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Historical Newspapers, 1850s - 2001*
Major U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times from the 1850s to 2001. |
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History News Network
Website with breaking news, political highlights, and articles by contemporary historians. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library*
Reference sources in biography, history, law, literature, medicine, religions, sciences, and social sciences. |
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Salem Press*
Ebooks from a variety of databases including Great Events from History, American Business Encyclopedia, and The Decades Series. |
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Gale Global Issues in Context*
Contemporary issues facing history today. |
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GALE U.S. History in Context*
Primary and secondary sources for the study of U.S. history. |
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History Through the Decades, 1950s-1990s*
Articles and reference works about U.S. history. Searchable by timeline. |
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Oxford Islamic Studies*
Current scholarship in global Islamic history, politics, practices, and culture. |
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Sources in U.S. History Online:Civil War *
Archive of primary sources documenting life during The Civil War years. Discover military perspectives, the use of technology, and the cultural and legal history that developed in the Northern and Southern regions of the U.S. |
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LincolnNet: Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
Historical materials covering the years 1830-1861, including Lincoln's writings and speeches. |
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Search a comprehensive collection of digital documents, images, speeches, and artifacts of JFK's presidency. |
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American Memory Project
Research the American experience by listening to sound recordings, reading personal accounts, and viewing images, prints, and maps. |
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| Black Studies |
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Oxford African American Studies Center*
Reference works on the lives and events of
African American history and culture.
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Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
Special collection of the New York Public Library
that makes available multimedia, digitized
collections, exhibitions, and public programming
for the study of African American history. |
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Mississippi Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Archives from Freedom Summer, also known as Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, a key part of the civil rights movement in 1964 when
volunteers tried to register African American voters. |
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Sources in U.S. History Online: Slavery in America*
Comprehensive collection of sources for
the study of slavery from the 17th century
through the 19th century in the U.S. |
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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal
Writers' Project: 1936-1938
Read first-person accounts of slavery and view
black-and-white photographs of former slaves. |
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Black History
Milestones, biographies, and interactive timeline
of significant events in Black history in the U.S. |
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Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
Web guide of materials held by the Library of
Congress -- sheet music, life histories, poetry, and
other special features from the 1920s and 1930s. |
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| World History, including the Middle East |
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Gale Virtual Library*
Reference sources in biography, history, law, literature, medicine, religions, sciences, and social sciences. |
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Oxford Reference Center: History*
Subject-specific dictionaries, encyclopedia, and other reference works. |
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GALE World History in Context*
Primary and secondary sources for the study of world history and civilization. |
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CIA World Factbook
Detailed information about the governments, the people, the geographic regions, and economies of over 250 world entities (includes maps). |
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History Through the Decades, 1960s-1990s*
Articles and reference works about U.S. history. Searchable by timeline. |
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GALE Global Issues in Context*
Contemporary issues facing history today. |
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The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, Government, and Diplomacy
Extensive collection of textual documents dating from 4000 bce to current day.
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| Women & Gender Studies |
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Discovering American Women's History Online
Digital collections of primary source materials
(photos, letters, diaries, and artifacts) that document the history of women in the U.S.
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Gender Equality in the World of Work
Reports, publications, and statistics compiled by the International Labour Organization.
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WWW Virtual Library of Women's History
Collection of links to women's history organizations and institutions, and the generalstudy of women's history. |
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Jewish Women's Archive
Explore the stories of struggles of American Jewish women by searching an encyclopedia, exhibits, writings, and biographies of prominent women |
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Sophia Smith Collection: Women's History Archives at Smith College
Internationally recognized repository of manuscripts and other primary source materials that document the history of women
in the U.S. and abroad. |
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Gender Watch (Trial Access for Limited Time)
Articles that cover Women and Men's Studies, transgendered community, gender studies, and the evolution of the women's movement.
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| Economics |
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
Timely economic accounts data for the U.S.economy, including statistics for monetary policy, GDP, and the economic growth. |
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CIA World Factbook
Detailed information about the governments, the people, the geographic regions, and economies of over 250 world entities (includes maps). |
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Internet Public Library -- Economics
Reputable websites covering all aspects of the field of economics. |
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Inflation Calculators
Select from a variety of online calculators that
use different variables to predict inflation rates. |
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Economagic
Comprehensive site that offers free, economic time series and charting capabilities that are useful for economic forecasting. Most of the data sets reflect macroeconomic data for the U.S. with a strong emphasis on employment data for local, county, and state activities.
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