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National Geographic Kids

Pictures, books and magazine articles about animals, science, history, cultures, the environment and more.

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Newspapers.com

Historical access to scanned pages from hundreds of newspapers. Coverage varies by paper. [Note: Newspapers.com and Access Newspaper Archive both cover different sets of newspapers, with some overlap.]

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Points of View Reference Source

Provides rich pro/con content to help assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Proquest Historical Newspapers

Search the historical archives of the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Defender, St. Louis Dispatch, Baltimore Sun, and the Irish Times.

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Proquest Recent Newspapers: Chicago Tribune

Full-page scans of recent Chicago Tribune issues (2008-4 days ago).

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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1980

Historical index for magazine and journal articles.

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U.S. National Archives

Preserves US historical documents and manages federal records. Of use to genealogists, historians and legal researchers.

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