Building Historical Context to Understand Literature
Getting to the Databases
Use the links on the GCM Library website to access the databases. If you are not at school, you will need the passwords. NOTE: you must be logged onto your school Google account to access the password file.
Search Tips
Use the browse feature available in many databases to help you focus on a topic.
Use Advanced Search options to limit your results to certain types of information or particular date ranges. Search with a variety of terms including synonyms to get a variety of results.
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Doors into Research topics
For primary sources
- Infobase World News Digest – context and background information on key issues of both historical events and breaking news.
- Gale Smithsonian Primary Sources in US History – historical documents, images, newspapers, and more
- Library of Congress – historical documents, images, newspapers, and more
For poems
For contemporary sources
- Gale Topic Finder – explore possible resources
- Gale Literary Sources
- Gale In Context: US History or Gale In Context: World History
- More history focused resources
For scholarly sources
For a the full list of GCM databases
For help with your research
