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World History

Databases

African American History

American Women's History

Gale in Context: Biography

Gale in Context: U.S. History

Daily Life Through History (Database/Original Content)

Issues & Controversies in American History (Database/Original Content)

Reference eBooks

Defining Documents In American History (Database/Reference Source)

Defining Documents In World History (Database/Reference Source)

Academic Journals or Magazines
Primary Source Databases

Primary Sources on Websites

Databases

Archives

World History

InstitutionCollection Name/DescriptionURL
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Education pagehttp://www.ushmm.org/education/                                        
 The Holocaust: A learning site for studentshttp://www.ushmm.org/outreach/
Eye Witness to HistoryEye Witness to Historyhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
International Civil Rights Hall of FameInternational Civil Rights Hall of Famehttp://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/
World Digital LibraryAccess to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other cultural documents from all countries and culturehttps://www.wdl.org/en/

U.S. History (broad)

Institution Collection Name/Description URL 
Library of Congress Main pagehttp://www.loc.gov
 Teachers' Page  

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)Digital Classroomhttps://www.archives.gov/
 100 Milestone Documents: Documents in the National Archives and Records Administration that chronicle the history of the United States from 1776 to 1965http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ 
 DocsTeach, which provides thousands of documents and images from the National Archives as well as learning activities and lessonshttp://docsteach.org/
National Park ServiceNational Register of Historic Places, "Teaching with Historic Places"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/index.htm
National Museum of African American History and CultureA museum that seeks to teach American History through the lens of the African American Experiencehttps://nmaahc.si.edu/
Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Institution websitehttp://www.si.edu/
 Pages for educatorshttp://www.smithsonianeducation.org/
Making of America (University of Michigan and Cornell University)A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
Duke UniversityMedicine and Madison Avenuehttp://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/
University of California, San FranciscoLegacy Tobacco Documents Library (LTDL): this digital library contains more than 13 million documents (70+ million pages) and 7,600 video and audio recordings created by major tobacco companies related to their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research activities.http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/
American Museum of Natural HistoryResources for learninghttp://www.amnh.org/education/resources/index.php
Museum of the Moving ImageThe Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
Duke UniversityAdAccess: advertisements from the J. Walter Thompson Company Competitive Advertisements Collectionhttps://repository.duke.edu/dc/adaccess

Northeast Regional History

StateCollection name/description URL 
ConnecticutConnecticut Digital Archivehttp://collections.ctdigitalarchive.org/                                                                                                                                
MaineMaine Memory Networkhttp://www.mainememory.net/ 
MarylandMaryland Historical Society Collections Online http://www.mdhs.org/museum/collections-online
MassachusettsHarvard University Open Collections Programhttp://digitalcollections.harvard.edu/
 Massachusetts Historical Society Online Resources

http://masshist.org/collections/online​

http://www.masshist.org/education/

 Memorial Hall Museum Online: American Centuries--view from New Englandhttp://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html
New YorkNew York Historical Societyhttps://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=education&page=digital_resources
 New York Public Library Digital Collectionshttp://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
VermontCenter for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/index.xql

Other Resources for Finding and Evaluating Online Primary Sources

  • EDSITEment — National Endowment for the Humanities