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Primary sources including speeches and eyewitness accounts of important historical events organized by timeline.
- You can read a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing the new world!
Student version of the encyclopedia, with supplemental materials and research guides.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica has a Student Center that offers help on research papers, book reviews, and many more learning tools.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica enhanced with research tools, history highlights, and current news.
- You have access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Quotations, all online.
Full-text, in-depth encyclopedia for older students, from Grolier Online.
- This database changes its interface based on whether you are a elementary, middle school, high school, adult, or librarian.
Articles, maps, and special features from the Chicago History Museum, Newberry Library, and Northwestern University.
- The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed 18,000 structures in the city. However, within one year most visible evidence of the disaster was gone.
Student-focused encyclopedia with news, science projects, games, and more.
- Get to know more about Egypt with a word search in the Lands and Peoples Game Zone.
Reference materials and primary sources on American, Women’s, African-American, American Indian, Modern World, and Ancient & Medieval history.
- You can find biographies for thousands of historical figures, from Susan B. Anthony to Zoroaster.
Articles, diagrams, photos, maps, and other research tools on subjects including science, geography, health, and social studies, for middle school and up.
- You can get a detailed drawing of the biology of a cell for your science report.
Multimedia resources and tools for all ages, including a Biography Center, an Interactive Earth feature, science project resources, research guides, and citation help.
- World Book Info Finder research tools include Citation Builder, How to Do Research guides, and a personalized My Research account.
The World Book Encyclopedia enhanced with learning resources designed for elementary school students.
- Learning activities and worksheets can be printed out for further practice.
The World Book Encyclopedia, plus current news articles, primary source material, and a Spanish language encyclopedia.
- World Book has research guides that help you compile the data and information you need for your project.
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