List of Resources for College Research
Library Research Using Primary Sources
Historic Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia,
Documenting the American South (slave narratives, first person narratives on life in the South, lots more.
The Valley of the Shadow Project
newspapers, maps, church records, military records, letter and diaries, and public records from Staunton, Virginia and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in the years immediately preceding, during and immediately after the American Civil War.
Library of Congress site containing more than 7 million digital items from 100 historical collections related to American history and culture
Making of America Project at: University of Michigan. Cornwell University.
Digitized collection Duke University
Documents on Women's Liberation Movement, American Sheet Music and collection of American advertising
Archives
Links to Archives around the World
Australian War Memorial- war records, POW records, Pictures, War crime trial records, diaries, more
University of Virginia Library
University of Virginia Electronic Text - 1800 publicly available ebooks such as legal documents, historical texts, religious texts, best sellers and more, includes copies of American Colony Charters
University of Virginia Special Collections Library
Virginia Heritage Collection includes collections held by College of William and Mary, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, George Mason University, James Madison University, Library of Virginia, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University and more.
Berkeley and University of California
American Heritage Virtual Archive
Museums and the Online Archive of California
Yale University Finding Aid Database
Online LibraryQuestia - I purchased the service Questia, a online library service, to help write my essays and research papers at UNCA, I found the service very useful in that I did not have to spend a lot of time at the college library. Most of the books I needed were at Questia. I was able to do quick searches using phrases that pertained to my area of research and Questia was able to match many books including pages in the books where the information was found. All I had to do was, request the book, and the pages where the info was found were hyperlinked, saving many hours of searching in the index and page turning and scanning which lessened the frustration involved in research. What I like the most was the note taking featured, I could highlight important information in the books and mark the page, save it in the notes feature and print it. Made things much easier when compiling all the information for writing the essays and research papers. In addition, Questia kept record of the books, Journals, pages, authors, etc. and created the bibliography that cited the pages I used and put it in proper format which saved a lot of time and headache. My grades in all of my papers were high B's.
College Research Papers ~ Resources