American Icons ~ Junior Paper!
American Icons Topics List
Databases
News Sources
Google News is a computer-generated news service providing headlines and links to articles from over 50,000 news sources worldwide, including the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, the Boston Globe, etc.
www.google.com
To access the Google News Archives back to 2003, do a REGULAR Google Search, Click on the NEWS tab, then click on TOOLS on the right, and change RECENT to ARCHIVES.
To search for News before 2003 (back to the 1800s!) use this search:
Search the New York Times “Time Machine” back to 1851
(you’ll need to login first on the upper right of site: username: mkirkpatrick@brunswick.k12.me.us password: dragons15)
Book Sources
Search for books in the BHS Library…we have about 25,000 books!
The goal of the Google Books Project is to scan every book in existence in the world. Over 30 million books have been scanned and are available for browsing and reading. Only books with a PREVIEW can be read. Since the pages are scanned, information cannot by copied and pasted from the Google Books website.
books.google.com
Website Tips
Add these Keywords to your Search: American Icon, Iconic, History, Symbol, Represents Search for YouTube videos and Podcasts too!
