Free resources provided to Rhode Island residents. EBSCO contains quality information on a wide variety of topics.
Issues & Controversies in American History Database:
This database delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in American history.
username: nshs
password: northmen
Google Scholar:
"Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature."
"While the great powers made more significant contributions to the war effort; for a country of only 11 million people Canada's contribution was remarkable."
In this collection of 900 photos spread over 20 essays, journalists explore the events of the war, the lives of the people fighting at the front and working back home, and the effects of the trauma on everyday activity. These images still give us glimpses into the experiences of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, moments that shaped the world as it is today.
Anchor - A North Carolina History Online resource:
"For all the role of science, mathematics, and new inventions in earlier wars, no war had as profound an effect on the technologies of our current lives than World War II (1939-45). And no war was as profoundly affected by science, math, and technology than WWII."