ELA 11 - The Crucible: Research Resources
A guide to help you complete your group research project.
Recommended Resources
Recommended Links
- McCarthyism
- Mob Mentality
- Puritanism
- Race and racism in colonial US
- Gender and sexism in colonial US
- Ergot poisoning and environmental toxins
- “Cancel Culture”
Library Databases
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Gale In Context: High School (MHS) This link opens in a new window
Articles (popular & scholarly), news, video, audio & image sources for all subjects. Guide to Gale
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Explora Secondary This link opens in a new window
High-quality articles, carefully curated topic categories with overviews that provide a starting point for research.
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Badgerlink: MAS Complete This link opens in a new window
Magazines, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and more than 1.9 million photos, maps, flags and color PDFs.
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Badgerlink: History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Full-text books, magazines, historical documents, photos, maps, and biographies.
Library Databases with Primary Sources
After you search, look for ways to filter by content or source type.
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Explora Secondary This link opens in a new windowClick "All Filters" at the top of your search results, then expand Source Type and check "Primary Source Documents." If prompted for a login:
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Gale In Context: High School (MHS) This link opens in a new windowAt the top of your search results, look for the "Primary Sources" content type to select. If prompted for a login:
Google Primary Source Search
A custom search in Google that searches for text and images across the primary source portals.
Library Databases with Images
After you search in these databases, look for ways to filter by content type. When you find an image you want to use, send the citation to NoodleTools.
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Britannica School This link opens in a new window
After you conduct your search, look for the "Images" tab. If prompted for a login: -
Gale In Context: High School (MHS) This link opens in a new windowAt the top of your search results, look for the "Images" content type to select. If prompted for a login:
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Credo Source Reference (NHS) This link opens in a new window
After you conduct your search, look for the "Images" tab at the top. If prompted for a login: -
Badgerlink: MAS Complete This link opens in a new windowClick "Images" in the top menu to limit your search to pictures. If prompted for a login: