NOTE: For historical topics, books are often the best sources.

School Library holdings

• Do a keyword search in the Automated Library Catalog to find nonfiction and reference books about your topic.
• Use indexes or tables of contents in nonfiction and reference books to locate information related to your topic and questions.
• Check the indexes of print and CD ROM encyclopedias for articles about your topic.

Check your library for these titles or authors:

• American Eras, 1600-1754: the colonial era. Gale, 1998.
• Saari, Peggy. Colonial America Almanac, UXL, 2000
• Tunis, Edwin. Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginnings of American Industry. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1965.
• Tunis, Edwin - many other books on the colonial period.
• Fisher, Leonard Everett has written many books on colonial craftsmen.

• Do a keyword search in the BCPL Catalog to locate additional resources.
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Quakers

• Quakers in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century
• Digital Quaker Collection - primary sources and full text books
• Society of Friends - Quakers
• The Quaker Province: 1681-1776
• Quakers in the Military and Conscription Laws Affecting Quakers
• Quakers in Brief

Farmers

• Farming in the 13 American Colonies
• Rural life in New England colonies
• Farm Life

Apprentices

• Servitude & Apprenticeship
• Apprenticeship
• Apprenticeship in the United States

Craftsmen

• The Geddys: A Family of Tradesmen

Merchants

• A Merchant's Account

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