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DATABASES (see ONLINE DATABASES for complete descriptions)
  • The Historical Chicago Tribune — Full-text digital reproductions of pages from the Chicago Tribune, 1849-1985.


  • The Historical New York Times — Full-text digital reproductions of pages from The New York Times, 1851-2003.


  • Marquis Who's Who & Who Was Who Online — Biographical data on thousands of notable individuals from today and yesterday.


  • Greenwood Daily Life Online — In-depth articles focusing on the domestic, intellectual, economic, material, political, recreational, and religious aspects of people's everyday lives from around the world, past and present. Search by time period, geographical region, or subject.


  • HeritageQuest — A unique family history research database, with selected U.S. Census data, thousands of family and local histories, and more.
WEBSITES
General History
  • About: History

  • http://home.about.com/history/
    Links to historical dictionaries, atlases, and other resources, arranged by broad chronological, geographical, or topical categories.

  • The Ancient World Web

  • http://www.julen.net/aw/
    Selected links to hundreds of websites on ancient history.

  • The History Buff

  • http://www.historybuff.com/
    Produced by the Newspaper Collector's Society of America.  Includes press coverage of notable events in American history and features audio recordings of famous people and events.

  • History Channel

  • http://www.historychannel.com/
    Companion website to the fun and educational cable TV channel.

  • Timelines of History

  • http://timelines.ws/
    Detailed chronologies of world history, individual countries, U.S. states, and special subjects

American History
  • African American Odyssey

  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
    Companion website to the U.S. Library of Congress exhibit. Features a variety of digitized items from the Library's collection organized into chronological sections with essays tracing black history through the Civil Rights era.

  • American Memory

  • http://memory.loc.gov/
    Maintained by the Library of Congress. Browse over 100 digital collections from the National Digital Library that focus on the history and culture of the U.S.

  • Digital History

  • http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
    Includes a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents and primary sources on slavery, Mexican American and Native American history, and U.S. political, social, and legal history, and more.

  • History Matters

  • http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
    An online survey course of U.S. history with links to primary documents, audio/video clips, interactive activities, and to other sites.

  • USHistory.org

  • http://www.ushistory.org
    The Independence Hall Association of Philadelphia's website with online articles and links to other websites about the Colonial and Revolutionary periods.

Genealogy

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