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History Resources

Britannica - Encyclopedia
Humanitites Index Full Text (EBSCO)
Humanities International Complete
New York Times Historical 1851-2008
New York Times 1980-present
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Popular and Controversial Topics)
Proquest - All Databases
Proquest Newspapers
Proquest Research Library
PsycArticles
PsychINFO
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
The Wall Street Journal (via Proquest)
Harpers Weekly 1857-1865

Google Books

Websites - Open access indicator

  • Background Notes-US State Dept.
    http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
    Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically.

  • The Benjamin Franklin Tercentennial, 1706-2006
    http://www.benfranklin300.org/
    "Celebrates the 300th birth year of one of American history's all-time unforgetable, yet hauntingly unfamiliar great personalities. Subject areas (clickable): (a) Tercentennary, General Assessments, & Biography; (b) Colonial Nation-Builder; (c) French & Indian (Seven Years') War Participant; (d) American Revolution & Founding Father; (e) U.S. Constitutional Convention & Bill of Rights; (f) Creator of Institutions & Educational Reformer; (g) Musician; (h) Papers, Writings, & Quotations; etc."

  • The Celia M. Hastings Local History Room Website
     http://www.pmlib.org/local
    "In addition to directions to the room within the Patchogue-Medford Library building, it includes a general, classified description of Resources, and sections on Services, Home Grown Web Connections, Leads to Other Websites, and Other Leads (to outside collections, organizations, and agencies)."

  • CIA World Fact Book
    https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
    Straight from the CIA, learn government intelligence about countries all over the world.

  • Country Studies
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
    This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive.

  • The Historical Net
    http://www.historynet.com/
    Articles index, personality profiles, eyewitness accounts, picture gallery and much more. "Where history lives on the Web."

  • HyperHistory Online - World History
    http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
    Navigates through 3000 years of world history with links to persons of world historical importance and timelines of civilization. "2000 files covering 3000 years of world history."
  • National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution
    americanhistory.si.edu
    "The Museum's collections and scholarship are dedicated to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples." Virtual exhibitions, music room, and timeline are a few of the links provided.


  • New York History
    http://www.nyhistory.com/
    Provides information on the aspects of the history of the state's artistic, architectural, canal, cities', political, medical, military, social history, and personalities, e.g., U.S. Presidents, selected First Ladies and U.S. Vice Presidents, NYS Governors, frontier life, abolitionists, suffragists, and more.

  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
    The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

  • World History Compass
    www.worldhistorycompass.com/about.htm
    World History Compass is provided as a free service courtesy of Schiller Computing. Its immediate goal is to provide links to history sites any where in the world. Besides links to sites dealing with the history of various countries/regions, links to aviation, computer and technology history sites are provided.

  • Web Chronology Project (WebChron)
    http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/
    The Web Chronology Project is a series of hyperlinked chronologies developed by the instructors and historical articles prepared by students intended for use in hi story classes. In addition to chronologies in outline form, there are also links to articles about the various chronological events.

Primary Sources

  • American Memory Project (LOC)
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
    The Library of Congress American Mermory Project allows you to browse collections by topic, time period, place, and by collections containing a desired type of media. Also has a Search box for entering in your terms.

  • The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
    http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
    Contains documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

  • The Making of America
    http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
    Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. 99 more volumes focusing on New York City were added to MoA in June 2007. A collaborative effort between the University of Michigan and Cornell University, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

  • Using Primary Sources on the Web - RUSA
    http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources
    Written by the Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association. Defining, Locating and Evaluating Primary sources on the Web

Associations

  • The New-York Historical Society
    http://www.nyhistory.org/
    For nearly two centuries, the New-York Historical Society has accumulated and preserved vast collections of material relating to the history of the city, state and nation. The Society's mission is to use its unparalleled collections to help New Yorkers understand the complex and diverse past behind today's w orld.

  • The Supreme Court Historical Society
    http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
    The Society was incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of expanding public awareness of the history and heritage of the United States Supreme Court. The Society accomplishes its mission by conducting public and educational programs, publishing books and other materials, supporting historical research, and collecting antiques and artifact s related to the Court's history

eJournals

    • Scholars Lab from the University of Virginia
      http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/etext/index.html
      Free access to articles from 1990-2000 along with links to information about the publication itself, how to cite it, and how to submit articles to it.

    • Journal of Contemporary History
       http://jch.sagepub.com/

      The Journal of Contemporary History (JCH) is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal publishing articles and book reviews on twentieth-century history (post-1918), covering a broad range of historical approaches including social, economic, political, diplomatic, intellectual and cultural. JCH is edited by Richard Evans, University of Cambridge and Stanley Payne, University of Wisconsin.

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