History Reference Center is a comprehensive full text history reference database for secondary students. The database features full text for more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. The database also includes full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, as well as thousands of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Target Audience: Grades 6-12
Content Connections: Social Studies, U.S. History, World History, English/Language Arts
Timeline: The History Reference Center interface offers enhanced subject/timeline browsing. Presently, approximately 100,000 articles in History Reference Center have been assigned to a timeline. This number increases monthly. If insufficient results are returned using the Timeline limiter, the user has the option of using a Subject or Keyword search.
Learning Supports & Tools
Text to Speech allows students to listen to HTML full text articles as they are read aloud.
Translation of text available in 33 different languages.
Lexiles are labeled beside each resource title in Search Results, and in each Detailed Record; the Lexile number is linked to a Lexile Support page. Use Advanced Search to search by Lexile range or number.
The resources and materials housed on this wiki, unless otherwise noted, are the copyright of Baltimore County Public Schools. BCPS teachers and students are free to access, copy, and use these materials for educational purposes. All requests from non-BPCS employees and students for permission to use, print, embed, or republish should contact Jim Corns, Director of Innovation and Digital Safety.
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