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Best. President. Ever.

Selected Resources

 

BCPS Subscription Databases

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Student Resources in Context SIRS Knowledge Source

From school: no password needed From school: no password needed

From home: ID Code: bcps From home: User Name: bcps Password: sirs

 

History Reference Center

From school: no password needed

From home: ID: bcps Password: ebsco

 

Destiny Library Catalog

 

In the middle section (Resource Lists), click on Public Lists. Scroll down to the list called AP Presidents. Click, and then browse for books on your topic. You may also use the search feature for your topic.

 

For an easy view, at the top left of Destiny, hit exit, then click on Resource Lists on the left. Find the AP President’s list. Click View. All the books will show in a longer list.

 

The list includes eBooks that have unlimited access.

 

Open Web Resources

 

If you search on your own, remember to evaluate your sources (noticing the domains--.gov, .org, etc. will be your first clue).

 

White House.gov (all)

Library of Congress (all)

Smithsonian.com (all-Use gray search bar at top to search your president. Notice the type of article. For example, some are blogs.)

POTUS (all-Internet Public Library)

Miller Center University of Virginia (all-use search bar on lower right of picture)

Mt. Vernon.org (George Washington)

USHistory.org (Jefferson-sponsored by Independence Hall in Philadelphia)

Thomas Jefferson Monticello.org

Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage

Abraham Lincoln Online

Theodore Roosevelt Association

FDR Presidential Library and Museum

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum

LBJ Presidential Library

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum