Using History Reference Center

Level 2 Tool

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Access to this tool does not require any user to share information about themselves

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This information last checked: 10/21/2016

Digital Content SNAPSHOT & SUPPORT RESOURCES

Overview

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 The database also includes full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, as well as thousands of historical documents, biographies of historical figures, historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.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 

Standards Alignment

• HRC Common Core Standards Alignment
• How do I use the Curriculum Standards application? 
• Using the Curriculum Standards Module - Help Sheet (with detailed screen shots) 

Content & Features

• History Reference Center - FAQs 
• Video and Historical Image Content Available in History Reference Center 

Navigation 

• Basic Searching on History Reference Center 
• Browsing Popular Sources in History Reference Center 
• Browse U.S. or World History Help Sheet 
• 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.  
• HRC Research Guide

Tutorials & Guides

• History Reference Center Tutorial
• History Reference Center - User Guide  
• History Reference Center - Knowledge Base 

Educator Resources

• Direct Linking -  Click Permalink under the Tools menu on the right sidebar to obtain a direct link.

• History Reference Center - Scavenger Hunt
• History Reference Center - Trainer Guide
• History Reference Center - Promotion Kit