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Midkiff Online Resources: Digital Resources

Research Databases

Go to the Midkiff Online Resources link in your Canvas for usernames and passwords to all our online services. --> ʻOhana course - Departments - Midkiff Learning Center

 

  ABC-Clio - Research database for World Issues and American and World History

  How-to-Video:  Overview Tutorial

 

  American History 1493-1945 - Documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection.

How-to-Video:  Getting StartedSearchingBrowsing

 

  AncestryTracing your family generations back through primary source documents - Go to the Midkiff Online Resources link in your Canvas ʻOhana Course to access this service.

How-to-Video:  Features & Searching

 

  CQ Researcher - In-depth reports on today's issues

How-to-Video:  Overview Tutorial

 

  EBSCO - Research database containing over 100,000 encyclopedia, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, primary sources, government documents, photos, etc.

  How-to Video:  Advanced Searching

 

 Encyclopaedia Britannica - Encyclopedia with up-to-date general information on every topic

  How-to-Video:  Overview Tutorial

 

JSTOR — Journal Storage — — Российская государственная библиотека для  молодежи  JSTOR - Digital library of current and archival journals, books, and primary sources

  How-to-Video:  Searching

 

  LIFE Magazine Archive (EBSCO) - American magazine published from 1936-2000 that featured stories of American life and social commentary.

Streaming Video

Swank Motion Pictures - Ask your kumu

for access to feature film movies

Khan Academy - Tutorial Videos on Math, Science, Computer Programming, History, Art, and more.

C-SPAN - Provides access to live  U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate proceedings and provides elected and appointed officials and others who would influence public policy access to the public.

TedEd - Lessons Worth Sharing

American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Home | Facebook

American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Archive of public television and radio programs of the past 60 years featuring American political, social, and cultural history and creativity.

YouTube Science & Education Channels

 

UniversityVideos.org - University Videos is a digital library portal that contains the YouTube Channels of the world's Top Universities.

 

 

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Midkiff Online Catalog (Destiny Discover)

eBooks

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Mostly Fiction

Video Tutorial

Mostly Fiction

Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Tutorial Video

Academic Nonfiction

Tutorial Video

Nonfiction

Tutorial Video

Nonfiction

Tutorial Video

Classic Works

Hawaiian Fiction & Nonfiction

in English & Hawaiian

Miscellaneous

Newspapers

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   Chronicling America

                                      Historic American Newspapers (Hawaiʻi)

Chronicling America provides “access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).” 

 

  New York Times - Current & archived editions of World & U.S. news

  To create an account, click on Create Account and then click on     and sign in with your KS email address.  You will be emailed your access.  It may take 24 hours to set up your free account.

 

  Newsbank - World, National, and Hawaiʻi Current News as well as America's Historical Newspapers

  Hawaiʻi newspapers listed as USA-Hawaii button under Quick Links on right side of homepage.

  How-to-Video:  Searching

 

  The Guardian & The Observer

  The New York Times

                                      San Francisco Chronicle

                                      The Washington Post

  How-to-Video:  Overview Tutorial (Shows NYT as example)

 

undefined  ProQuest Newspapers.com - Historical newspapers

  How-to-Video:  Overview Tutorial

 

  Washington Post - 2005-present

  When you get to the WP site, click on the Washington Post masthead, click on log in, and then click on     and sign in with your KS email address.  You will be emailed your access.  It may take 24 hours to set up your free account.

Flipster Digital Magazine

Browse the full collection of magazine titles