Explore History through a New Lens

From its founding in 1888, the National Geographic Society has grown into an organization synonymous with exploration, photography, maps, and rethinking the world as we know it. From the iconic National Geographic magazine to the popular National Geographic Traveler and hundreds of books, maps, videos, and images, there’s simply no substitute for the depth and quality National Geographic Virtual Library will bring to your library.

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National Geographic Virtual Library: National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-2015*

With comprehensive, timely articles and legendary photos, the iconic magazine documents life on our planet and beyond. Provide your students with over one hundred years of history through articles on culture, global events, nature, science, technology, and the environment, as well as gripping first-person accounts of epic exploration and discovery.

National Geographic Virtual Library: National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World

National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World provides unlimited access to digital content that attracts, engages and informs students, educators, researchers and general readers including full-text books, magazines, videos, maps and National Geographic images.

National Geographic Virtual Library: National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present and provides authoritative, age-appropriate digital content suitable for younger students in subjects like English Language Arts, social studies, and science.

Platform Features & Tools

Term Frequency

Researchers can see the frequency of search terms within sets of content to begin identifying central themes and assessing how individuals, events, and ideas interact and develop over time.

Cross-Search Capability

Search across the content of complementary primary source products in one intuitive environment, enabling innovative new research connections.

Many Ways to Explore

Browse, read cover-to-cover, explore topics, and search through full text or metadata to easily identify the perfect content to fuel teaching and learning.

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