Revolutions Pathfinder

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The American Revolution
Print Resources
  • Most print resources on various Revolutions will be located throughout the 900s
  • Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.
  • Some example search terms:
    • Haiti
    • Power Search: Mexico History not Fiction
    • United States History Revolution
  • eBooks ~ eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library

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Databases: Scroll over an image for a complete description.

Search Biography Resource Center for brief and extensive biographies, articles, and web resources about people in American and world life, both past and present.~ Search for Biographies on individuals such as François Duvalier, Porfirio Díaz, Lenin, and others.

Search Britannica Online for reference information in literature, science, social science, and history. Britannica Online also carries news stories from The New York Times. ~ Search examples: Haiti, Mexican Revolution

Search Clipart.com for clipart, photos, fonts and more. User name: smaine Password: south ~ Clipart, photos, fonts, and more

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Search History Resource Center: US for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from United States history. ~ Search examples: American Revolution, 1775-1783

Search History Resource Center: World for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from ancient and modern world history. ~ Search examples: Russian revolution, Lenin, Mexican Revolution

Search Student Resource Center Gold for reference, periodical, and primary source articles as well as maps and images across all subject areas. ~ Search examples: Italy, German revolution.

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Internet Resources

Revolution Resources

  • The American Revolution ~ Information from the PBS documentary, Liberty! The American Revolution. Click Chronicle and Perspectives for information.
  • The German Revolution of 1848 ~ Information from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
  • The German Revolution of 1918 ~ Information from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
  • Haiti ~ Extensive information from Bob Corbett, Professor, Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. He teaches classes on the Haitian Revolution
  • The Haitian Revolution: 1794-1804 ~ Information the PBS documentary, Africans in America. Scroll down for more links.
  • The Mexican Revolution: 1910-1920 ~ Information from Harry Vélez Quiñones, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Puget Sound.
  • No links have been listed for Gran Columbia and Italy due to poor quality of Internet-based resources. Use the databases and books.

N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL
Created: 4/6/06 Last update: 5/12/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org