UW Lab School Research Projects: 8th Grade Research Paper

Search for people - both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor.

Find information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and websites. Content includes learning materials, a dictionary and thesaurus, atlases, timelines, and other features. Britannica School offers content targeted towards varying grade levels.

A broad-based general research experience aimed at the middle school researcher.

A comprehensive collection of primary and secondary source material covering 14 centuries of history from ancient to modern times. Resources include newspapers and journal articles, rare books, video clips, diaries, letters, dynamic maps, photos and more. Study units guide users through broad historical topics.

Covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, an array of primary sources, images, maps and charts provide expansive geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history.

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by exploring topics in history, literature, and culture through primary sources. Drawing online materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, the sets use letters, photographs, posters, oral histories, video clips, sheet music, and more. Each set includes a topic overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.

Link to the discovery portal of Smithsonian's Learning Lab. This site provides access the the digital collections of the Smithsonian museums.

Search the library of congress collections, a great place to look for primary sources for topics relating to history.

Primary source sets from the Library of Congress digital collections.