** U.S. History 1870 - 1910 ** (Changes on the Western Frontier, The Industrial Age, Immigrants and Urbanization)

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 nevada mountains"

The following are links to purchased databases (provide citations for you):

ABC-CLIO database  - Select "World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras" for ancient and middle ages history:

http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/UnifiedLogin.aspx?ipaddress=true

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://infotrac.galegroup.com/k12/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_STO?sw_aep=mnkspps 

Gale Virtual Reference Library database:

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

Grolier Online Encyclopedia database: 

http://go.grolier.com/gol

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

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

http://clusty.com

Immigration - Angel Island website:

http://www.angelisland.org

Immigration - Ellis Island website:

http://ellisisland.com/ellis_home.html

Immigration -- Project ideas - Davison School website:

http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/dhs/staff/hewitt/immproj.htm

Klondike Gold Rush - National Postal Museum:

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

Klondike Gold Rush - University of Washington website:

http://content.lib.washington.edu/goldrush/index.html

http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Klondike/Klondike%20Main.html

Labor Links (includes child labor) - Needham High School Library website:

http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs_media/labor.html

LII (Librarians' Internet Index) website - use for research on any topic:

http://lii.org

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

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 and district-purchased databases:

http://comosr.spps.org/ror

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://comosr.spps.org/mla