History, Politics and Government

Online Resources – History and Government

American History and Government:

Subscription Databases:

Gale Infotrac - (Username: jesuithsfl)

CQ Researcher - (Username: jesuithsfl)

Britannica Online - (Username: jesuithsfl)

JSTOR - (User name: jesuithsfl)

CultureGrams - (User name: jesuithsfl)

Websites:

Government Links:

The American Memory Project from The Library of Congress
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.

Area Handbook Series - Library of Congress Guide to Countries

Churchill and the Great Republic - The Library of Congress

Eyewitness American Originals - National Archives - first person accounts of watershed moments in history

Historical Film Clips – The National Archives

Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America – The Library of Congress

National Archives Exhibit Hall

THOMAS - In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress

Selected Photographs from the Civil War – American Memory Project

Supreme Court Decisions issued between 1937 and 1975 - Fedworld.gov

U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour

U.S. State Department Background Notes - History of Individual Countries

USA.gov - Reference Center and General Government

USA.gov – History, Arts, and Culture

USA.gov – Public Safety and Law

USA.gov – Voting and Elections

Other Websites:

A Biography of America – from WGBH and the Annenberg Foundation

Africans in America – from PBS

America on the Move: Transportation transformed America - Smithsonian

American Cultural History -- The Twentieth Century - Lone Star College / Kingwood Library

American President – University of Virginia

American Slave Narratives - University of Virginia

American Women's History: A Research Guide - Middle Tennessee State University

A Chronology of US Historical Documents – College of Law – University of Oklahoma

Civil War Women – Duke University

Civil War - Valley of the Shadow - University of Virginia

Cold War International History Project - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Congress Link - The Dirksen Congressional Center

Constitution Finder – from the University of Richmond

Conversations with History - UC Berkeley

Digital History - from the University of Houston

Documenting the American South – from the University of North Carolina

Explore History – Harper’s Weekly

Famous Trials - University Of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

Federal Web Locator – Auburn University

Foreign Relations of the United States – from the University of Wisconsin

Historic Jamestowne

LIFE.com – Your world in Pictures

Making of America - University of Michigan

Monticello Explorer – Navigable 3-D recreation of Thomas Jefferson's home

A More Perfect Union – Japanese-Americans and the Constitution - Smithsonian

POTUS – Presidents of the United States – from the Internet Public Library

The Sixties Project – Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), University of Virginia

U.S. Presidents Index - University of Groningen, The Netherlands

World History - Ancient, Medieval, European:

Subscription Databases:

Galenet Infotrac - (Username: jesuithsfl)

Britannica Online - (Username: jesuithsfl)

JSTOR - (User name: jesuithsfl)

Government Links:

Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources from The Library of Congress

Websites:

Ancient Greece – University Press

Ancient History: Egyptians - from the BBC

Eternal Egypt – from the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage

The Greeks – from PBS

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook – hosted by Fordham University

Internet Medieval History Sourcebook - hosted by Fordham University

Internet Modern History Sourcebook - hosted by Fordham University

The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs – from NYPL

Mongols in World History – Columbia University

Napoleonic Period Collection – from the University of Washington

NationMaster - central data source to graphically compare nations

Perseus Project – Tufts University

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

UN Data - Information from the United Nations

Geography & Maps:

Global Geografia - Geographic Information - Physical Features

History & Geography of Europe - Historic Maps of Europe & Asia

PCL Map Collection - Maps from the Perry-Castenda Library at the University of Texas Austin

United States Military Academy Digital Maps

National Geographic Education - Maps for printing & copying from National Geographic