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Internet Resources for National History Day
Helpful Websites | Doing Research | This Day in History | Primary Sources | Maps | Pictures | Statistics
The Individual and History 
Helpful Websites
National History Day
The Official Website. The Research Links and Helpful Links for Research and Writing are especially useful.
National History Day in Delaware
Delaware's page. From the Historical Society of Delaware.
Doing Research
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Alice Paul, National Chairman, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. circa 1915. From American Memory, Library of Congress. |
- How to Write a Research Project (ABC-Clio) (PDF format)
- How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals? (UNC CH)
- Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources (University of Southern Maine Libraries)
- Citing Internet and Print Resources (West Texas A&M University Library)
Jump
to top of page.This Day in History
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Claire Booth Luce Interviews General Stilwell, April 7, 1942 |
- This Day in History (History Channel)
- Today in History (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
- This Day in Delaware History (Delaware Public Archives)
What are Primary Sources?
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Jose Ferrer and Paul Robeson playing softball, circa 1944. From American Memory, Library of Congress. |
- Primary Sources (UD Library)
- What Are Primary Sources (Yale University Library)
- What are Primary Sources? (Library of Congress)
Finding Primary Sources
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Article from New-York Tribune, January 1, 1880 |
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Capital by Karl Marx |
- Making of America
A collaborative project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MOA is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The Michigan collection contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints; the Cornell collection, 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles. Both collections are made up of images of the pages in the books and journals. - The
Nineteenth Century in Print
Twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. They include literary and political magazines, as well as Scientific American, Manufacturer and Builder, and Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry. The longest run is for The North American Review, 1815-1900. - Electronic Text Collections
- Historical Newspaper Archives
Maps
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Vicinity of Gettysburg Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd
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- Maps (The History Channel)
- Historical
Atlas by William R. Shepherd
Pages 185 to 211 are United States maps. - Historical Maps of the United States
- Delaware Maps
- Historic Maps of Delaware & the Mid-Atlantic Region
- Picturing Delaware: Maps and Illustrations of the First State
Pictures
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Leonard Bernstein, 1947, from Leonard Bernstein Collection, American Memory, Library of Congress
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- Photos on Flickr (Library of Congress)
A Flickr account is not necessary to view the images. Sign up for a free account to add comments or tags. - Photograph Exhibits (Delaware Public Archives)
- American Memory Photos & Prints Collections
- Digital Image Collections
- University of Delaware Library Postcard Collection
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Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC) by The Library of Congress. Photos on Flickr.
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Statistics
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1921 Statistical Abstract from Census Bureau |
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Abstract of the United States: Earlier Editions
This website provides access to current and historical statistics. Provides digitized images of selected annual volumes from 1878 to present. Also includes a link to: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
