Places-USA  

Global Road Warrior
Choose USA and then Points of Interest or Photo Gallery or City Views

Academic Search Complete
Can sort by GE (geographic terms) or PE (people) Choose from the dropdown menu on the right

Americas Newspapers

JSTOR
Great for articles on both culture and history after you have chosen your place

eBook Collection
Thousands of books to research your place.

Start your search with:

• Natural: Physical features, flora and fauna, ecosystems, landscapes  
  Look for natural disasters; state parks; or natural wonders

• Cultural:  A group of people or an occupation
  Examples: Mexican Americans, a specific Native Americans or steel workers or migrant workers
  

• Historical: a famous person's birthplace or a historical event or battle
  Do a Google Search (Historic Americans' Birthplaces)

• Look through the web and library links at the left and below. We have provided many links to US places. These include historical buildings, places hit by natural disasters, and endangered sites. Because these places have been in the public eye and been studied so often, chances are good that if you choose one you will find a lot of good information on the place.
  Example: Quincy, Massachusetts (birthplace of John Quincy Adams)>Quincy Historical Society Resources>Adams Historic National Park
  
  
• If you choose a local place, investigate its website first. Start with their Chamber of Commerce and then see if they have a historic society or a local history page. They may have a place you can visit.    
  Example: St. Petersburg>Chamber of Commerce>History Museum>Archives and Collections
  Example: St. Pete Beach>St. Pete Beach Today>History
  
  
• Focus down! No matter where you started your search, after you have chosen a place, you then need to research the other aspects of that place. If you started with culture and found a group of people that lived in a certain place, choose that place and then research the natural and the historical aspects as well as the cultural.
  
  
• Here are links to basic research and the citation guides.
  Research Guide for Students
  MLA Citation Guide
  
  
• Collect your research materials and start your paper.

Try some web searches: ex. Google Then and Now Photography AND "your place".
Example: Then and Now and Boston got me Boston Then and Now and much more.

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