card, you can access SMHS/Country Hills' collection, as well as request items from any of KPL's 4 other locations. There is something here for you!
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