Subscription Databases: (Good Choices for Primary Sources Are Highlighted)
Livonia HS LibraryDecember 2014
Books
[ Book ] / Call #: 920 N Nardo, Don, 1947-
Series: History makers
Published 1999
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Leaders of ancient Greece
[ Book ] / Call #: 920 Nar Nardo, Don, 1947-
Series: History makers
Published 1999
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Women champions of human rights : eleven U.S. leaders of the twentieth century
[ Book ] / Call #: 920 R Reynolds, Moira Davison.
Published 1991
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Leaders of Black civil rights
[ Book ] / Call #: 920 V Vernell, Marjorie, 1948-
Series: History makers
Published 2000
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Hitler's children : sons and daughters of leaders of the Third Reich talk about their fathers and themselves
[ Book ] / Call #: 943.086 P Posner, Gerald L.
Published 1991
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Milestone documents in American history : exploring the primary sources that shaped America
[ Reference - Other ] / Call #: 973 Paul Finkelman, editor in chief ; Bruce A. Lesh, consulting editor.
Series: Milestone documents
Published 2008
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Milestone documents of world religions : exploring traditions of faith through primary sources
[ Book ] / Call #: R 200 MIL David M. Fahey, editor in chief.
Series: Milestone documents
Published 2011
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Milestone documents in world history : exploring the primary sources that shaped the world
[ Reference - Other ] / Call #: R 909 MIL Brian Bonhomme, editor in chief ; Cathleen Boivin, consulting editor.
Published 2010
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World leaders of the twentieth century
[ Book ] / Call #: R 920 WOR edited by the editors of Salem Press.
Series: Magill's choice
Published 2000
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World leaders : people who shaped the world
[ Book ] / Call #: R 920.02 [edited by] Rob Nagel, Anne Commire.
Published 1994
To find more books, use the library catalog on the library webpage or on your desktop. If you can’t
find a book specifically on your topic, try to broaden your search: for example, if there are no books on
, try looking for books on “presidents, United States”. You can also search for books by series. Some good series for this project are World leaders Past & Present, Impact Biography, Wicked History, Rourke Biographies, World Leaders and History Makers.
Video:
Bing Videos/ Vimeo
NBC Learn
/ SchoolTube
PBS
/ Khan Academy
Subscription Databases:(good choices for primary sources are highlighted)
Go to the Livonia HS Library webpage at
Click on the Subscription Databases link. Enter the passcode.
Some databases to try are:
Biography Reference Bank
Gale Ebooks (Gale Virtual Reference Library) Includes primary sources.
Gale Databases (30+ databases, general and subject-specific)
Salem Press Ebooks (Milestone Documents Series) Includes primary sources.
Student Resources in ContextIncludes primary sources.
Websites
American Memory
Resources from the Library of Congress on all aspects of the history of the US.
EuroDocs
NYPL Digital Gallery
Rare images from the New York Public Library’s Collection.
ProCon.org
Public Policy Issues and Groups from Vanderbilt University Libraries
Other websites can be found by clicking “Links by Subject” on the HS Library Webpage. (Note: there are links for primary source documents here.) U. S. Government documents can be found by searching at