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North Kingstown Free Library
Online Research

   HISTORY    

When using online resources from home, type in your 14-digit library card number without any spaces between the numbers.

Student Resource Center - Gold (available from home to all NK cardholders)
Contains thousands of primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, and critical analyses.  Delivers full-text periodicals, newspapers, journals, pamphlets, radio/television transcripts, and student research tools.   Includes respected Gale products such as American Eras, Discovering Multicultural America, Discovering U.S. History, Discovering World History, American Journeys series, and various UXL Junior Worldmark Encyclopedias.

Student Research Center (EBSCO) (available from home to all NK cardholders)
Designed for students in grades 6 through 12, this online resource provides access to Essential Documents in American History, a collection of primary source documents.

World Book Online Reference Center (available from home to all North Kingstown cardholders)
  1. From a home computer    2. From a library computer
This online version of World Book Encyclopedia allows you to search or browse the encyclopedia by general category, by particular phrases or words, and by place.  It includes both the Americas and the International edition.  Links within the articles will bring you to maps, charts, video clips, animations, and magazine and newspaper articles.

Online Resources (in alphabetical order)

History Web Sites (selected by NKFL staff)

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