HST 102: The United States Since 1865

INTERNET RESEARCH RESOURCES

Below are a number of links to websites that are useful in conducting historical research; you will find them especially helpful in preparing your biography assignment, but we hope you'll also explore them out of general interest. Please note: The links here are starting points only. Most of them--and particularly the General Research and History Research sites--contain dozens or hundreds of additional links. So be sure to keep following through as you do your own research and exploration.

Search Engines

Metasearch Engines

• Inference Find
• Metafind
• Dogpile
• Metacrawler
• Mamma
• Northern Light
• Internet Sleuth

Individual Search Engines

• Hotbot
• Altavista
• Excite
• Infoseek
• Lycos
• Yahoo
• Femina (women's resources on the Internet)

General Research Sites

• Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
• Research Resources for the Social Sciences
• EBlast (from Encyclopedia Britannica)
• Catalogs of the Library of Congress
• Ask Jeeves
• The Mining Company
• Best Information on the Net
• Digital Librarian
• Direct Search

U.S. History Research Sites

Each site here has many useful links to pursue....

• WWW Virtual Library US History Index
• Rhodes College North American History Resources
• American Studies Web Reference & Research links
• The Mining Company American History links
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to American History (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Hanover College Guide to US History
• American Memory (from the Library of Congress)
• US History Index from "History/Social Science Resources for K-12 teachers (don't be misled by the title--there's lots here!)
• National Women's History Project Links

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