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3. Try site:edu, or site:org after a Google search to limit results to .edu or .org sites.

4. Google Scholar lets you search academic papers and thesis papers on scholarly topics.

5. Google Books will let you search for your topic in books and magazines, and in some cases, read the entire book/magazine.

Psych

Psychology Research

BACKGROUND RESEARCH - All scientists, including psychologists, use academic journals and databases to find mostly peer-reviewed articles on their areas of interest. They do not waste their time doing 'Google searches'. Use the links below to directly search your topics in books, academic journals, & databases.

CBW DESTINY CATALOG

eBOOKS on GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY

eBOOKS on EBSCOhost (opens up POWER Library > click on eBooks link)

STUDENT RESOURCES IN CONTEXT

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

EBSCOHOST (make sure you 'Select All' databases on the dashboard page before searching)

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES:

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

PUBMED CENTRAL

NCBI BOOKSHELF

BBC HUMAN BODY & MIND

MEDLINE PLUS

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http://www.juliantrubin.com/psychologyprojects.html

http://psychology.about.com/od/researchmethods/u/psychology-experiments.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/projects/psychology.html

60 Second Psyche Podcasts

American Psychological Association

http://psychcentral.com/

http://www.spring.org.uk/

http://www.psychologytoday.com/

http://www.alleydog.com/

http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/

CREATE YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY USING NOODLETOOLS.

Foreign Policy

United States Foreign Policy

1. Books - Use the Destiny card catalog to search for your topic, or your President. Use the index of a book to search specific terms applicable to your topic.

eBooks on EbscoHost Google Books

2. Databases

Student Resource Center

ABC-CLIO World History

ABC-CLIO American History

ABC-CLIO American Government

EbscoHost Social Sciences & Humanities

SIRS Discoverer

WorldBook Advanced

3. Websites

United States State Department

United States Department of Defense

White House Foreign Policy

Library of Congress Country Studies

LOC: Presidential Libraries (w/direct links out to the library sites)

National Archives

Library of Congress

Office of Historian: Foreign Relations of the U.S.

UWDC: Foreign Relations of the United States

Foreign Affairs website

Miller Center: Foreign Affairs

American Presidency Project

WW II

1. Books - Use the Destiny card catalog to search for your topic, or to search World War II. Use the index of a book to search specific terms applicable to your topic.

eBooks on EbscoHost Google Books

2. Databases

Student Resource Center

ABC-CLIO World History

SIRS Discoverer

Discovery Education

AP Images (great for authentic WWII photography)

3. Websites - Use the GOOGLE SMART SEARCHING tips at the top of this page to come up with better search results, or try some of the following sites:

National Archives

American Memory-Library of Congress

The World at War

Women on the Front

A People at War

WWII Study: North Africa

Poster Art from World War II

Hiroshima Links

Oral History Archives

WWII Sound & Image Archive

D-Day from American Experience

World War 2 Info

History.com: World War II

Eyewitness to History

PhotoStory Text Blocks - use for typing text blocks in between pictures

Imperialism

1. Books - Use cart + Destiny card catalog to search for your country. Use index to search terms such as 'imperialism', 'colony/colonies', and the name of the mother country or colony.

2. Databases

ABC-CLIO World Geography (best for country research)

Student Resource Center

ABC-CLIO World History

WorldBook Advanced

eBooks on EbscoHost

SIRS Discoverer

Discovery Education

3. Websites - Keywords for effective searching: [name of country] + colonies or colonization; [country] + imperialism; [name of country] + empire. Use the GOOGLE SMART SEARCHING tips further down on this page to come up with better search results.

Country Research

CIA World FactBook

BBC Country Profiles

Library of Congress Country Studies

U.S. State Dept: Background Notes

PBS Commanding Heights - Countries

The World Bank (focuses mostly on economies)

Amnesty International (focuses mainly on human rights)

Imperialism

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/index.cfm

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/imperialism.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-NewImperialism.htm

Belgium’s Imperialism/Colonization

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/61/149.html

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/61/150.html

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/5918/Africa-Belgian-Colonies.html

French Imperialism/Colonization

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/61/118.html (Algeria)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/dztoc.html (Algeria)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/khtoc.html (Cambodia)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/latoc.html (Laos)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/vntoc.html (Vietnam)
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/French_16178.html (West Africa)
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his312/lectures/fren-occ.htm (West Africa)
http://www.asnom.org/en/151_aof.html (West Africa)

British Imperialism/Colonization

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/g1/cs2/default.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/scramble_for_africa_article_01.shtml

http://www.britishempire.co.uk/
http://countrystudies.us/south-africa/16.htm (South Africa)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html (Sudan)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/egtoc.html (Egypt)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ngtoc.html (Nigeria)
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad21 (Kenya)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/1/newsid_2656000/2656973.stm (Hong Kong)

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2747.htm#profile (Hong Kong profile)

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/3/83.03.10.x.html (India)

German Imperialism/Colonization
http://web.archive.org/web/20010815064728/http:/www.public.asu.edu/~hwitbooi/germanempire.htm (E. Africa)
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/German_East_Africa
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_Student%27s_Reference_Work/German_East_Africa

Japanese Imperialism/Colonization

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html (Japan)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kptoc.html (North Korea)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/krtoc.html (South Korea)

Portuguese Imperialism/Colonization

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aotoc.html (Angola)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pttoc.html (Portugal)

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab48

Dutch Imperialism/Colonization

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/idtoc.html (Indonesia)

http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/MUHLBERGER/2805/dutchind.htm

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/touwen.indonesia

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/dutch-occupation-is-a-story-of-resistance-not-colonization-historian/353764

Latin Am Rev's

1. Books - Use Latin American cart + Biography section of Reference

2. Databases

Student Resource Center

ABC-CLIO World History

Discovery Education (user: your Windows login; password: discover)

eBooks on EBSCOhost (in POWER Library)

3. Websites

History of Latin America
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa87

Toussaint L'Ouverture (Haiti)
http://www.historywiz.com/toussaint.htm

Haitian Revolution
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/revolution/revolution1.htm

Mexican Independence
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/chieftains.htm

Spain & Latin American Independence
http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h39-la.html

LOC: Brazil, A Country Study
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/brtoc.html

LOC: Haiti
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/httoc.html

LOC: Mexico
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/mxtoc.html

LOC: Venezuela
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/vetoc.html

HTA: Brazil
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=list&secid=42&total=9

HTA: Haiti
http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?action=links&cid=13&sid=80

HTA: Mexico
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=list&secid=32&total=13

Toussaint L'Ouverture + Haiti
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/347/

Napoleon

1. Books - Use Napoleon cart + Biography section of Reference

2. Databases

Student Resource Center

ABC-CLIO World History

netLibrary

Discovery Education

3. Websites

The Napoleon Series - searchable
http://www.napoleon-series.org/index.html

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - searchable
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

Napoleon Timeline
http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/timelines/index.asp

History.com - searchable
http://www.history.com/

Anti-Napoleon (in caricature)
http://www.napoleon.org/en/special_dossier/caricatures/car-principal.html

Napoleonic Guide (use menu on right)
http://www.napoleonguide.com/

PBS Napoleon Series
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html

BBC Historic Figures: Napoleon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bonaparte_napoleon.shtml

WSU: Napoleon Site
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REV/NAPOLEAN.HTM

European History: Napoleon Bonaparte
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/bonapartenapoleon/a/bionapoleon.htm

Enlightenment

1. Books - Use MWH Enlightenment cart + Biography section of Reference

2. Electronic Databases

Student Resource Center

ABC-CLIO World History

eBooks on EBSCOhost

3. Websites:

WSU: The European Enlightenment
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.iep.utm.edu/

Age of Enlightenment
http://history-world.org/age_of_enlightenment.htm

OSU: Philosophers, 16^th – 18^th Century
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers.html

Western Philosophers
http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/index.htm

Episteme Links: Philosophers
http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainPers.aspx

PSU: John Locke Resources
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/locke/

Stanford: Thomas Hobbes
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes/

Encyclopedia of World Biography: Voltaire
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Voltaire.html

BookRags.com: Montesquieu
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/montesquieu/

World of Biography: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
http://www.worldofbiography.com/9145-Jean Jacques Rousseau/

Women’s History: Mary Wollstonecraft
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.html

Economics

Ms. O'Hara's Economics Blog

Databases & Books - use to fine tune your topic by examining types of articles, subject headings, and the table of contents.

1. BOOKS: Use the Destiny card catalog to search for books in CB West's collection. Check the table of contents to search for ways to narrow down & refine a broad topic.

2. ELECTRONIC DATABASES: (Allow you to search articles by date!)

Student Resource Center

Opposing Viewpoints

OmniFile Select

Readers' Guide Select

ABI/Inform Trade & Industry

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