Social Sciences Research Guide
This guide provides you with a good starting point for conducting research in the social sciences at the Southwestern Adventist University Library. As you explore the library’s resources you will find additional materials such as videos and DVD’s.
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The library catalog is available online at: http://silc.swau.edu/aquabrowser/
We use the Library of Congress Classification system to organize most of the material in our library. Using this system, each book is given its own call number. The call number is used to locate the books on the shelf.
Material related to the social sciences can be found in the following call number ranges or areas.
C Auxiliary Sciences of History
C` General
CA Archaeology
CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals
CE Technical Chronology. Calendar
CJ Numismatics
CN Inscriptions. Epigraphy
CR Heraldry
CS Geneology
CT Biography
D History: General and Old World
D General
DA Great Britain
DB Austria. Hungary. Czechoslovakia
DC France
DD Germany
DE Mediterranean Region - Classical Period
DF Greece
DG Italy
DH Low Countries: Belgium, Luxemburg
DJ Netherlands
DJK Eastern Europe
DK Soviet Union. Poland
DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia
DP Spain. Portugal
DQ Switzerland
DR Balkan Penninsula. Turkey
DS Asia
DT Africa
DU Oceania. Australia. New Zealand
DX Gypsies
E - F History: Western Hemisphere
E America
F US Local History. Canada. Latin America
G Geography. Anthropology
G General. Atlases. Maps
GA Mathematical Geography. Cartography
GB Physical Geography
GR Folklore
GT Manners and Customs
H Social Sciences
H General
HA Statistics
HB Economics
HC Economic History
HD Land. Agriculture. Industry. Labor
HE Transportation and Communication
HF Commerce
HG Finance
HJ Public Finance
HM Sociology
HN Social History
HQ Family. Marriage. Women
HS Societies. Clubs
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social Pathology, Social Work, Criminology
HX Socialism. Communism
J Political Science
J General legislative and executive papers
JA Political Science - General
JC Political Theory. The State
JF Constitutional History - General
JK Constitutional History - United States
JL Constitutional History - Canada. Latin America
JN Constitutional History - Europe
JQ Constitutional History - Asia. Africa. Australia. Oceania
JS Local Government
JV Colonies and Colonization
JX International Law. International Relations
U Military Science
U General
UA Armies
UB Military Administration
UC Maintenance and Administration
UD Infantry
UE Cavalry
UF Artillery
UG Military Engineering. Air Forces. Air Warfare
UH Other Services
V Naval Science
V General
VA Navies
VB Naval Administration
VD Naval Seamen
VE Marines
VF Naval Ordinance
VG Minor Services of Navies
VK Navigation. Merchant Marine
VM Naval Architecture. Marine Engineering
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Research Related Material
Below are some titles in the SWAU library collection that describe the methodology used in conducting and organizing research in the fields of the social sciences. Most of these titles are in the [MAIN] collection and are located on second floor. Those that begin with [R] are located on first floor in our reference collection.
A glossary of English grammar
[R] PE1112 .L44 2006
Social science reference sources : a practical guide
[R] Z 7161.A1 L5 2000
The extreme searcher's Internet handbook
[R] ZA4230 .H63 2007
Introduction to research methods
[MAIN] H 62 .B863 2000
Handbook of qualitative research
[MAIN] H 62 .H2455 2000
How to conduct your own survey
[MAIN] H 62 .S3185 1994
Empirical political analysis : research methods in political science
[MAIN] JA 86 .M35 2001
Schaum's quick guide to writing great research papers
[MAIN] LB 1047.3 .R69 1999
Writing, teaching, and learning in the disciplines
[MAIN] LB 1576 .W76 1992
Using sources effectively : strengthening your writing and avoiding plagiarism
[MAIN] LB 2369 .H37 2002
The nuts & bolts of college writing
[MAIN] PE 1408 .H3927 2003
Online companion (http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/)
A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations / Kate L. Turabian.
On reserve at the Circulation Desk
Turabian online: http://www.bucknell.edu/x11826.xml
[MAIN] LB 2369 .T8 1973
How to Site the Bible (Grove City College)
http://hbl.gcc.edu/citingBIBLE.htm
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs and atlases provide facts and statistics and are usually arranged so information can be easily located. They can be used to narrow or broaden a search topic or provide needed details for your research. Most of our reference material is located on first floor. However, the call numbers that begin with [MAIN] are located on second floor and the oversized ([X]) books are on third floor.
Atlas of Hispanic-American history
[A] E 184.S75 O287 2001
Historical atlas of the American Revolution
[A] E 208 .B36 2000
Complete atlas of world history
[A] G 1030 .C66 1997 v.1-3
Third world atlas
[A] G 1046 G1C7 1994
Historical atlas of the United States : with original maps
[A] G1201.S1 H4 2007
Historical atlas of the United States
[A] G 1201.S1 H5 2003
Historical atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865
[A] G 1281 F8M3 1994
Nobel prize winners : an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary
[R] AS911 N9N59 1987
[R] AS911 N9N59 1987 Supp.
Religions of the World
[R] BL 80.3 .R45 2002 v.1-4
Encyclopedia of religion in American politics
[R] BL 2525 .E52 1999
Religion and America
[R] BL 2525 .R448 2003 v.1-3
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
[R] BR 302.8 .O93 1996 v.1-4
Dictionary of Christianity in America
[R] BR 515 .D53 1990
Historical dictionary of Seventh-Day Adventists
[R] BX 6153 .L36 2005
Macmillan concise dictionary of world history
[R] D 9 W47 1983
Encyclopedia of world history
[R] D 21 .E577 2000
Harper encyclopedia of military history : from 3500 BC to the present
[R] D 25 D86 1993
Founders of modern nations : a biographical dictionary
[R] D 226.7 .H36 1995
Dictionary of twentieth-century world history
[R] D 419 .P32 1997
Encyclopedia of World War I : a political, social, and military history
[R] D 510 .E53 2005 v.1-5
Brassey's D-Day encyclopedia : the Normandy invasion A-Z
[R] D 756.5.N6 T55 2004
The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium
[R] DF 521 .O93 1991 v.1-3
The Middle East
[R] DS 63.1 .M484 2007
Historical dictionary of United States-Middle East relations
[R] DS63.2.U5 H3472 2007
Historical dictionary of Vietnam
[R] DS 556.25 .D85 1998
Encyclopedia of the Korean War : a political, social, and military history
[R] DS 918 .E53 2000 v.1-3
Anit-Americanism : history, causes, and themes
[R] E 183.7 .A66 2007 v.1-4
The African-American atlas : Black history and culture
[R] E 185 .A79 1998
Dictionary of American history
[R] E 174 .D52 2003 v.1-10
Encyclopedia of American military history
[R] E 181 .E63 2003 v.1-3
Jewish-American history and culture : an encyclopedia
[R] E 184 .J5J48 1992
Black Women in America
[R] E 185.86 .B542 2005 v.1-3
100 greatest African Americans : a biographical encyclopedia
[R] E 185.96 .A83 2002
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history
[R] E 468 .E53 2000 v.1-5
Jamestown Colony : a political, social, and cultural history
[R] F 234 .J3 G75 2007
Dictionary of Texas historic places
[R] F 387 .D558 1996 v.2
Historical dictionary of United States-Latin American relations
[R] F1418 .S638 2007
The Penguin dictionary of geography
[R] G 63 .C562 1998
Firefly geography dictionary
[R] G 63 .F56 2003
Encyclopedia of the world's nations
[R] G 63 .K874 2002 v.3
A dictionary of geography
[R] G 63 .M39 1997
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations
[R] G 63 .W67 2001 v.1-6
Historical atlas of state power in Congress, 1790-1990
[R] G 1201 .F7M3 1993
Historical atlas of U.S. presidential elections 1788-2004
[R] G 1201 .F9 H5 2006
Routledge historical atlas of presidential elections
[R] G 1201.S1 M5 2001
Historical atlas of Central America
[R] G 1551.S1 H2 2003
Routledge atlas of the Holocaust : the complete history
[R] G 1797.21.E29 G58 2002
The dictionary of physical geography
[R] GB10 .D53 2000
Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life : a tour through history from ancient times to the present
[R] GT 31 .G74 2004 v.1-6
Dictionary of the social sciences
[R] H 41 .D53 2002
National cultures of the world : a statistical reference
[R] HA 155 P37 1997
Oxford encyclopedia of economic history
[R] HC 15 .O94 2003 v.1-5
Encyclopedia of leadership
[R] HD 57.7 .E53 2004 v.1-4
21st century sociology : a reference handbook
[R] HM 585 .A13 2007 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of American social history
[R] HN 57 .E58 1993 v.1-3
American life : a social history : selections from the Encyclopedia of American social history
[R] HN 57 .E582 1998b
Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia
[R] HQ 1115 .W6 1999 v.1-17
Homelessness handbook
[R] HV 4493 .H68 2007
Guns in American society : an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law
[R] HV 7436 .G8783 2002 v.1-2
Historical dictionary of United States political parties
[R] JK 2261 .B345 2000
Human rights in the United States : a dictionary and documents
[R] KF 4747.5 .C37 2000 v.1-2
History of the mass media in the United States : an encyclopedia
[R] P 92.U5 H55 1998
History of science in the United States : an encyclopedia
[R] Q 127.U6 H57 2000
Progressive era's health reform movement : a historical dictionary
[R] RA 395.A3 E547 2003
Encyclopedia of African American military history
[R] UB 418.A47 W45 2004
The atlas of past worlds : a comparative chronology of human history 2000 BC-AD 1500
[MAIN] CC 165 M32 1993
Historical dictionary of the Civil War
[MAIN] E 468 .J777 2002 v.1-2
Campaigns of the Civil War
[MAIN] E 470 .C17 1963 v.1-9
Cambridge illustrated atlas of warfare : the Middle Ages
[MAIN] G 1034 H6 1996
Historical atlas of the American West
[MAIN] G 1381 S1B4 1989
Atlas of world development
[X] G 1046.E1 U5 1994
Campaigns of the American Revolution : an atlas of manuscript maps
[X] G 1201.S3 M25 1976
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Print Periodicals
Periodicals include journals, magazines and newspapers. All of our periodicals are shelved in alphabetical order by the title. We keep two issues of our current subscriptions on first floor. Back issues and titles not currently received are shelved on the east side of third floor.
Currently Received Journals and Magazines
(First and third floor)
American Archivist
American Heritage
American History
America’s Civil War
Biblical Archaeology Review
Christian History & Biography
Current History
History Teacher
Journal of American History
Journal of Historical Geography
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Magazine of History
Military History of the West
Near Eastern Archaeology
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Texas Historian
Titles Not Currently Received
(Only on third floor)
Adventist Heritage
American Historical Review
American Political Science Review
American West
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Archaeology
Arizona and the West
Church History
Cobblestone
Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation
Historical Magazine
Historicism
History Today
Journal of Geography
Journal of Military History
Journal of Modern History
Journal of Social Issues
Smithsonian
Social Science Quarterly
Southwestern Heritage
Western Historical Quarterly
World History Review
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Print Indexes
Indexes are used to locate citations (the information on where the article is found and who wrote it) of articles on a specific subject or subjects. When you have found the citation(s), you go to the shelves to locate the article(s). Articles not available in our library may be obtained through interlibrary loan. Several print indexes for the social sciences are listed below. These indexes are shelved on third floor.
Historical Abstracts
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
SDA Periodical Index
Social Sciences Index
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Databases
Our library databases, found on our web page, offer many options for locating material in the social sciences. These databases are online indexes. Some of them have only the citation (the information on where the article is found and who wrote it) and an abstract (a short description of the article). Other databases offer some or all full-text articles. In other words, the whole article is on the computer. The ones most likely to help you in your research are listed below.
EBSCOhost
Academic Search Premier – The greatest number of full text, peer-reviewed journals found in any database. Provides a broad spectrum of data in social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
ATLA Religion – Indexes over 600 publications covering biblical studies, world religions, church history, and social issues, with full-text from more than 50 journals.
Bibliography of Native North Americans – Covers all aspects of Native North American life from the sixteenth century to the present. Includes more than 80,000 citations, some with full text, for books, essays, journal articles and government documents.
MasterFile Premier – Provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications. Information dates as far back as 1975. Includes biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.
Military and Government Collection – Full-text for more than 400 periodicals and journals. Abstracts for additional sources of news and scholarly information on all branches of the military.
World History Collection – Provides full text for almost 150 titles with coverage back to 1964. Covers a wide range of topics from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North & South America.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Full-text access to the encyclopedia, atlas, and dictionary articles of Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as EB’s recommended Websites.
FirstSearch
AH Search – (Arts and Humanities Search). Indexes the world’s leading arts and humanities journals, plus selected social science journals from over 1,100 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
AltPressIndex – Indexes journals from 456 sources. Covers cultural, economic, political & social change. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
ArticleFirst – Indexes articles from more than 15,000 sources, from 1990 to the present. Covers business, humanities, popular culture, science, social science and technology. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
BiographyInd – Indexes articles, autobiographies and books for biographical subjects from antiquity to the present. Covers individuals and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
Dissertation Abs – Dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.
ECO – An OCLC collection of scholarly journals from over 5,400 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
EssayGenLit – Indexes collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences from over 300 sources.
GEOBASE – Worldwide literature on geography, geology and ecology from 2,060 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
HumanitiesAbs – Abstracts articles, bibliographies, book reviews, and original literature from over 450 sources in the humanities. Covers 1983 to the present. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
NewsAbs – Significant items from over 50 U.S. national and regional newspapers.
PerAbs – Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals from over 2,000 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
Reader’sGuideAbs – Contains abstracts on articles covering consumer affairs, current events, education, fashion, fine arts, health & nutrition and sports. Articles from 379 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
SIRS Researcher – Abstracts on social, scientific, political, historical and economic issues worldwide with information from over 1,500 sources.
SocialSciAbs – Abstracts of articles on the social sciences from over 1,760 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
WilsonSelectPlus – Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business from 1,652 sources.
WorldCat – A consortial catalog of books and other materials in libraries
worldwide.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Bibliography of Latin American resources, produced by the U.S. Library of Congress. Includes materials from 1935 to the present, with many open URL links to full-text resources.
Handbook of Texas Online
Multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.
Heritage Quest Online
Access to US Census Bureau records, 1790 to 1930, as well as genealogy records, US revolutionary war records, local history articles, and books.
LexisNexis
Primary Sources in U.S. History – Also includes African American History and American Women’s History. Includes full-text.
NetLibrary
Provides access to a collection of 28,274 e-books. NetLibrary eBooks are digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction in all subjects.
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Historic plans of Texas towns, 1867 – 1970.
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SDA Related Material
Index to the Complete Published Writings of Ellen G. White
Includes the books, periodical articles and pamphlets with the writings of Ellen G. White.
SDA Periodical Index
Indexing to approximately 40 Seventh-day Adventist journals and magazines. Currently the index covers the years 1977 to the present.
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Useful Web Resources
The Web sites listed below were evaluated by a reference librarian. Sites found on the web should always be critically evaluated for authority, accuracy, audience, coverage, currency, objectivity and purpose. There are additional sites related to the social sciences that may be reached through some of the university sites listed at the end of this section. Not all of these sites have been evaluated. Be sure to use your “critical thinking skills if you choose to use these additional web resources or to find other sites on your own.
Southwestern Adventist University
Department of History and Social Science
(Online at: http://www.swau.edu/academics/history.asp)
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General Help Links
College and Graduate School Planning (Thomson Peterson’s)
Contains a resource and information area for educators, as well as information for students and prospective students on test preparation, financial aid planning and career advancement.
(Online at: http://www.petersons.com/)
College and University Rankings (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Identifies top colleges and universities in various areas. Contains links to many ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings.
(Online at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm)
GRE – Graduate Record Examinations (Educational Testing Service)
Free test prep materials available for the General Test and for the Subject Tests. Also contains information about changes to the GRE, which are to be implemented in the fall of 2007.
(Online at: http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.435c0b5cc7bd0ae7015d9510c3921509/?vgnextoid=b195e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD)
Guide to Grammar and Writing (Dr. Charles Darling and the Capital Community College Foundation)
Features a guide to grammar and writing, principles of composition, and interactive quizzes.
(Online at: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus (Merriam-Webster Incorporated)
Online web site for Merriam-Webster. Includes a variety of resources on words and word meanings.
(Online at: http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm)
OWL at Purdue (Purdue University)
Offers free online writing, research, and MLA and APA style help.
(Online at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistance (Chuck Guilford)
Published by an experienced English teacher, POWA is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. Intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced.
(Online at: http://www.powa.org/)
Plagiarism (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
(Online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml)
Writer’s Workshop (Northern Illinois University)
Includes resources for students, tutors, teachers and visitors.
(Online at: http://www.engl.niu.edu/comskills/main.html)
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History and Social Science Links
General History
American Historical Association
Web site for the AHA. Encompasses every historical period and geographical area and serves professional historians in all areas of employment.
(Online at: http://www.historians.org/)
Avalon Project (Yale Law School)
Contains digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government. Also links to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
(Online at: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)
Best of History Websites (Thomas Daccord)
Provides quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories. Includes links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more.
(Online at: http://www.besthistorysites.net/)
Center for History and New Media (George Mason University)
Uses digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past. Sponsors more than a dozen digital history projects and offers free tools and resources for historians.
(Online at: http://chnm.gmu.edu/index.php)
EDSITEment (National Endowment for the Humanities, Council of the Great City Schools, Marco Polo Foundation and the National Trust for the Humanities)
Material for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.
(Online at: http://edsitement.neh.gov/)
GovSpot.Com (StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc.)
Non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. Includes U.S., state and world governments, and more.
(Online at: http://www.govspot.com/)
Historical Journals On-Line (Department of History, Tennessee Technological University)
List includes a wide variety of online resources in addition to journals.
(Online at: http://www.tntech.edu/history/journals.html)
Historical Text Archive (Donald J. Mabry)
One of the oldest history sites on the internet, HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects.
(Online at: http://historicaltextarchive.com/)
History Cooperative (American Historical Association, National Academies Press, Organization of American Historians and the University of Illinois Press)
Provides top-level online history scholarship. Includes online journal access to a variety of history related journal titles, historians Web links and a historical map collection.
(Online at: http://www.historycooperative.org/home.html)
Humbul Humanities Hub (Resource Discovery Network and University of Oxford)
Systematic guide to high quality humanities web sites with detailed descriptions.
(Online at: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/)
Internet Public Library: History (University of Michigan School of Information)
Resources for study in history.
(Online at: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.00.00/)
Librarians’ Internet Index, History (U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services)
High-quality law websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians.
(Online at: http://lii.org/pub/topic/history)
Library of Congress
Nation's oldest federal cultural institution. Serves as the research arm of Congress and is the largest library in the world. Features a variety of resources, including online exhibits and films.
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/index.html)
Also available through the LOC website, direct links to the areas listed below.
1492 Exhibit
Events leading up to 1492 and the voyage of Columbus, as well as the voyage itself and the results.
(Online at: http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html)
Abraham Lincoln Papers (LOC Manuscript Division and Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College)
Consists of approximately 20,000 documents, most from the 1850’s to 1865.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html)
African-American Mosaic
Resource guide for the study of Black history and culture
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html)
African-American Perspectives
Presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Includes the writings of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummel, and Emanuel Love.
(Online at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html)
America Singing: Nineteenth Century Song Sheets
(Online at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amsshtml/)
American Folklore Center
Includes folk cultural material from all fifty states, as well as United States trusts, territories, and the District of Columbia.
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/)
American Memory
Primary source materials relating to the history & culture of the U.S.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html)
American Notes: Travel in America, 1750-1920
Published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors.
(Online at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/lhtnhtml/)
Born in Slavery
Slave narratives from the Federal Writer’s Project, 1936-1938.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/)
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Contains records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress, including the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, 1873-75.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html)
Country Studies
Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
(Online at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
Edward S. Curtis’s North American Indian Photographic Images (LOC and Northwestern University Library)
Plates and illustrations from Curtis's 20-volume work.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html)
First Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 (LOC and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/fpnashome.html)
Historical Documents
Includes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, Constitutional Amendments 11-27, the Federalist Papers and other primary documents in American history.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html)
History of the American West, 1860-1920 (LOC and Denver Public Library)
Photographs of Colorado, mining, and Native Americans. Collection also includes some photos of WW II.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html)
Military Battles and Campaigns
Contains maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milhome.html)
Portals to the World
Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html)
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
Explores the role of religious faith in public life in a republican country that promised equality and freedom for all citizens.
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/religion.html)
Selected Civil War Photographs
Also includes information about taking photos during that time period. Additional link to a time line of the Civil War from 1861-1865.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html)
Stars and Stripes Newspaper
Includes the complete seventy-one-week run of the newspaper's World War I edition.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sashome.html)
Terrorism
Selected links to electronic resources on terrorism around the world.
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/terrorism.html)
Veterans History Project
Features interviews and stories of American veterans.
(Online at: http://www.loc.gov/vets/)
Westward by Sea (LOC and Mystic Seaport)
Maritime perspective on American expansion, 1820-1890. Includes information on the settlement of Texas.
(Online at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/mymhihome.html)
National Geographic Online
Web site for National Geographic. Includes news, maps, and information on animals, history, photography, travel and world music. Also includes the link to National Geographic Magazine and other National Geographic publications.
(Online at: http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/)
NYPL Digital Gallery (New York Public Library)
Provides access to over 450,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. Covers a variety of subjects, including history and geography.
(Online at: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm)
OAIster (University of Michigan Digital Library Service)
Provides a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.
(Online at: http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/)
Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University)
Outstanding coverage of Greek, and Roman, literature, history, art, and archaeology.
(Online at: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html)
Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World Wide Web (University of Houston Libraries)
This directory is indexed by title and provides links to established Web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language article files without requiring user registration or fees.
(Online at: http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html)
Video and Speeches (The History Channel)
Covers exploration, military history, mysteries of history, political and historical figures, science & technology, society & culture, U.S. history and world history.
(Online at: http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/home/index.jsp)
Voice of the Shuttle (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Provides a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources that combines respect for the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization with need for the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media.
(Online at: http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp)
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American History
Afro-American Almanac (Digital Development Group)
On-line presentation of the African in America. Historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. Covers the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present.
(Online at: http://toptags.com/aama/)
Age of Imperialism (Small Planet Communications)
Covers expansion in the Pacific, the Spanish American war, the Boxer Rebellion, the Panama Canal, documents from the era and a bibliography.
(Online at: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html)
AMDOCS (George Laughead Jr. and Dr. Lynn H. Nelson)
Documents for the study of American History. Covers history back to ca. 1000 AD.
(Online at: http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/)
America in the 1930’s (University of Virginia)
Includes detailed information from a variety of media.
(Online at: http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7E1930s/front.html)
American Antiquarian Society
Web Site for AAS, national research library of American history, literature and culture through 1876. Includes online journals and some interesting online exhibits, such as the history of Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
(Online at: http://americanantiquarian.org/)
American Civil War Homepage (Dr. George H. Hoemann and Mary E. Myers, University of Tennessee)
Award winning site featuring hypertext links to some of the most useful online information on the Civil War. Includes Civil War images, documents, military information, information on what led up to the Civil war, and much more.
(Online at: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html)
American Cultural History – The Twentieth Century (Kingwood College Library)
Presents a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century. Includes information on art, literature, fashion, entertainment and historic events. Also includes a link to a series of guides on the nineteenth century.
(Online at: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html)
American Indian History and Related Issues (Professor Troy Johnson and California State University, Long Beach)
Includes unique artwork, photographs, videos and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America. Has been expanded to include Indian people of Central America and Mexico. Also includes links to related sites.
(Online at: http://www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/index.html)
American Journeys (Wisconsin Historical Society and National History Day)
Contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. Provides a wide range of geographical, cultural, and chronological information about the exploration of North America.
(Online at: http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp)
American Presidency (Scholastic Library Publishing)
Includes information on presidents and first ladies, vice presidents and presidential candidates, plus information about the process of a presidential election. Includes some photographs and special events.
(Online at: http://ap.grolier.com/)
American Presidents: Life History (C-SPAN)
Contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus additional resources about U.S. presidents and vice-presidents.
(Online at: http://www.americanpresidents.org/)
American Revolution (H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online)
Features a variety of resources, including a bibliography, essays on the topic, teaching resources for teachers and students, and selected links and internet resources.
(Online at: http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/intro.html)
American Revolution at a Glance (Federal Citizen Information Center)
Maps from the American Revolution in PDF.
(Online at: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/amerrevol/amerrevol.htm)
American Rhetoric (AmericanRhetoric.com)
Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
(Online at: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/)
AmericanSouth (Emory University)
Free, comprehensive scholarly discovery service for primary research materials related to the cultures and histories of the American South. Enables researchers to conduct a combined search of the materials held by many different institutions.
(Online at: http://www.americansouth.org/)
American Women’s History: A Research Guide (MTSU Library)
Citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. Also includes timelines for American women.
(Online at: http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html)
Ancestors in the Americas (PBS)
Web site for the PBS series ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS by Loni Ding. Presents the untold history and contemporary legacy of early Asian immigrants to the Americas, from the 1700s to the 1900s. ANCESTORS brings to life a largely unexplored past, not found in standard textbooks, and invites a new understanding of American history.
(Online at: http://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/)
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations (Kevin L. Callahan, University of Minnesota, Department of Anthropology)
Main groups covered are Aztec, Maya, Mixtec and Zapotec. Main topics are governments, religions and writing systems.
(Online at: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/index.html)
Annexation of Hawaii: A Collection of Documents (University of Hawaii, Manoa, Special Collections Library)
Documents are available in image and/or PDF format for viewing and printing, in searchable text format and MS Word format where possible.
(Online at: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/annexation.html)
Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents related to the Threat of Terrorism and the Attacks of September 11, 2001 (Oklahoma Department of Libraries)
Arranged alphabetically by document title within broad subject areas. Includes links to documents available online.
(Online at: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm)
Battle of Bunker Hill (Massachusetts Historical Society)
Web exhibit of the battle. Includes personal accounts, artifacts, broadsides, drawings, engravings and contemporary maps.
(Online at: http://www.masshist.org/bh/)
Betsy Ross Homepage (Independence Hall Association)
History of the United States flag and short biography of Betsy Ross.
(Online at: http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html#faq)
Black Renaissance in Washington D.C., 1920-1930’s (District of Columbia Public Library)
Covers the literary and intellectual movement, and also explore the role of the visual arts, music and performing arts in the Harlem Renaissance which occurred across the U.S. during the 1920-30’s.
(Online at: http://029c28c.netsolhost.com/blkren/)
Booker T. Washington Papers (University of Illinois Press and the History Cooperative)
Free, searchable web site designed to provide researchers worldwide with full access to the thousands of pages comprising this 14-volume printed work.
(Online at: http://www.historycooperative.org/btw/index.html)
California Underground Railroad (California State University, Sacramento - Library)
Presents a compelling chapter of California history, an important but little known struggle in the quest for freedom and equality.
(Online at: http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/)
Center of Military History (U.S. Army)
Provides a variety of information on U.S. military history, much of it army specific. Includes artwork, books, Medal of Honor recipients, photographs and more.
(Online at: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/)
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (University of Oklahoma College of Law)
Covers documents from pre-colonial time to the present.
(Online at: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/)
Civil War Women (Duke University)
On-line archival exhibit. Includes correspondence and other personal writings of several women actively involved in the Civil War. Also includes links to other sites at Duke University and on the Web.
(Online at: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html)
Cold War International History Project (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on the former Communist world.
(Online at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409)
Colonial Connecticut Records (University of Connecticut Libraries)
Complete, digitized volumes of the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776.
(Online at: http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/)
Constitution of the United States (Government Printing Office Access)
The Constitution of the United States comprises the primary law of the U.S. Federal Government. It also describes the three chief branches of the Federal Government and their jurisdictions. In addition, it lays out the basic rights of citizens of the United States. This Web site makes available editions and supplements from 1992 forward of Constitution Analysis and Interpretation.
(Online at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html)
Digital History (University of Houston)
Materials include a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, supplemented by primary sources on slavery, Mexican American, Asian American, and Native American history, and U.S. political, social, and legal history; succinct essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; and reference resources that include a database of annotated links, classroom handouts, chronologies, glossaries, an audio archive including speeches and book talks by historians, and a visual archive with hundreds of historical maps and images.
(Online at: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/)
Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture.
(Online at: http://docsouth.unc.edu/)
Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago Historical Society, Newberry Library and Northwestern University)
Includes encyclopedia entries, historical sources, maps and special features.
(Online at: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Web site for the FDR Presidential Library and Museum. First of the presidential libraries. Includes many of FDR’s documents, which have been digitized, as well as photographs of Franklin and Eleanor, and a few audio and video clips of FDR.
(Online at: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/index.html)
Freedom and Southern Society Project (University of Maryland)
Contains sample documents from the series Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.
(Online at: http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/)
From Revolution to Reconstruction…And What Happened Afterwards (University of Groningen)
Good overview of American history from the colonial period to the current era. Includes an outline of American government and an outline of American geography. Also includes original essays and biographies, and important documents which are not restricted to this time period, such as the Magna Carta, the Federalist Papers and Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech.
(Online at: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/)
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Web site for the Gilder Lehrmen Institute. Offers high-quality educational material for teachers, students, historians, and the public.
(Online at: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/index.html)
Harlem History (Columbia University)
Includes information on arts and culture, the neighborhood and politics.
(Online at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas/harlem/index.html)
History Matters (American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, and the Center for History and New Media)
Designed for high school and college teachers and students of U.S. history survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence.
(Online at: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/)
“I will be heard!” Abolitionism in America (Cornell University Library)
Featuring rare books, manuscripts, letters, photographs, and other materials from Cornell’s pre-eminent anti-slavery and Civil War collections, the exhibition explores the complex history of slavery, resistance, and abolition from the 1700s through 1865. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view some of Cornell Library’s greatest treasures, including a manuscript copy of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln, a manuscript copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a copy of the 13th Amendment signed by Lincoln and members of Congress.
(Online at: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/)
Korean-American Collection (University of Southern California)
Digital archive which includes documents photographs and sound files. Covers 1903-1965.
(Online at: http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/collections/korean_american/)
Library and Archives Canada
Web site for Library and Archives Canada. Provides access to the texts, photographs and other documents that reflect Canada’s cultural, social and political development.
(Online at: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/history/index-e.html)
LANIC (University of Texas at Austin)
Latin American Network Information Center. Facilitates access to primarily research related, Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Information may be accesses in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
(Online at: http://lanic.utexas.edu/)
Latino American History (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs)
Guide to resources & research on the Web. Includes links to archives, general sources, Hispanic women’s history, political movements, popular culture and religion.
(Online at: http://web.uccs.edu/history/ushistory/latino.htm)
Lewis and Clark 200.Gov (U.S. Department of the Interior)
Wide variety of resources on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Includes maps, teaching resources and links to other sites.
(Online at: http://www.lewisandclark200.org/)
Lewis and Clark (PBS)
Companion Web site to the PBS film by Ken Burns. Contains a variety of resources, including some interactive features.
(Online at: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/)
Links to the Past (National Park Service)
Includes information on America’s past, history of the NPS, history of individual national parks and national historic sites and other resources.
(Online at: http://www.cr.nps.gov/)
Making of America (University of Michigan and Cornell University)
MoA is a collaborative effort between U of M and CU. Consists of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion and science & technology.
(Cornell University: http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/)
(University of Michigan: http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)
Martin Luther King Jr. (King Research and Education Institute)
Includes the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project of Stanford University, as well as curriculum helps and other resources related to King.
(Online at: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/index.htm)
Miller Center of Public Affairs (University of Virginia)
Gathers new knowledge about the American presidency and government, shares that knowledge through six programs : the Presidential Recordings Program, the Presidential Oral History Program, and AmericanPresident.org, the American Political Development Program, the Forum Program and the Public Service Program.
(Online at: http://millercenter.virginia.edu/)
Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson Foundation)
Web site for the Foundation, which owns Monticello. Provides a variety of resources on Jefferson and Monticello.
(Online at: http://monticello.org/)
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project (National Indian Law Library of the Native American Rights Fund and the University of Oklahoma Law Library)
Provides access to the Constitutions, Tribal Codes, and other legal documents of Native American tribes.
(Online at: http://thorpe.ou.edu/)
New Deal Network (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute)
Educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
(Online at: http://newdeal.feri.org/)
Nineteenth Century Documents Project (Furman University)
Archives American documents from the nineteenth century. Includes the Dred Scott Case, the Raid on Harper's Ferry, Andrew Carnegie's Wealth, and much more.
(Online at: http://facweb.furman.edu/~benson/docs/)
Our Documents (National History Day, National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps)
Features 100 milestone documents of American History. Includes the resources for reading the documents and exploring why they are important.
(Online at: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&)
Presidential Libraries and Museums (Andrews University Library)
List of presidential libraries and museums with links to the websites.
(Online at: http://www.andrews.edu/~touchard/libraries.html)
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (Benjamin Ray and the University of Virginia)
Resources include court records, contemporary books, and record books, as well as images of the original court documents, indexed according to various archival collections.
(Online at: http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/)
Samual J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (Cornell University)
Digitized collection of many of the now rare and valuable printed pamphlets which document the abolitionist movement in the U.S.
(Online at: http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/m/mayantislavery/grant.html)
Say It Plain (American RadioWorks)
Century of great African American speeches from Booker T. Washington to Clarence Thomas. Includes links to Web sites for each speaker and links to other sites on civil rights.
(Online at: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/index.html)
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library)
Provides a variety of information on Black history in the U.S. Includes digitized material, online exhibits, the Web site for The African Burial Ground and more.
(Online at: http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html)
Supreme Court Historical Society
Web site for the Supreme Court Historical Society. Contains a variety of information about the Supreme Court of the United States, its history and the chief justices who served on it.
(Online at: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/)
Teaching American History (Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs)
Includes audio lectures & discussions, a historical documents library, special exhibits and more.
(Online at: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/)
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture (Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press)
Updated online version of the print edition published in 1998. Designed to supply general information about the state of Tennessee in a user-friendly format for students, teachers, researchers, and general information seekers.
(Online at: http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/)
Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive (University of Virginia Library)
Includes a wide range of material by or about Thomas Jefferson.
(Online at: http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/)
Titanic Newspaper Articles Archive (NewspaperArchive.com)
Free archive of newspaper articles about the history of the Titanic. Also includes more recent articles, such at the reaction to the movie Titanic.
(Online at: http://www.titanicarchive.com/)
U.S. Census Bureau
Web site for the U.S. Census Bureau. Serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
(Online at: http://www.census.gov/index.html)
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Web site for the NARA. Official depository for US government information. Most requested material includes the Constitution of the U.S., the Declaration of Independence, disaster recovery information, genealogy information, military records and WW II photos. Variety of other information also available.
(Online at: http://www.archives.gov/index.html)
United States Civil War Center (Louisiana State University)
Includes several online exhibits covering various aspects of the Civil War.
(Online at: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/exhibitions.html)
United States History (PBS)
Designed to accompany shows, and include primary documents archived on site, as well as links to relevant resources.
(Online at: http://www.pbs.org/history/history_united.html)
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War (Edward L. Ayers and Virginia Center for Digital History)
Details life in two American communities, one Northern, one Southern, from the time of John Brown’s Raid through Reconstruction. Includes original letters and diaries, newspapers and speeches, and census and church records.
(Online at: http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/)
Vietnam Project (Texas Tech University)
Supports and encourages research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience. Projects include an archive, a virtual archive, an oral history project and teacher resources.
(Online at: http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/index.htm)
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research (Harvard University)
Includes a wide variety of research project on various aspects of Black history.
(Online at: http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/index.html)
Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database (Washington State University)
Contains material of significance to the history of the Northwest during the first half of the twentieth century. The core of the database is the Northwest newspaper clippings collection.
(Online at: http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/pncc/pncc.htm)
White House Tapes.org (University of Virginia)
Makes freely available all of the presidential recordings of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, along with relevant research materials.
(Online at: http://www.whitehousetapes.org/)
WWW Virtual Library – American Indians
The oldest catalogue of the web, this site is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert. Although not the biggest index of the Web, the VL pages are widely recognized as being among the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the Web.
(Online at: http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/)
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Web Resources of Texas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
Includes an illustrated chronology of the history of the Alamo from 1716 to 2004.
(Online at: http://www.drtl.org/index.asp)
Descendents of Mexican War Veterans (DMWV)
Web site for descendents of those involved in the Mexican American War, for historians and for interested individuals. Includes links to original source material as well as biographical sketches and topics dealing with the War.
(Online at: http://www.dmwv.org/)
Election Returns (Texas Secretary of State)
Latest on Texas elections, including results, upcoming elections, election forms, state and district elected officials, laws and procedures and more.
(Online at: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/index.shtml)
Handbook of Texas Online (Texas State Historical Society)
Experience the rich and complex history of the state through innovative online features and content. Also includes table of contents for Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Print copies of Southwestern Historical Quarterly are available in our library from 1897 to the present on third floor. Latest two issues shelved on first floor.
(Online at: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/)
Lone Star Junction
Chartered by the state of Texas, this organization provides an on-line resource about Texas and its early history. Includes books, photographs, songs, a searchable database of “Texians,” and a timeline of Texas history.
(Online at: http://www.lsjunction.com/)
Texas Constitution (Texas Legislative Council and West Publishing Company)
Text of the constitution. Also includes an index, the articles of the constitution, and frequently asked questions.
(Online at: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/txconst/toc.html)
Texas Geographic Information Council (Texas Department of Information Resources)
Includes a document library and related links.
(Online at: http://www.dir.state.tx.us/tgic/index.htm)
Texas House of Representatives
Web site for the Texas House of Representatives. Information on the Speaker of the House, committees, legislation, house membership. Also includes live and archived RealAudio broadcasts of Committee Meetings.
(Online at: http://www.house.state.tx.us/welcome.php)
Texas Judiciary Online
Courts of the State, including the Supreme Court of Texas, Court of Criminal Appeals and Appellate Courts. Also includes support organizations, special notices and additional information.
(Online at: http://www.courts.state.tx.us/)
Texas Legislature Online
Includes links to the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, Legislative Budget Board, Legislative Reference Library, State Auditor's Office, Sunset Advisory Commission, 75th Legislature, searchable bills and more.
(Online at: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/)
Texas Senate
Web site for the Texas Senate. Information of the Lt. Governor, Texas Senators, Secretary of the Senate, Senate Committees and more.
(Online at: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/)
Texas Statutes (Texas Legislative Council and West Publishing Company)
Text of all of the Texas State statutes.
(Online at: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html)
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World History
Africa Focus (University of Wisconsin)
Includes primary and secondary sources on Africa, as well as research and teaching materials.
(Online at: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/)
Arab Social Science Research (Arab Institute for Studies and Communication)
Virtual library serving as a gateway for Arab social scientists and for others studying the Arab world. Includes links to centers for Middle East study, journals, libraries and maps.
(Online at: http://www.assr.org/)
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (Australian National University)
Global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies.
(Online at: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html)
The Atomic Bomb and the End to World War II (National Security Archive and George Washington University)
Collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.
(Online at: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm)
Battle of Britain (Royal Air Force)
Official reports of the most important event in Royal Air Force history, the Battle fought over Britain between the 10th July and 31st October 1940. Includes background, daily reports, commanders, air power, units and stations, roll of honour and photo gallery.
(Online at: http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/index.html)
Bible History Online (Rusty Russell)
Links to a wide variety of resources on Bible history.
(Online at: http://www.bible-history.com/)
Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Calvin College)
Includes classic Christian books, a study Bible in several versions, Bible Browser, version1, an encyclopedia of Christianity and more. Probably the single-largest source for public domain religious and theological works on the Web.
(Online at: http://www.ccel.org/)
Columbus and the Age of Discovery (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Over 1100 full text articles from magazines, journals, newspapers, speeches, official calendars and other sources on exploration in the Western Hemisphere.
(Online at: http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/)
Churchill: the Evidence (Churchill Archives Centre and the National Library of Scotland)
Includes the life and times of Winston Churchill from 1874-1965.
(Online at: http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/churchill/)
Emuseum (Minnesota State University, Mankato)
Award-winning virtual museum. Includes exhibits on anthropology, archaeology, biology, cultures, history and prehistory.
(Online at: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/index.shtml)
EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents (Brigham Young University)
Connects to Western European (mainly primary) historical documents
that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.
(Online at: http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/)
Exploring Ancient World Cultures (University of Evansville)
Multi-award winning site covering the Ancient Near East, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early Islam, and Medieval Europe. Includes maps, links to related web sites, primary texts archived at the site, such as The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Genesis, The Papyrus of Ani (The Egyptian Book of the Dead) and more.
(Online at: http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm)
Fog of War (William M. Arkin and the Washington Post)
Detailed record and analysis of air strikes on Bagdad during the Gulf War.
(Online at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/fogofwar/fogofwar.htm)
Galileo Project (Rice University)
Life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Provides hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise.
(Online at: http://galileo.rice.edu/)
Historical Government Publications from World War II (Southern Methodist University)
Primary resource documents covering a range of topics.
(Online at: http://worldwar2.smu.edu/)
History in the News: Middle East History, Society and Culture Resources (Department of History, SUNY-Albany)
Links to resources for study of the Middle East.
(Online at: http://www.albany.edu/history/middle-east/)
Holocaust Cybrary (Remember.org and Alliance for a Better Earth)
Includes a variety of Holocaust resources.
(Online at: http://remember.org/index.html)
Hungarian History (Corvinus Library)
Information on the history of Europe, Hungary and the Danube Basin.
(Online at: http://www.hungarian-history.hu/)
Internet History Sourcebooks Project (Paul Halsell and Fordham University)
Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for ancient and modern history.
(Online at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/)
IWM Collections Online (Imperial War Museum)
Access to material covering all aspects of twentieth century conflict. Includes photographs, works of art, aircraft, vehicles and objects, and selected 'soundbites' from the Sound Archive.
(Online at: http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/)
Jewish Virtual Library (American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise)
Library includes a variety of topics relevant to Israel. Site also features a virtual tour of Israel which includes ancient history, archaeology, modern history, politics, religion, and society & culture.
(Online at: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html)
Labyrinth (Georgetown University)
Nearly comprehensive in its coverage of Medieval history on the Internet. Includes links to Medieval and Renaissance documents archived on the Internet, journals and more.
(Online at: http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/)
LacusCurtius: A Gateway to Ancient Rome (Bill Thayer)
Includes the Roman Gazetteer, Greek and Latin texts, two different encyclopedic dictionaries, and atlas and a variety of other sources on ancient Rome.
(Online at: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html)
The Magna Carta (British Library)
Digitized copy of the Magna Carta, with an English translation, and a history of the document.
(Online at: http://www.bl.uk/treasures/magnacarta/magna.html)
Multimedia Learning Center & Museum of Tolerance (Simon Wiesenthal Center)
Includes teacher’s resources, special collections and virtual exhibits on the Holocaust and World War II.
(Online at: http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=358201)
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
Documents the wonderful diversity of individuals who have left—and are leaving—their mark on our country and our culture. Includes leaders, artists, activists and icons of pop culture. Also includes a virtual tour of the “Hall of Presidents.”
(Online at: http://www.npg.si.edu/)
Native Web
International, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world.
(Online at: http://www.nativeweb.org/)
Origins (Exploratorium)
Explores the origins of matter, the universe, earth, and even life itself. Provides a separate Web site with interactive elements, video clips, articles, and images for six different locations, such as Antarctica and the Hubble space telescope.
(Online at: http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/index.html)
Proceedings of the Old Bailey from 1674-1834 (University of Hertfordshire, University of Sheffield, Arts and Humanities Research Council and New Opportunities Fund)
Fully searchable, digitized collection of all surviving editions of London’s central criminal court, the Old Bailey Proceedings from 1674 to 1834. Allows access to 100,000 trials, free of charge for non-commercial use.
(Online at: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/)
Reading About the World (Washington State University)
Virtual textbook, divided into two volumes. Volume 1, A Reader for the Study of World Civilizations from Ancient Mesopotamia through the Southern European Renaissance. Volume 2, A Reader for the Study of World Civilizations from the Northern European Renaissance to the Present. Links to the full text where available.
(Online at: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/)
REESWeb (University of Pittsburgh)
Russian and Eastern European Studies. Indexed collection of annotated links searchable by keyword, subject, culture, region and time period.
(Online at: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/)
Remembering Nagasaki (Exploratorium)
Photographs of Japanese army photographer Yosuke Yamahata, along with a public forum of issues related to the atomic age.
(Online at: http://www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/index.html)
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Alaa K. Ashmawy)
Information about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one of which is still standing. Also includes other wonders of the ancient and modern world and related links.
(Online at: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/)
Today-in-History (Scope Systems)
Historic events and birth dates for all the days of the year.
(Online at: http://www.scopesys.com/today/)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (United States Holocaust Memorial Council)
America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. Tasteful and sensitive presentation of a difficult subject; excellent text and images.
(Online at: http://www.ushmm.org/)
Victorian Web (National University of Singapore)
Literature, history and culture in the age of Queen Victoria, a time which saw great expansion of wealth, power, and culture.
(Online at: http://www.victorianweb.org/)
Vietnam: Yesterday and Today (Sandra Wittman)
Suggests books, magazine articles, and websites, and provides suggestions for research and information about the war and the country of Vietnam.
(Online at: http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/)
World History Archives (Hartford Web Publishing)
9000 searchable documents related to contemporary world history from a working-class perspective.
(Online at: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/index.html)
World War I Document Archive (Brigham Young University)
Archive of primary documents from WW I. Includes official papers, diaries, books, images, links to other sites and more.
(Online at: http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/)
World War II Commemoration (Grolier Online)
Includes articles, biographies, films, photographs and links to other WW II Web sites.
(Online at: http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html)
World War II Resources (University of North Carolina)
Includes links to the French Yellow Book, the British War Blue Book, Time Line of WW2, Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings, speeches of FDR, related sites and more.
(Online at: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/)
WWWomen: History (WWWomen)
Largest screened collection of exclusively female oriented links to sites with information about women in history. Includes autobiographies, biographies, diaries, photographs and more.
(Online at: http://wwwomen.com/category/histor1.html)
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Geography
American Geographical Society Library (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
One of North America’s foremost geography and map collections. Also features a photographic collection and a rare materials collection in addition to other resources.
(Online at: http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/)
Ancient World Mapping Center (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Promotes cartography, historical geography and geographic information science. Includes a collection of free digital maps for educational use.
(Online at: http://www.unc.edu/awmc/)
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates)
Focuses primarily on cartography of the Americas from the 18th and 19th centuries, but also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript.
(Online at: http://www.davidrumsey.com/)
Geosource (Utrecht University)
Links to Web resources for human geography, physical geography, planning, geoscience and environmental science.
(Online at: http://www.library.uu.nl/geosource/)
GIS Dictionary (Association for Geographic Information and the University of Edinburgh)
Geographic information system terms. Includes definitions for 980 terms.
(Online at: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html)
Maps and Cartographic Resources (U.S. Census Bureau)
Includes boundary files, map products, online mapping and links to related resources on the Bureau’s Web site.
(Online at: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/)
National Geographic
Online maps, games and information. Includes an interactive Civil War map and the MapMachine Atlas.
(Online at: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/)
Online Map Creation (Martin Weinelt)
Create maps interactively using Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) software.
(Online at: http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro.html)
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
A to Z of maps. Aeronautical to zip code, with everything in between. Also includes maps of Texas and Texas counties.
(Online at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/map_sites.html)
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