Resources for Progressive Era Research
The following links take you to subscription-based databases on the invisible web--the resources provided by these databases are not available on the free web (what you would find in a typical Google search.) The source materials found in the databases have been vetted as valid sources for student research.
Databases and Encyclopedias
The following databases (encyclopedias and articles from magazines, journals and newspapers) are brought to us by the Mass Library System, and need a password to use. The password is imbedded in the links, so you can only reach them through this, or other Orlin Library web pages, but are accessible both on and off campus.
General information databases
Encyclopedia Brittanica
A wealth of information for most topics, for all areas of history, literature, science and more
Biography in context
Very helpful if you are looking for information on a person of historical importance
Research in Context
An excellent starting point for middle school students seeking articles on a wide variety of subjects
InfoTrac High School Edition
Similar in content to Research in Context, but geared toward high school students
Subject specific databases
Annals of American History
Explore the history of the United States through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, images and more. Arranged by timeline, and general areas of our nation's past
US History in Context
Go to browse topics to find your topic, or begin with a specific search. This database provides a complete overview of our nation’s past covering the most-studied events, decades, wars, political and cultural movements, and people.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
This database covers social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, and is a research tool for science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.
World History In Context
Provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people.
Subject specific websites:
Theodore Roosevelt:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tr-domestic/
Pure Food and Drug Act:
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/politics-reform/essays/jungle-and-progressive-era or download a pdf version of the web page
Prohibition:
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/about/
Samuel Gompers:
http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labor-History/Samuel-Gompers-1850-1924
W.E.B. Dubois:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html
Mother Jones:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web10/features/bio/B05.html
Henry Ford
https://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/hf/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ford.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/henryford/
John Muir:
http://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/bio/default.aspx
The following databases (encyclopedias and articles from magazines, journals and newspapers) are brought to us by the Mass Library System, and need a password to use. The password is imbedded in the links, so you can only reach them through this, or other Orlin Library web pages, but are accessible both on and off campus.
General information databases
Encyclopedia Brittanica
A wealth of information for most topics, for all areas of history, literature, science and more
Biography in context
Very helpful if you are looking for information on a person of historical importance
Research in Context
An excellent starting point for middle school students seeking articles on a wide variety of subjects
InfoTrac High School Edition
Similar in content to Research in Context, but geared toward high school students
Subject specific databases
Annals of American History
Explore the history of the United States through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, images and more. Arranged by timeline, and general areas of our nation's past
US History in Context
Go to browse topics to find your topic, or begin with a specific search. This database provides a complete overview of our nation’s past covering the most-studied events, decades, wars, political and cultural movements, and people.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
This database covers social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, and is a research tool for science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.
World History In Context
Provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people.
Subject specific websites:
Theodore Roosevelt:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tr-domestic/
Pure Food and Drug Act:
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/politics-reform/essays/jungle-and-progressive-era or download a pdf version of the web page
Prohibition:
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/about/
Samuel Gompers:
http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labor-History/Samuel-Gompers-1850-1924
W.E.B. Dubois:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html
Mother Jones:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web10/features/bio/B05.html
Henry Ford
https://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/hf/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ford.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/henryford/
John Muir:
http://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/bio/default.aspx