Homework Help

Research Databases for All Subjects

These sites are great places to start looking for information. To search a database from home, click on the "Search From Home" icon and type in the number from your OCLN library card

Research Databases - Access to general-interest, academic, business, market-research and health-related articles. To search click on the yellow icon and log in with the number from your OCLN library card (no spaces).
Provided by the Massachusetts Library & Information Network

English / Writing

History / Geography / Cultures

CHINA

Egypt

U.S. History, Geography & Cultures

Math

National History Day

Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
Make your NHD project a success with these links!

National History Day Project Research Sites

American Memory Collection
The Library of Congress has collected digitized primary source material on many different historical topics.
Avalon Project
Yale Law School's online collection of primary source documents by time period from all around the world, from ancient documents to 21st-century ones.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Resources and activities related to many important Supreme Court cases.
Making of America
The University of Michigan's digital library of primary sources in American social history from pre-Civil War through Reconstruction.
NARA Online Exhibits
The U.S. National Archives & Records is another good source for primary source material and images.
National History Day
See the National History Day site for contest details and information on this year's winning projects.
100 Milestone Documents
Digital versions of documents important to U.S. history, such as The Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Searchable online database of patent and trademark information.

Science

Science Fair Help Teens

Before choosing a topic, it’s a good idea to get some background on the idea of scientific method to help you plan your project.
What is the scientific method?

If you need some help thinking of a topic, these sites can give you some ideas:

Now that you’re ready to start, these sites can help direct you through the project:

The Science Club

If you have questions along the way, you might find the answer you need in the archives of these sites. If your question hasn’t been asked before, ask a scientist yourself!