- Encyclopedia Britannica - High school edition of Encyclopedia
- Gale Group Databases - Even more academic sources in many different databases. Look for information found in encyclopedias, books and professional journals and magazines on topics such as American & world history and geography, books and literature, health,science, current events,and controversial topics.
- Boston Globe - Online edition of Boston Globe
- Boston Public Library - Sign up online for a Boston Public Library card or use your own to have access to even more databases such as JSTOR.
- Springfield City Library - Library of the City of Springfield
- best sites for primary sources
- Analyze artifactshttp://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/ap/index.htm
- American President- speeches/transcripts ecthttp://www.americanpresident.org/
- Holocausthttp://www.remember.org/
- Current Events -news articles,video,audiohttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnewsnew.html
- HIstory & Politics Out Loud (audio clips)http://www.hpol.org/
- History Channelhttp://www.historychannel.com/
- Center for Improved Engineering & Science Educationhttp://www.k12science.org/realtimedatasites.html
- Wartime children evacuees to Americahttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/research/photos_and_posters/pandp_page31.shtml
- Quotationshttp://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/
- Our Documents-100 Milestone Documentshttp://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone
- Ninteenth Century Americahttp://www.teacheroz.com/19thcent.htm#women
- Ads from 1911-1955http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/browse.html
- Photos of the yearhttp://www.frankwbaker.com/photos_of_the_year_2006.htm
- Back to the SourceINSPIRED TEACHING WITH PRIMARY AND ORIGINAL SOURCES
http://www.bestlibrary.org/primary/ - American Archivesincludes teacher resources and lessons
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/election-cartoons/ - Time/Life magazinehttp://life.time.com/history/page/8/
- Media HIstory Digital LIbraryhttps://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fmediahistoryproject.org?gname=teacher_librarians
- The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy avalon.law.yale.edu/
- National Achives www.archives.gov/education/research/primary-sources
- DOCS teach Primary Sources for use in the Classroom www.docsteach.org/documents
- Spartacus Educational spartacus-educational.com/
- Life Photos achive hosted by Google images.google.com/hosted/life