History Research
RECOMMENDED HISTORY LINKS
American Historical Association
- American Journeys: PRIMARY SOURCES 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration.
- Best of History Websites
- Biography.com
- California Directory of Archives, Organizations, Libraries, Historical Societies
- CIA World Factbook
- Constitutional Rights Foundation
- Digital History: Explorations
- Europeana: WORLD HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCES
- History Channel
- Humboldt County Historical Society
- Humboldt County Public Library Databases and Catalog
- Internet History Sourcebooks Project: WORLD HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCES Links to a wide variety of historical texts from around the world broke down by timeframe and region. Sources range form Ancient Greek texts to modern American history.
- Library of Congress The nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 162 million items. The collections include books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.
- National Archives The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
- National Security Archives Declassified documents that journalists and scholars have obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Subject areas include Europe, Latin America, Nuclear History, China and East Asia, U.S. Intelligence Community, Middle East and South Asia, September 11th Sourcebooks, Humanitarian interventions, and Government secrecy.
- Native American Resources
- NewseumEd for History Day Projects
- Online Archives of California
- PBS History
- Time Magazine Archive PRIMARY SOURCES going back to 1923.
- UMKC School of Law: Famous World Trials
- US Census
- US History and Historical Documents
- US Supreme Court Media PRIMARY SOURCES
- World History Primary Resources
Where to find Primary Sources for World History
Avalon Project Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Medieval and Renaissance Material
Web Gallery of Art Virtual museum and searchable database of Western (European) fine arts of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism periods (1000-1900)
Internet History Sourcebooks Project The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts (ancient, medieval and modern history as well as regional and thematic collections).
World Digital Library There are about 1,460 digital items included in the World Digital Library, in a variety of formats – books, photographs, films, sound recordings, manuscripts and maps.
Google Cultural Institute Google has partnered with hundreds of museums, cultural institutions, and archives to host the world’s cultural treasures online.
Historic Moments Explore Historic Moments, Cultural Figures, Science & Technology, and other categories to browse through photos, videos, manuscripts and documents on a wide range of topics.
Where to find Primary Sources for United States History
- Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items.
- American Memory Project is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
- Chronicling America is a digital collection of historic American newspapers from 23 states, from 1860-1922. Search by state, newspaper, dates, keyword, or use pre-determined search dates and keywords organized by topic
- Smithsonian digital collections include over 27,000 digitized books and manuscripts (available on our site and at the Biodiversity Heritage Library) as well as photo and illustration collections, seed catalogs, trade literature, and much more.
- The Gilder Lehrman Collection Collections on American History, including over 60,000 primary sources.
- The Avalon Project Yale Law School. Documents in law, history and diplomacy, ranging from 4000 BCE to the present.
- American Journeys more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration. Students can view, search, print, or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts, and classic travel narratives.
- Digital Public LIbrary of America features over 7 million resources from libraries, archives, and museums (exhibitions, maps, and timelines)
- Life Photo Archive
- National Archives “The nation's record-keeper” houses general American documents, military service records and naturalization of immigrants.
- DocsTeachDocs Documents from 1754 to the present.
- Project Categories Entries: Examples and Handouts
- Documentary
- Exhibit
- Paper
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- Website Must use the NHD website editor Weebly. Click here to start.
