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U.S. History:  Reference

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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The American Historical Association official web site of the professional association including directories and some full text reports and essays
Perspectives (newsletter of the Association)
Organization of American Historians  
American Association for State and Local History  
National Trust for Historic Preservation  
American Association of Museums  

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