American Icons ~ Junior Paper!
Databases
News Sources
Google News is a computer-generated news service providing headlines and links to articles from over 50,000 news sources worldwide.
www.news.google.com
Use the arrow on the right to open the advanced search features in Google News, choose a specific source such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR (National Public Radio) and also search news back to 2003.
To search for News before 2003 (back to the 1800s!) use this search:
Search the New York Times “Time Machine” back to 1861
(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!
