History Day Stuff

RESEARCH PLACES

Menahga Library catalog

Encyclopedias & Databases

ELM 4 You

MN History Day list of online research sources - great list!

Secondary Periodicals

ELM 4 You - ( use: Student Resources, Master File Premier)

American Heritage Magazine online

NPR - National Public Radio has many history articles, interviews

Google News Archive search - lots here! Cool!

Time Magazine Archive

New York Times newspaper archives

Primary Source Periodical

Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers 1836 - 1922

Minnesota Digital Newpapers

Google News Archive search - lots here! Cool!

HarpWeekly - selected primary source materials from Harper's Weekly - an older, national magazine.

New York Times newspaper archives

Time Magazine Archive

Ad Access - historic advertisements by category and time period

Primary Sources

Library of Congress

Presidential Libraries - link from here to the president related to your time period

National Archives

Featured Exhibits

Eyewitness to History- key moments in history

MNopedia (Minnesota Encyclopedia with lots of primary sources)

American Journeys

Excellent history websites for either

primary or secondary sources

ELM 4 You

MN History Day list of online research sources - great list!

BBC History - good stuff on World history topics, such as World Wars

Smithsonian Museums

American Experience - TV history show with lots of supporting documents

Photos - open to the public and sources cited

LIFE magazine photo archive hosted by Google

Smithsonian Images

History Images

Lists of Images on Popular Topics -Library of Congress

Getty Images Gateway

NYPL Photo and image gallery - New York Public library has tons of images for common use

Uncle Sam's Photos

Wylio.com - free, public commons photos

Minnesota Historical Society Image & photos database

Minnesota Reflections - more images and documents