Student Resources
History & Geography ResourcesThe CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ The CIA factbook provides historical, cultural and political information about 267 World entities. "The American Presidency Project" University of California, Santa Barbra. www.presidency.ucsb.edu A large collection of documents related to the presidency. Documents include executive orders, State of the Union addresses, inauguration addresses and addresses to the Nation. "The Avalon Project" Yale Law School http://avalon.law.yale.edu Documents in law, history and diplomacy, ranging from 4000 BCE to the present. Library of Congress www.loc.gov/index.html The library of Congress is the Nations oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items. "American Memory Project" Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ Full of primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. "Chronicling America" Library of Congres http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Digital collection of historic newspapers from 23 states, from 1860-1922. National Archives www.archives.org "The Nations record reeper" houses all kinds of general American documents -- from military service records to immigration forms. "DocsTeach Documents" National Archives http://docsteach.org/documents Documents from 1754 to the present. Includes family trees, receipts, marriage announcements, arrest warrants and other important historical documents. "HarpWeek: Explore History" Harper's Weekly www.harpweek.com Collection of political cartoons dating from the 1860s. "The Living Room Candidate" Museum of the Moving Image. www.livingroomcandidate.org Television commercials from presidential elections. "Open Collection Program" Harvard University Library http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu Extensive collection of primary sources. Minnesota Historical Society www.mnhs.org Information about exhibits. Television and newspaper archives. Photo databases. Minnesota historical Society Library http://www.mnhs.org.library/ provides oline access to specialized collections, such as: death certificate index and Christie family Civil War Letters. "Visual Resource Database" Minnesota Historical Society http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/search.cfm?bhcp=1 A large collection of images depicting the rich history of Minnesota "MNopedia" www.mnopedia.org An online encyclopedia about Minnesota created by the Minnesota Historical Society. "Minnesota Reflections" www.mndigital.org/reflections Images and documents relating to Minnesota's history. "ELM" Electronic Library for Minnesota www.elm4you.org Access to research databases "Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK) http://www.mnlink.org/ MnLink is a statewide virtual library that electronically links major Minnesota libraries. This resource allows students to simultaneously search multiple libraries. "Our Documents" http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& Provides online access to 100 milestone documents of American history "American Journeys" http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp American Journeys contains 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. "The African American Registry" http://www.aaregistry.com/ An online database of secondary accounts of African American history. "Internet History Sourcebooks Project" http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Links to a wide variey of historical texts from around the world "Famous Trails at the University of Missouri Kansas City by Douglas Linder" http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects.ftrials/ftrials.htm Douglas Linder has taken famous trials in our history and provided information to understand and interpret the trial decision and results. |
Other Helpful Resources"Easy Bib"
http://www.easybib.com/ Easy to use tool to help you format your sources. "Primary vs. Secondary Sources" Ithaca College http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary Easy to follow guide on the difference between primary and secondary sources. "15 Websites to find Imgaes and Clip Art" Tech learning http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4164 Website that gives 15 sites to find images or clip art for projects or presentations. Gives advice and tips on safe places to find images and way's to use images legally. |