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American Memory
Digital collection from the Library of Congress relating to the history
and culture of the United States. Broad topics covered in the collection
include agriculture, art and architecture, business and economics,
education, geography, history, languages and literature, performing
arts, philosophy and religion, political science and law, recreation and
sports, social sciences, and technology and applied sciences.
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American Periodical Series Online
Searchable full-text database that includes digitized images of pages
from American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the
dawn of the 20th century (dates of coverage: 1741-1900).
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Ancestry Plus
(on-campus access only)
Genealogy research database that provides access to more than 1 billion
names in more than 3,000 databases. Ancestry Plus also includes Passenger & Immigration Lists Index—a reference guide to published lists
of 500,000 passengers who arrived in America in the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries.
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Arts and Humanities Search
Citation index to arts and humanities journals. Indexes articles,
bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more.
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Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
Digital facsimile of Foreign Relations of the United States
beginning with the administration of Abraham Lincoln. Provides official
documentary history of major foreign policy decisions in an incomplete
run from 1863-1958, with missing volumes being added as they can be
acquired and processed.
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Geographic Names Information System
Developed by the USGS; contains information about almost 2 million
physical and cultural geographic features in the United States.
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HeritageQuest
Of interest to those researching local history and family histories, it
includes U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 thru 1930; 25,000+ family
and local history books (every word searchable); the PERiodical Source
Index/PERSIT (a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500
genealogy & local history periodicals); and Revolutionary War Pension &
Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.
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Historic Document Series
A full text index to the 32 volume print collection of the same name.
This database includes over 32,000 pages of primary source material.
Documents included range from presidential speeches, international
agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports,
scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
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History E-Book Project
Full-text electronic book collection with nearly 800 works of importance
to historical studies. Subject categories include American history
(colonial to 20th century), comparative and world history, European
history (ancient to present), Russia/Eastern Europe, Latin America,
Middle East (ancient to present), and the history of technology.
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JSTOR
Full-text database of back issues of selected scholarly journals in
history, economics, political science, philosophy, mathematics, and
other fields of the humanities and social sciences. NOTE: JSTOR
does not contain issues from the most recent 3-5 years.
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The Making of America Project (Cornell University)
The Making of America Project (University of
Michigan)
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the
Antebellum period through Reconstruction; a joint effort of the
University of Michigan and Cornell University. According to the site,
the Michigan collection focuses on education, psychology, American
history, sociology, religion, and science and technology, while Cornell
focuses mainly on digitizing general interest periodicals.
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Oxford Scholarship Online
Full texts of over 700 Oxford titles in economics and finance,
philosophy, political science, and religion. Each book reproduces the
structure of the original printed work as far as possible, with the
addition of many features only supported in electronic form, such as
full-text searching, cross-referencing via keywords, in-line footnotes,
and linking to other online texts from bibliographies.
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Perseus Digital
Library
Digital library of resources for the study of the humanities; includes
texts relating to ancient Greece, Latin text and tools, and
Renaissance-related materials. Also includes materials on the United
States' westward expansion and other materials of early American history
including the American Civil War.
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Project MUSE
Full-text database of more than 200 scholarly publications in the arts
and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
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Sanborn Maps Online - SD
Online database of Sanborn fire insurance maps for the state of South
Dakota. Included maps date from 1884 to 1960. These maps
provide a wealth of information about buildings – size, dimensions,
building materials used, function, and location of windows and doors.
They were updated yearly, so a review of maps from several years can
provide a good idea of when and what changes were made to a building.
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ScienceDirect College Edition
- Social Sciences & Humanities
Access to full text, scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject
areas. Content in the life sciences, physical sciences, and health
sciences is all included in this database. Content not limited to
the sciences, although that is the field of emphasis. The social
sciences & humanities component offers full text access to hundreds of
titles in the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, business,
economics, and psychology.
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Web of Science - Arts & Humanities Index
The Web of Science
database includes the Arts & Humanities Index, which includes archaeology,
literary reviews, art, music, history, religion, and theater abstracts.
Coverage in the Arts & Humanities index dates from 2001 to the present
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Women Writers Online
Resource devoted to early modern women's writing covering a period from
1400 to 1850.
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