Books
- The Industrial Revolution byISBN: 0516215965Publication Date: 2000-03-01
Industrial Revolution by ISBN: 1606944495Publication Date: 2009-08-01
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Industrial Revolution Starters and Portals
- Industrial Revolution World HistoryHere is a portal to many interesting IR resources, including primary documents, pictures, and reference book articles.
- Industrial Revolution Reference LibraryA multi-volume ebook set on IR.
- World History in ContextReference book, academic journal articles, primary sources, and multimedia all in one awesome resource. ID & PW needed from home.
- Global Issues in ContextFor any of the contemporary issues, this is a must see.
- Inventors and InventionsGreat resource from MC. This database file is the last one on the MC homepage.
- Worldbook AdvancedGood overview articles, especially helpful for the topics pertaining to Inventions, Famous people, and Child Labor. ID and PW needed from home. For topics pertaining to Industrial Revolution, search broadly and skim and narrow from within the article. Good source for multimedia and primary documents, too!
- Cholera from GVLArticles about the disease, including the connection between urbanization and public health.
- Consumer Health CompleteYou can find this source under the Health sub-menu. School only, without a public PA library card.
Select Sites Industrial Revolution
- BBC Industrial RevolutionThis page provides videos on why the Industrial Revolution happened in England, but there are other articles, games, and multimedia from the BBC.
- How Stuff WorksGreat for invention visuals and explanations.
- History.com InventionsA well-curated collection of articles and pictures about historical inventions.
Primary Sources & Media:Accounts, Photos, Music
- AP Photo ArchiveEvery photo taken by the AP starting in the late 19t century. You can limit your search, too. Click Biography->AP Images. Choose Historical, then sort by date.
- NPS Boott Cotton Mills LowellFrom the National Park Service, documents relating to the factory and factory town.
- Industrial Revolution from Fordham UA very good outline of the Industrial Revolution with links to many primary documents.
- The Industrial Revolution in the USAn awesome source compiled at the US Library of Congress.
- Songs from the Industrial RevolutionProduced by the Smithsonian, these are songs you would need to purchase, but check out the list of song titles.
- Songs of Unionization, Labor Strikes, and Child LaborAn article from the Library of Congress with listed songs that you can then search.
- Watch Know LearnFree educational videos, including one called The Rise of Industry.
- Working Women 1800-1930A Harvard University open collection with diaries, photos, and other primary documents.
- Top Ten Labor Day SongsA listing for you.
Industrialization Today
- Opposing ViewpointsGood for the topics related to the present:Child Labor, Working Conditions (sweat shops), Employment, Global workforce.
- Business Source Main EditionFrom the main menu->Business-Business Source Main Edition. Good for researching child labor, current working conditions, and multinationals.
- Child Labor Today PortalInvestigating Child Labor today? This is a great starting point.
Please be careful and choose reputable, scholarly sources for your information. When in doubt, ask for help.
MLA @ KHS
Don't forget, the library has several copies of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Ed. If you can't find an example of a source in our KHS handout, check the complete handbook for help. Even better, ask your teacher or Ms. Teixeira for assistance.
- KHS MLA HandoutUpdated to reflect the new Power Library databases.