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History

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Directories, Databases, Encyclopedias

• Best of History Web Sites - an online directory to history-related Web sites, history lesson plans, and teaching activities.

• Library of Congress
  • American Memory (Library of Congress) - "a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States"

  • Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

• National Archives (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration)
  • Records of Congress and Links to Internet Resources
  • ALIC (Archives Library Information Center) - links to research tools and guides.
    • AAD (Access to Archival Databases) - search NARA's holdings of electronic data.
    • ARC (Archival Research Catalog) - search by keyword for digitized records available online.

• NUCMC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections) - search for collections in archives and manuscript repositories

• Repository of Primary Sources - links to Web sites describing holdings of institutions with primary sources.

• Historical Text Archive - "articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects."

• The Encyclopedia of World History - ancient, medieval, and modern history
  
  
• Smithsonian: History and Culture - collection of U.S. and World history topics

Latin American Studies

• HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)

Maps

• Map Collections: American Memory (Library of Congress)

Researching in History

• Reading, Writing and Researching for History: a Guide for College Students (Patrick Rael, Bowdoin College)

• A Starting Point Guide to Research for History Students (Professor Catherine Lavender, Departmentof History, College of Staten Island, City University of New York)

Primary Sources - United States

• Academy of Achievement - profiles of and interviews with "extraordinary leaders, thinkers and pioneers who have shaped our world." Audio available.

• American Journeys - "eyewitness accounts of North American exploration"

• American Memory (Library of Congress) - "a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States"

• Avalon Project at Yale Law School - "documents in law, history, and diplomacy"

• Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy

• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

• Digitized PrimaryAmerican History Sources

• Hanover Historical Texts Project

Primary Sources - International

• Avalon Project at Yale Law School - "documents in law, history, and diplomacy"

• EuroDocs - "primary historical documents from Western Europe"

• Hanover Historical Texts Project

• Latin American and Carribean Government Documents Project - "organizes and describes the many Latin American and Caribbean official documents appearing on the Internet" (last modified-March 16, 1999)

Photographs

• Denver Public Library - Photography Collection

• Digital Collections in Colorado

• Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

• National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection

• The Archive of Early American Images

• Old Pictures

Subject-oriented Web Sites

• AFRO-American Almanac -includes historical documents, biographical information, folk tales, and other resources about "the African in America"

• Cold War International History Project - includes articles and historical documents

• Colorado and Regional History Links

Teaching History

• History Matters - "Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history."

• Digital History (Univeristy of Houston) - "high-quality historicla resources for teachers and students" presented in the form of a digital textvook, featuring an interactive timeline of United States history, subject guides, lesson plans, and more.

Updated July 2007
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