Research Resources and Databases
You must be on a computer in one of our buildings to have access. (This will not work at home). Users will not be able to create personal accounts or trees, but can access the records.
Search through historic military records. You must be on a computer in one of our buildings to have access. (This will not work at home). Users will not be able to create personal accounts, but can access the records.
Databases
You must be on a computer in one of our buildings to have access. (This will not work at home). Users will not be able to create personal accounts or trees, but can access the records.
http://www.ancestryclassroom.comSearch through historic military records. You must be on a computer in one of our buildings to have access. (This will not work at home). Users will not be able to create personal accounts, but can access the records.
http://www.fold3.comSearch historical and curent newspapers from all over the world. You must be on school computer to use this service.
http://www.newspapers.comOpen Library is a part of The Internet Archive. It is just one of the websites that offer classic literature for free.
https://openlibrary.org/subjects/childrenThe Library of Congress is the world’s largest library. Thanks to its huge digital collection, you don’t need to head towards any one of its 21 reading rooms to read kids books for free.
http://read.gov/kids/Sponsored by the CIA - Provides information on a country's geography, people, government, economy, communications.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Sponsored by the U.S. Dept of State - provides information on countries of the world.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Maps, statistics and general information on countries of the world.
http://www.worldatlas.comHuman Development Index information by country
http://hdr.undp.org/en/data/profiles/
List by HDI number for GINI index.
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/67106.html
Information on nutrition programs in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
http://www.wfp.org/countries#africa
Information on diseases and warning for travel areas.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list.aspx