United States History Research Guide
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Journal and Magazine Databases
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Historical Magazines
and Newspapers
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Books and Electronic Texts
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Encyclopedias and Handbooks
- American
National Biography - In-depth biographies
of 17,400 notable Americans [more
details].
- Dictionary
of American History (UHD
ebook) - The standard encyclopedia of American history.
- Gale
Virtual Reference Library - Search encyclopedias
for basic information and statistics [more
details].
- American
Decades (UHD ebook)
- Essays on American life and culture by decade in the 20th
century.
- American
Revolution Reference Library (UHD
ebook) - Biographies, essays, and primary sources of the American
Revolution.
- Americans
at War (UHD ebook)
- Essays on the history of war in the context of American
life and culture.
- Digital
History - A textbook of American history with
an encyclopedia, images, movies, music, primary sources, speeches,
and more.
- Encycylopedia
of American Foreign Policy (UHD
ebook) - Concepts, doctrines, events, and people in American
foreign policy.
- Encyclopedia
of Chicago - Free online encyclopedia of Chicago
history.
- Encyclopedia
of Recreation and Leisure in American (UHD
ebook) - Covers sports, entertainment, and other leisure
activites.
- Encyclopedia
of the American Constitution (UHD ebook) - Essays
on the constitution and major Supreme Court opinions.
- Encyclopedia
of the Great Depression (UHD
ebook) - Encyclopedia of American politics and culture in
the 1930s.
- Handbook
of Texas Online - An encyclopedia of Texas
history, geography, culture, and government [more
details].
- History
Study Center - A digital library of history journals,
encyclopedias, primary sources, and maps [more
details].
- Major
Acts of Congress (UHD ebook) - Essays on the
history and impact of major public laws in U.S. history.
- Presidents:
A Reference History (UHD ebook) - Short biographies
of each president.
- West's
Encyclopedia of American Law (UHD ebook) - A
comprehensive encyclopedia of law for students.
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Maps and Atlases
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Primary Sources
- Library
Catalog - Search for your topic combined
with one of these terms: sources, correspondence, diaries,
or personal narratives.
- American
Memory - Documents,
images, maps, movies, and sound recordings from the Library
of Congress.
- Avalon
Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
- Historic documents in law, history, and diplomacy from 1600
to the present.
- Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy - Key documents such
as the Federalist Papers and papers of the Constitutional
Convention.
- Digital
History - A textbook of American history with
an encyclopedia, images, movies, music, primary sources, speeches,
and more.
- Documenting
the American South - Electronic texts relating
to "Southern history, literature, and culture" up
to the early 20th century.
- Internet
Modern History Sourcebook - Links to transcripts
of primary sources in American and European history.
- Making
of America - Provides 8,500 books and 50,000
articles published in the United States between 1850 and 1877.
- Martin
Luther King Papers - Online access to Dr. King’s
papers, speeches, sermons, and other writings.
- Plymouth
Colony Archive Project - Articles,
artifacts, biographies, court records, grave art, lesson plans,
maps, wills, and more.
- POTUS:
Presidents of the United States - Biographies
of each presidents with links to documents and papers.
- Virginia
Runaways - Transcripts and images of runaway
slave advertisements from 18th century Virginia.
- Virtual
Jamestown - Maps, documents and artifacts, court
records, labor contracts, government records, first hand accounts,
and more.
- Vital
Speeches of the Day
(1934 to present) - Read the full text of famous speeches
[part of Academic Search Complete].
- WPA
Life Histories - Short
life histories of average Americans made for WPA programs
in 1936-1940.
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Sound and Images
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Statistics and Data
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Web Searching
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