Web Resources
American History in Video (in-library and home access)- The largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history offering more than 5,000 titles. The collection allows you to analyze historical events through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
- History In Context: U.S. (in-library and home access)
- Provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-
studied events, issues and current information. Includes primary sources and journal articles.
- History In Context: World (in-library and home access)
- Combines a comprehensive and unique global collection of resources with easy-to-use searching for undergraduate and high school research and curriculums.
- Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives (Salem Press) (in-library and home access)
- Biographies of more than 600 notorious historical figures - some controversial, some entirely infamous - and information on their impact on the world.
- EBSCOHost: World History Collection (in-library and home access)
- Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains cover-to-cover full text for 150 titles, including many peer reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964.
Websites
- AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
- Full text online of documents of American History from 1000 to current
- American Memory from the Library of Congress
- Digitized documents, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- American President: An Online Reference Resource
- Information on each president, including speeches.
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
- This searchable database of documents divided by century includes documents on law, history, economics and government.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- Search and read newspapers from 1900-1910; locate information about American newspapers published between 1690 - present.
- Costume History
- A great resource for pictures and photographs of costume throughout the ages
- Food Timeline
- Find historic prices of food, recipes and foods from historic time periods and links to information on individual foods..
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Access to historical records in United States history.
- New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
- 30,000 digitized images of photos created prior to 1923. Excellent source of primary source photos.
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- Nice collection of historical U.S. maps, especially good for westward expansion in the 1800s.
- POTUS: Presidents of the United States
- Biographical information on all the U.S. Presidents. Includes election results, cabinet members, links to historical documents and notable events.
- Timeline of Art History
- Chronological, geographic and thematic history of art illustrated with pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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