National History Day
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Websites with Special Collections & ResourcesLibrary of Congress
This free National resources provides access to hundreds of thousands of digitized collections, making it an invaluable resource for primary and secondary source research. Chicago History Museum Visit the Chicago History Museum online or in person to learn about Chicago history firsthand. If you are researching any major event that has connections to Chicago, click through their resources for gems! National History Day Website The Official site of everthing NHD. They have wonderful resources for all students completing History Day projects. Digital Newberry: Collections Explore more than 1 million digitized items including manuscripts, maps, books, photographs, artworks, and other rare & unique materials. Topics include the Chicago and the Midwest Collection, Chicago Protest Collection, Pullman Digital Collection, and much more. World's Colombian Exposition of 1893 "The World's Colombian Exposition of 1893" website was created by the Illinois Institute of Technology to give access to thousands of illustrations and full-text images. Includes The Book of the Fair by Hubert Howe Bancroft published in 1893. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Digital collection of historic American newspapers from 23 states, from 1860-1922. Search by state, newspaper, dates, keyword, or use pre-determined search dates and keywords organized by topic, in “Topics in Chronicling America.” American Memory Project, Library of Congress. American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. IPL2: Information You Can Trust, is a website vetted by librarians. If features special collections, newspapers, and resources by subject matter. National Archives. “The nation's record-keeper” houses general American documents, military service records and naturalization of immigrants. There are online exhibits and searchable databases. DocsTeach Documents, National Archives. Documents from 1754 to the present, sorted into eras and into document types. Includes historically significant documents as well as other historical documents, such as family trees, receipts, marriage announcements, arrest warrants and informational films. Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University. Links to a wide variety of historical texts from around the world broken down by timeframe and region. Sources range from Ancient Greek texts to modern American history. Great for world history and European history topics! World Digital Library, Library of Congress. This search engine includes world history topics, timelines, maps, and more interactives. Also includes sources in other languages. American Journeys. American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration. Students can view, search, print, or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts, and classic travel narratives from the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara. Comprehensive collection of documents related to the study of the presidency. Documents include executive orders, State of the Union addresses, inauguration addresses, and addresses to the nation. Army Heritage Center Foundation. The Army Heritage Center Foundation has developed interactive teaching tools that tell soldier stories using collections found at the Army Heritage and Education Center. The Avalon Project, Yale Law School. Documents in law, history and diplomacy, ranging from 4000 BCE to the present. Documents are grouped by century and listed alphabetically. Full text, and source of document listed at the end. Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project, includes over 20,000 primary source documents from 1859-1882. They are keyword searchable and include typed transcriptions of high resolution images. Digital Public Library of America, features over 7 million resources from libraries, archives, and museums. You are able to search through exhibitions, maps, and timelines to find what you may be looking for. Famous Trials at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Douglas Linder, a law professor at UMKC, has taken 60 famous trials from national and world history and provided information to understand and interpret the trial decision and results. Trial information includes chronology, primary documents and, when, available, images. Homicide in Chicago, 1870-1930 The Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index chronicles 11,000 homicides in the city during 1870 through 1930. Clerk of the Circuit Court: Famous Cases This collection includes narrative summaries of famous cases, images of original case documents, and advice on how to get further information about the cases. Chicago Architects Oral History Project Oral records of Chicago architects show life experiences of those who shaped the physical environment in Chicago and surrounding communities. Illinois Digital Heritage Hub (IDHH) IDHH is the Illinois section of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It contains digital history collections from libraries, historical societies, museums, and other cultural institutions in Illinois. The collections contain image, text, and audio files. Illinois Digital Archives The Illinois Digital Archives website run by the Illinois State Library. These archives include local histories, photographs, postcards, and much more! The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Collections on American History, including over 60,000 primary sources. HarpWeek: Explore History, Harper’s Weekly. Collection of political cartoons dating from the 1860s, including each presidential election from 1860 to 1912, and mid-19th century political controversies. Also includes other features from “Harper’s Weekly”, lesson plans, simulations and a cartoon search engine by topic or date. International Encyclopedia of the First World War "The multi-perspective, open-access knowledge base is the result of an international collaborative project involving more than 1,000 authors, editors, and partners from over fifty countries. More than 1,000 articles will be gradually published. Innovative navigation schemes based on Semantic Media Wiki technology provide nonlinear access to the encyclopedia’s content." The Living Room Candidate, Museum of the Moving Image. Television commercials from presidential elections, 1952-2012. Medieval Digital Resources, Medieval Academy of America. This database contains peer-reviewed resources and digital collections of resources from the Middle Ages. Harvard Digital Collections, Harvard University Library. Extensive collections of primary sources in different categories: Islamic Heritage Project, Expeditions and Discoveries, Immigration to the United States 1789-1930, and Women Working 1800-1930. Our Documents. The Our Documents initiative provides online access to 100 milestone documents of American history. Resources include images of the actual document, transcriptions, and context. Sherman Grinberg Film Library. Search over 40,000 historic newsreels in this collection of Paramount and American Pathe Newsreel Collections, specifically from 1897-1957. Umbra. Search over 400,000 resources available on African American history. Watch this video to learn how to best search this database. |
Databases available through your LibraryIllinois Periodicals Online
Provides public domain Internet access to Illinois-based magazines covering many topics of interest about the state. Magazines include Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage, Illinois History : A Magazine for Young People, Illinois History Teacher, Illinois Issues, Illinois Libraries, Illinois Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation, and Outdoor Illinois. Historical Newspapers Delivers the complete run of several newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. It offers an unparalleled online resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover full-page image from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements. Our title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001. History Study Center Covers global history from ancient times to the present day. Contents include reference books, essays, journal articles, historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images, video clips and web sites. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics. U.S. History in Context • Country and era overview information, • Documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives • Reference Articles from Macmillan, Scribner’s and Gale • Periodical articles from respected publications like "Newsweek", "American Heritage" and "The Historian" • Image galleries containing seals, maps and flags • Viewpoint essays • Video and audio from NBC, NPR and other reliable sources NYT All students and Staff have access to a free New York Times digital account. Use the link above to connect your school email to your free account and access all the NYT has to offer! EBSCO Explora Explora is an EBSCO interface that allows student researchers to search all of our EBSCO databases and eBook Collections at once in a streamlined, user-friendly interface. |