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Ancient
& Medieval
Exploring
the Ancient World:
An online course supplement featuring essays, primary texts with links
to images, electronic texts, and internet sites.
Medieval
History -The Labyrinth:
A scholarly site from Georgetown University
with links to medieval music, philosophy and
theology, science, heraldry, Arthurian Studies, and more.
Middle
Ages:
An Annenburg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection
with illuminating insights to everyday life in the Middle Ages: religion, homes, clothing, health,
entertainment and more.
Perseus
Project:
Learn about
Ancient Greece via this searchable site: primary texts, coins, architecture, vases, site photographs and more.
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Black History Month resources
African American Odyssey
Biography Channel
Black History Month from Infoplease
The History Channel
Images of African Americans
from the 19th Century
Prominent African Americans
For more
materials on this subject available through the Library, visit
Starting Points - Black History.
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Florida
Central
Florida Memory Project:
A cooperative project by
the University
of Central Florida Libraries, Orange County Regional History Center,
and the Orange County Library System.
Florida
Department of State--Bureau of Archives and Record Management:
Links to the Florida Photographic Collection, Florida State Archives
Catalog, and the Florida Memory Project.
Florida
Heritage Collection:
From
the State University System Digital Library. Access digitized collections of books,
maps, photographs and more.
Florida
Historical Resources:
From the Florida Division of Historical Resources.
Find links to museums, folk life, grants, historical preservation, & more.
For more
materials on this subject available through the Library, visit
Starting Points - Florida History.
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General
Avalon
Project at Yale:
Complete digital documents relevant to the fields
of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government.
Best
of History Web Sites:
Contains annotated lists of recommend web sites
organized by topic and period.
dMarie
Time Capsule:
Create a page with all the important cultural and historical
events that happened on your birthday. Free.
Eternal
Egypt:
"...over five thousand
years of Egyptian civilization...told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations,
virtual
environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more."
History
Net:
The National Historical
Society and the Cowles History Group offer 350+ full-text archival articles from
selected magazines, a "Today in History"
module, events, and more.
Yearly
Events:
Find
events in many categories
including sports, economics, entertainment, and science. Includes main events by decade.
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Hispanic
Heritage Month Sources
Facts For Features from the U.S. Census Bureau
Free Resources from Thomson-Gale
Hispanic Americans in Congress
The History Channel
Infoplease
Smithsonian Education Military
Medal
of Honor Recipients:
A full-text listing to 3,400+ U.S. Medal of Honor Recipients from 1861 - present. Browse
Medal of Honor Statistics & history.
AmericanCivilWar.com:
Find a Civil War timeline, state battle maps, and
info on battles, documents and people related to the
Civil War. American
Civil War Homepage:
In addition to maps and battle
information, get photos, music sources, and biographies. The
U.S. Civil War Center:
Access documents, films, genealogy, battlefields, museums, letters, music, and much more.
World War I:
Includes biographies, maps, a
timeline. Searchable. World
War II:
From Yahoo!, this site provides links to the best World War
II sites on the Web. Korean War
Project:
Provides
links to battles, POW camps, MIA issues,
maps and others.
Vietnam
War:
Lists a chronology of events with links, charts
of U.S. troop strength and U.S. fatalities, and links to other Vietnam
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AMDOCS:
Documents for the Study of American History:
The texts of hundreds of American history documents
from Columbus to George W. Bush.
American Memory
from the Library of Congress:
Links to many primary sources of American history and culture.
Documenting
the American South:
Provides access to "texts, images, and audio files related to southern
history, literature, and culture."
Hypertext
on American History:
Taken from a publication of the U.S.
Information Agency: "An Outline of American History."
It covers
Colonial period to Modern with links to full-text
documents.
Making of
America:
Thoroughly covers American history
from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
Map
Collections: 1500-2004:
Search the Library of Congress' collection, from
cities and towns to military battles and campaigns and
more. National Archives
and Records Administration:
Offers
links to historical records
of government agencies, genealogical resources, current government info, and an NARA archival information locator
(NAIL).
National
Register of Historic Places:
U.S. official list of cultural resources worthy
of preservation. 66,000+ listings.
Our Documents:
"Explore
100 milestone documents of American history" from 1776 to 1965.
Presidents
of the United States (POTUS):
From the Internet Public Library. Explore links that include background info, election results,
cabinet members, term highlights, and odd facts.
Selected
Civil War Photographs:
The Library of Congress
provides 1,100+ Civil War era photos.
Smithsonian:
National Museum of American History:
More than 20 virtual exhibits.
United
States Historical Documents:
Find documents from Pre - Colonial Era present.
Includes Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, and more.
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Women's History Month sources
History of Women's Suffrage
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
National Women's Hall of
Fame
National Women's History
Museum
Women's History Month from
Information Please
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