History: modern world - Columbian Exchange (COOKE, GILLESPIE, HOSFORD, MURPHY, NIKULA)
LS Library Databases
WEBSITES
Research tip: Press CONTROL + F or COMMAND + F to search for specific words within each article.
ARTICLES AND VIDEO ABOUT THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas (DASH)
The Great Exchange: The Global Exchange of Cultures, Plants, Animals and Disease (Mariners Museum)
The Columbian Exchange (Gilder Lehrman)
The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease between the Old and New Worlds (National Humanities Center)
The Columbian Exchange (Khan Academy)
ARTICLES ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS
A Brief History of Chocolate (Smithsonian Magazine)
Amazing Journey of Maize (Chicago Field Museum)
Eradicating Smallpox (Smithsonian Institution)
How the Humble Potato Changed the World (BBC Travel)
The Tree that Changed the World Map - Quinine (BBC)
Tobacco: The Early History... (National Park Service)
VIDEOS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS
The History of Chocolate (TED Talk)
Columbian Exchange (Diseases) (NBC News Learn)
Herbs and Empires: A Brief History of Malaria Drugs (including Quinine) (NPR)
The Flavorful Story of Vanilla (CBS Sunday Morning)
Feral Hogs in North America: An Overview (Noble Research Institute)
CITATION
CITATION GENERATORS
NoodleTools (also notecards, auto-generated Works Cited)
[NOTE: Databases provide you with citations, so you do not need to use a citation generator to cite database articles.]
RESEARCH TIMESAVERS
Search Tips:
Use CTRL+F (COMMAND+F on Apple Computers) to find your topic in an article.
If your product has an alternative name, try including the word "or" in the search box (to broaden your search). For example,
corn or maize
chocolate or cacao
Citation Tips:
After selecting an article or website, immediately add its citation to your WORKS CITED document.
In databases, the citation is always at the end of the article. (You can copy and paste it or export it to NoodleTools.)