Academic Journals

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This resource supports a wide range of students, from middle and high school to college, as well independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the ongoing Black Freedom Struggle. Available remotely.

ProQuest's new Black Freedom Struggle website, opens a new window features expertly selected open primary source documents. Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

The content is curated around six time periods:

• Resistance to Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860)
• The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877)
• Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932)
• The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945)
• The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975)
• The Contemporary Era (1976-2000)

Artículos educativos en Español. Disponible de forma remota.

Accel is a microlearning solution that helps individuals build professional and workplace-ready skills through short, engaging videos, book summaries, and articles. Content comes from over 47 leading business thinkers—including members of the Thinkers50—and supports continuous learning and career growth in just minutes a day.

To access the new Accel experience, visit the registration link: https://accel.ebscolearning.com/register/fvtbhjGa. This will take you to the account creation page. If you previously had a personal Accel5 account:

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If you previously used the guest login or are brand new, fill out the form to create a personal account. This allows personalized learning, saved bookmarks, and progress tracking.

Supports both student research and classroom instruction. For Grades 6-12. Provided by Find it Virginia. Available remotely.

EBSCO’s Explora Public Libraries is a user-friendly search tool that supports both research and instruction, and searches a comprehensive collection of full-text general interest articles from periodicals, newspapers, and books. This authoritative general information database is the best place to start your research project. Provided by Find it Virginia. Available remotely.

Articles from health & fitness magazines and scholarly medical journals, medical dictionary and encyclopedias, health organization directory, drug and herb finder, alternative health resources, and health assessment tools. Available remotely.

Biographical/critical introductions, listings of principal works, and sources for further study on contemporary authors. Available remotely.

Academic journal articles covering most disciplines, including arts, history, humanities, science, medicine, and law. Available remotely.

Search and read full-text magazines, reference books, primary source documents, and images. Provided by Find It Virginia. Available remotely.

A list of local historical resources, from full-text resources to Library of Virginia resources.