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History: United States History
Subject Guide on Native Americans
Databases
- America: History and LifeThe premier database for research on the history of the United States and Canada.
- Daily Life Through HistoryProvides a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students. It moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture. The content is enhanced with new books, articles, images, maps, primary documents, and more on a regular cycle.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book Project This link opens in a new windowThe ACLS Humanities E-Book Project is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars in the humanities.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowThis resource contains a variety of data about the population of the United States as well as the social and economic conditions, with some tables including information from as early as 1790. Tables can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF, or Excel spreadsheets.
- Archive of AmericanaEarly American newspapers from all 50 states published between 1690 and 1922 and books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints from 1639-1819
- American Indian Experience This link opens in a new windowIs a full-text resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States featuring more than 150 volumes, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images.
- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowBased on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this full-text collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowBased on the English Short Title Catalogue, includes full text of works published in the 18th century.
- ProQuest CongressionalComprehensive source for Congressional research and activity from 1789-present. Includes committee prints and hearings, legislative histories, the Congressional Record, the Serial Set, Executive Orders, Presidential Proclamations, and CRS Reports.
Historical Maps
- Sanborn Maps from Library of CongressFull color maps from around the U.S. Search by state on the left side.
- American Panoramaan historical atlas of the United States for the twenty-first century. It combines cutting-edge research with innovative interactive mapping techniques to showcase maps on issues such as redlining, urban renewal, migration, presidential voting, and more.
- Atlas of Historical County BordersThe Atlas presents in maps and text complete data about the creation and all subsequent changes (dated to the day) in the size, shape, and location of every county in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. It also includes non-county areas, unsuccessful authorizations for new counties, changes in county names and organization, and the temporary attachments of non-county areas and unorganized counties to fully functioning counties.
- Old Maps OnlineThe broadest single collection of historical maps. It acts as a central repository to a collection of maps held by institutions across the globe
General Websites
- Digital Public Library of AmericaFind primary sources and historic documents from libraries, archives and museums
- National Archives exhibitsHistorical U.S. documents and photographs from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- AMDOCS: documents for the study of American historyOne of the most comprehensive bibliographies of individual electronic documents
- Early Americas Digital ArchiveElectronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.
- Making of AmericaA digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
- American MemoryHistorical collections online from the Library of Congress
- History mattersAnnotated guide to best U.S. history websites
- Founders ConstitutionAn invaluable aid to all those seeking a deeper understanding of one of our nation's most important legal documents
- Founders Early AccessUnpublished documents from our nation’s founders scheduled to appear in scholarly editions
- Founders OnlineContains the papers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and other founders
- War of 1812Extensive guide to online information resources
- BlackPast.orgCombines secondary source research and primary source evidence to give viewers well-researched and supported information.
Women's History
- Women's Studies ArchivesAs a comprehensive academic-level archival resource, the Women’s Studies Archive will focus on the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. Along with providing a closer look at some of the pioneers of women’s movements, this collection offers scholars a deep dive into the issues that have affected women and the many contributions they have made to society.
- Women’s Magazine ArchiveAn archival research resource comprising the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Titles are scanned from cover to cover in high-resolution color and feature detailed article-level indexing. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005 and these key primary sources permit the examination of the events, trends, and attitudes of this period. Titles included are: Better Homes and Gardens, Chatelaine, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, and Redbook.
- Women's Liberation Movement Print CultureManifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Discovering American Women's History OnlineThis database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000This collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and under standing about U.S. women’s history generally
- Women Working, 1800-1930An exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.
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