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These are sites that I have found helpful in teaching and learning about U.S history. Please visit them and, if appropriate, thank the creators for making the resources available to us all. |
 United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., east front elevation, John Plumbe, [ca. 1846] Library of Congress |
Avalon
Project at Yale University (a comprehensive list of primary
source documents) Primary
Source Collections (extensive list of sources gathered by
the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress)
Making
of America is a collection of social history documents from
the 1850s through Reconstruction.
From
Revolution to Reconstruction is an ambitious collection of
documents assembled by a team at the University of Groningen.
Documents
for the Study of American History. A large collection of
interesting documents from the University of Kansas.
Links
to Sources in Early American History. From the University
of Michigan, a collection of web resources aiding research in
a number of historical areas, this site is particularly helpful
for ethnic studies and gender issues topics. (It's name is misleading,
as many of the links point to recent American history sites).
American
and British Resources on the Internet. Assembled by Stan
Nash and William Vincenti and hosted by Rutgers University's
Alexander Library, this site is loaded with statistical information,
bibliographies, maps, treaties, et al.
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook. A very complete (one might say
exhaustive) set of links to all types of historical information,
organized by topics, such as Immigration, Imperialism, Nationalism,
etc. Compiled by Paul Halsell of Fordham University.
World
War I Document Archive--A group of volunteers at the World
War I Military History List created this archive which is thorough
and complete.
An
American Nation by John Garrity( a commercial survey
text site) American
Pageant by Bailey (a commercial survey text site) Out
of Many by John Mack Faragher.(a commercial survey text
site)
Reading,
Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
(an excellent guide to the elements of a successful history paper--by
Patrick Rael of Bowdoin College) Guide
to Writing History Papers (a thorough stylistic and procedural
guide to writing effective history papers--by Professor Todd
Carney of Southern Oregon University)
Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant (a helpful, if wordy guide to different
types of essays)
Purdue University's
OWL
Research Papers (an excellent step-by-step writing tutorial
that has practical advice about outlines, organization, punctuation,
and using statistics in writing a research paper)
Simpson College in
Indianola, Indiana has developed a fine site, Writing
Research Papers , with a number of very logical suggestions
for writing papers.
Drew University's Resources
for Writers features a number of subpages and topics which
are helpful, particularly those that deal with constructing annotated
bibliographies and thesis statements.
A Guide
for Writing Research Papers: A site developed jointly by
the Humanities Department and the Library at Capital Community-Technical
College in Hartford, Connecticut which provides the Modern Language
Association documentation for writing papers.
A
fine article by Earl Babbie of California State University
Bakersfield on the dangers of plagiarism.
The
U.S. Naval Academy has learned the hard way about the temptations
of cheating. Their page on plagiarism is straightforward, informative,
and clear.
Famous
American Trials by Doug Linder (a well-constructed, informative
site detailing some of America's most notorious trials)
I would like this list to grow. Please let me know of links you
have found interesting.
If you have comments or suggestions, please email me.