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Useful Library Links

Destiny Discover Grades 5-8 - LIBRARY CATALOG This link opens in a new window
Search the MS Library or all BC Libraries for digital and print resources - books, ebooks, audiobooks, and more!

Search library databases

Find passwords to access databases outside of school

Topic Resources - Use selected articles

Stamped Research Project - Library Resources

GALE

GALE In Context: Biography This link opens in a new window Biographical reference articles alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers.

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Search individuals by name.

GALE In Context: Middle School This link opens in a new window Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.

TOPICS:

Birmingham bombing, Black Power and Black Panthers, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Emmett Till, No Child Left Behind, Voting Rights Acts of 1965, War on Drugs

Gale in Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window

Facts On File

African-American History Online (Facts On File) This link opens in a new window
Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.

TOPICS:

Black Power and Black Panthers, Black Studies, LBJ & Lyndon B. Johnson, Million Man March, NAACP, Southern Strategy,

ABC-CLIO

The African American Experience (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window

TOPICS:

Anita Hill, Brown v. Board of Education, Shelley v. Kraemer, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Southern Strategy, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Black Panthers (scroll to find Black Panther Party), Black Power, #blacklivesmatter

General Encyclopedias

Britannica School This link opens in a new window
An integrated resource that not only provides articles by school level, but also links to newspaper and magazine articles, websites, primary resources, and e-books! Includes images, videos, and a dictionary.

TOPICS:

Anita Hill, Black Power, Harlem Renaissance, NAACP, Million Man March, War on drugs,

Britannica Image Quest This link opens in a new window
Great source for rights-cleared images with citations.