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LAPL Databases
- Discovering Collection
- Comprehensive coverage of core curriculum in Literature, History, Biography, Science and Social Studies, geared to the younger student. Includes Discovering Authors.
- History Resource Center: U.S. (Gale)
- Covers all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day through primary documents, original reference sources and newspaper/journal articles.
- History Resource Center: World (Gale)
- A comprehensive collection of full-text periodicals, reference works, and primary source documents that give extensive coverage of the 20th century world. Additional historical resources are being added continually to expand the time frame from antiquity to the present.
- Junior Edition (Gale)
- Periodical database designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, government, sports and more.
- Social Studies Fact Cards
- California curriculum quick reference topics for grades 4 to 8 on Explorers, Indians, Missions, Ranchos, Governors, U.S. Presidents, Religions, Wonders, History by Decades, Counties, Countries, and Early Civilization.
- World Book Encyclopedia
- Offers information on a range of topics.
Federal Government Websites
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is brought to the World Wide Web as a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers.
- FactFinder
- Index of data provided by the US Census Bureau, including population, ethnic, divorce, economic, poverty, and migration statistics, as well as the procedures that generate them.
- FactFinder Kids' Corner!
- Learn about the U.S. Census, get facts about your state, and have fun with quiz questions.
- FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions
- Searchable currant and historical decisions going back to 1840s.
- Historical Documents
- A searchable, browseable selection of historical U.S. documents--Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and others.
- Thomas Legislative Info on the Internet
- Searchable full text of Congressional Record, committee reports of 103- to date. With links to other Legislative and historical documents-- some going back to 1770s.
- US Census Bureau Home Page
- Links to activities of and data from the Census Bureau.
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Provides some access to documents and publications of various government agencies. It is searchable by keyword.
