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LIBRARY CATALOG Books for Older Children National Geographic United States atlas for young explorers by National Geographic Society (U.S.) Maps, photographs, illustrations, and text present information about the regions and states of the United States   More books for: Older Children

RESEARCH DATABASES  America the Beautiful Find information about each state including history, geography, economy, culture, government and profiles of major figures in history. Includes images of state flags, bird and seal. Also find out about American presidents, Native American tribes. Search by timeline!  CIA World Fact Book The CIA needs to know all about other countries, so their spies don't get caught. They've published this information, for us to use!. Tip: Type the name of your country, then type CIA in the "publication" box. Then click "Search!".  Culture Grams Information about 182 countries and territories. Includes an elementary school age edition of 66 countries and all 50 United States. Includes information on culture, famous people, recipes and photos.  Curriculum Resource Center Grades 6-12 Award winning on-line resource of printable teacher handout materials for middle, high school and junior college curriculums. Includes materials for history, geography, science, math and health.  Curriculum Resource Center Junior Edition On-line resource of printable teacher handout materials for elementary curriculums. Includes materials for people & events in history, maps, flags, timelines, science and careers. Great homework resource.  Discovering Collection Find biographies, literary criticisms, timeline events, images, audio and video files and 500 primary source documents. A great homework helper for history, English, science and social studies classes.  Facts for Learning Information about almost everything, for Elementary and Middle School students. Includes This Day in History, How to make a Diorama, and has great pictures to use in your reports!  Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia Short and concise information on 25,000 topics. For more in depth information see WorldBook Online  Grolier Online Offers twelve encyclopedias and reference resources; search eight of the resources all at one time by using the search box located in the lower right hand corner of the window.  Heritage Quest Search for your family history in one of the largest resources available online. Includes census material back to 1790, 7267 family histories, 8737 local histories and 167 primary sources.  History Resource Center: Modern World Draws on themes and trends from the history curriculum for the 20th Century, and integrates reference sources, full-text articles, maps and images. Also includes full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents.  Lands and People Over 330 articles about countries and cultures, including bibliographical references, photographs, and maps.  Sanborn Historical Maps Search more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. Because these maps are in electronic form, one may easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific locations, as well as layer maps from different years.  Student Resource Center Search reference books, Magazines & Journals, Newspapers, Primary Documents, and Multimedia for subject areas History, Literature, Science, Social Science & biographies. Timeline feature.  World Book Student All the normal encyclopedia stuff, plus pictures and videos, Back in Time, Surf the Ages (what if there had been the Internet during the Roman Empire or Medieval times?). Great resource and fun to use! DIGITAL COLLECTIONS  Broer Map Library A growing collection of thousands of online historic maps from around the world. The collection features several native language atlases (e.g. German maps of Germany) as well as historic road maps and topographical maps. We also have many military maps from different theaters of action such as unique maps of the Normandy, France area. A growing collection of our maps are viewable in Google Earth so you can compare the historic map with modern conditions.  Hotchkiss Map Collection The Hotchkiss Map Collection contains cartographic items made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made detailed battle maps primarily of the Shenandoah Valley, some of which were used by the Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson for their combat planning and strategy. Several of the maps have annotations of various military officers, demonstrating their importance in the military campaigns. The collection also includes maps made or used by Hotchkiss during his post-war years, including maps with information about railroads, minerals and mining, geology and history, most of which focus on Virginia and West Virginia, but also cover other states and even the world. WEB SITES  Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online Contains 1,000,000 locations + terms  Library of Congress/ Zoom Into Maps This activity introduces historical maps from throughout the Library’s digital collections. Along with introductions, a graphic organizer for analysis and note taking and a set of guiding questions for each type of map have been provided.  National Atlas The National Atlas website is well organized and easy to navigate, placing maps by region as well as type. In addition to political/ geographic maps, it includes maps based on biology/wildlife, environment, agriculture, weather, and history. Also included are a map maker, printable maps, and dynamic maps—an example of which is the history of the invasive Zebra Mussel in the U.S. The site contains encyclopedia-style articles on map-making and the information contained in maps. The National Atlas is an outstanding example of a government website that places a large volume of knowledge at the user's fingertips.  Policymap.com A database for finding the location of federally funded institutes nationwide and statistics from the census and other data sources.