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Sources | Organizations
| American
National Biography |
full-text biographies of prominent Americans who
are now deceased. Continues and updates the Dictionary of
American Biography, 1928-1985.
Reference Collection: E
176 .D56 |
| U.S.
Historical Census Data Browser |
selective historical census data from 1790-1960 |
| |
Historical statistics of the United States, colonial
times to 1970.
Reference
Collection: HA202 .B87 |
| Cultural
Maps in American Studies |
National and Virginia maps / American Studies
at the University of Virginia |
| Exploring
the West from Monticello: a Perspective in Maps from Columbus
to Lewis and Clark |
new world maps and documents of exploration, 1507-1814 |
| POTUS:
Presidents of the United States |
biographical directory of U.S. presidents, election
results, cabinets, documents |
| Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present |
print ed. includes additional resources: Reference
JK 1010 .A5 1989 |
| First
Gov |
federal information center, including historical
sites, documents, and statistics |
| GPO
Access |
U.S. Code, Federal Register, government documents |
| Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe |
full text news, business, legal, medical and general
reference sources |
| Library
of Virginia |
Virginia historical and genealogical source |
U.S. History: Books
Reference | Books | Articles | Web
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Sources | Organizations
| Averett
Library Catalog |
books and media |
| Worldcat |
comprehensive catalog of books, film, internet
resources selected by libraries. Includes option to limit to
Internet sources |
U.S. History: Articles
Reference | Books | Articles | Web
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Sources | Organizations
Note: Use the Journal
Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an
index.
| Academic Search Complete |
over 5,500 full-text periodicals, most peer-reviewed, in a broad range of academic areas; indexing and abstracts for thousands of additional journals and nearly 10,000 monographs, reports, conference proceedings. (Replaces InfoTrac at Averett.) |
| Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO) |
full text and abstracts of working papers, proceedings,
articles, books, policy brief, economic indicators |
| Annual
Reviews |
Citations and abstracts for review articles
from 29 annual volumes in biomedical, physical, and social
sciences |
| Newspaper Source Plus |
cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S. newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR) |
| Legal Collection |
full text for more than 250 prominent law journals; covers criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment and more; includes American Journal of Criminal Law, California Law Review, and more; indexing and abstracts for additional journals |
| Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe |
full text news, business, legal, medical and
general reference sources |
| PAIS
International |
index to articles, books, conference proceedings,
government documents, book chapters, statistical directories
on public affairs, from over 3,600 sources, 1972- |
| Military & Government Collection |
cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals; indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles; publications include Air Force Comptroller, Army Reserve Magazine, Defence Studies, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, Naval Forces |
| Sociological
Abstracts |
comprehensive index to international literature
in sociology and related disciplines, 1963 to present, abstracts
1974 to present; covers over 1700 journals, plus book reviews,
books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers |
| Social
Services Abstracts |
index with abstracts to research in social work,
human services, social welfare, social policy, and community
development; covers over 1,500 serials; cites articles, dissertations
and book reviews |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete |
comprehensive index with abstracts and some full text for 600 journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields |
| American
Historical Review |
some full text from an official journal of the
American Historical Association |
| Journal
of American History |
abstracts and some full text articles from this
prominent journal published by the Association of American
Historians |
| HarpWeek:
The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I (1857-1871) |
full text of Harpers Weekly, with illustrations (Press release) |
| Women's Studies International |
covers core disciplines in Women’s Studies and feminist research from 1972 to the present in sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education; includes journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature; includes over 2,000 periodicals and the following database files: Women Studies Abstracts, Women’s Studies Bibliography Database, Women’s Studies Database, Women Studies Librarian, Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, and Women’s Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography. |
| Dissertation
Abstracts |
index to dissertations on all academic topics,
1861- |
| PapersFirst |
index to papers presented at conferences worldwide,
1993- |
| ProceedingsFirst |
index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993- |
U.S. History: Web Guides
Reference | Books | Articles | Web Guides | Primary
Sources | Organizations
| American
Studies Web |
American history and culture web sources including
full text primary and secondary documents |
| American
Studies at the University of Virginia |
academic programs, museum, historical texts,
maps, and special topics |
| History:
American and British |
resources by subject and period from Rutgers
University Library |
| Best
of History Web Sites |
"links to over 800 history-related web
sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness"
Includes sites recommended for research and lesson plans/activities
for teachers. |
| American
Civil War Homepage |
encyclopedic web resource including primary
and secondary documents |
| Middle
East and Jewish Studies |
bibliographic and research resources with some
full text covering many aspects of the Middle East, including
historical sources |
| Afro-American
Almanac |
web site for Afro-American history and culture
with biographies, bibliographies, primary sources documents,
and organizations |
| WWW
Virtual Library History -- United States |
index of United States history subject web sites |
U.S. History: Primary Sources
Reference | Books | Articles | Web
Guides | Primary Sources | Organizations
| AMDOCS:
Documents for the study of American History |
digital archive of American documents and significant
speeches, from 1492 to the present, including Presidential
Inaugural and State of the Union addresses |
| NUCMC:
the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections |
Library of Congress catalog of historical manuscripts
and their U.S. repositories |
| Smithsonian
Institute National Museum of American History Archives Center |
web site for archives of American social history
with text and images of primary sources materials |
| National
Archives and Records Administration Exhibit Hall |
full text American historical documents and
art |
| U.S.
Department of State. Office of the Historian |
Official historical documents of American foreign
policy |
| CQ
Public Affairs Collection |
analysis of public policy issues, with statistics,
historic documents, primary sources, directories of organizations;
search by keyword or policy heading (business, communications,
culture, education, environment, law, federal budget and taxes,
U.S. politics ...); chronology of public issues from 1900
to the present |
| History
and Politics Out Loud |
full text and audio of notable speeches of the
Twentieth Century |
| Great
American Speeches |
video, audio, and full text transcript of famous
American speeches |
| American
Memory |
other digital collections from the Library of
Congress |
Making
of America (Cornell)
| Making
of America (University of Michigan) |
books and journals in American social history
from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction |
| The
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School |
documents in law, history and diplomacy, pre-18th
century to 20th century |
| Documenting
the American South |
collection of full text documents on Southern
history, literature, and culture from the Colonial Period
through the first decades of the Twentieth Century |
| The
Constitution of the United States of America |
full text of the Constitution for viewing or
downloading |
| Documents
from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention,
1764-1789 |
full text digital collection of 274 broadsides
with extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations,
committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of
the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence |
| The
Anti-Federalist Papers |
Eighteenth century papers opposing ratification
of the U.S. Constitution |
| George
Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1710-1799 |
full text images selected from the largest collection
of original Washington documents |
| Thomas
Jefferson Papers (Library of Congress) |
full text images from the Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, representing the largest collection of
original Jefferson documents |
| Thomas
Jefferson Online Resources at the University of Virginia |
comprehensive site of primary sources with bibliography |
| The James
Madison Center |
biographical information and full text documents
by and about Madison; includes a guide to Madison's home, the Montpelier restoration |
| Abraham
Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress |
selected full text of 20,000 documents, including
correspondence, drafts of speeches, the Emancipation Proclamation,
the second Inaugural Address |
| New York Times, 1851 to 2004 |
full content of the New York Daily Times, 1851-1857, and New York Times, 1857-2001 |
| HarpWeek:
The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I (1857-1871) |
full text of Harpers Weekly, with illustrations |
U.S. History: Organizations
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