Intermediate Strategy 1

These links are from our class visitation to the library/technology center. Mrs. Johnson has compiled some useful sites for your research, as well as important strategies to make sure you are using sites that are real.

Intermediate Strategy 1: Good websites are always being updated, and navigational instructions change. For that reason, as academic research students, your exploration of these sites includes reading screens, noticing entry boxes, and making selections that are relevant to your specific search task.

Intermediate Strategy 2: Scroll down. Many home and public screens have different pixel configurations ( print is different sizes).

Intermediate Strategy 3: Have correct spelling

Intermediate Strategy 4: On webpage tool bars or menus, look for "Search Site" or words to that effect

1) www.westchesterlibraries.org

Find Information Online

Librarians' Best Picks (scroll down)

Westchester

History

Westchester County History

New York State History This site was developed to provide interested users with access to the full range of historical assets within New York State.

In the left-hand menu, type: African American

Select Exact phrase

Scroll down

USGENWeb Project Lots of genealogical information at this site.

Westchester County Archives Established in 1985 to identify, preserve and make accessible the permanently-valuable records of the Westchester County Government.

Westchester County History Excerpts from Westchester County: The Past 100 Years, 1883-1983, published by the Westchester County Historical Society, 1984.

Westchester Historical Society Stories about the people and events that have shaped Westchester's rich history come alive at the Westchester County Historical Society.

Westchester County Virtual Archives Find historical treasures of Westchester County communities.

Civil War Era

African American

Begin (also explore tool bar such as "Hills")