United States
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U.S. History |
U.S. Biography |
U.S. Geography and Travel |
U.S. Ethnic Groups |
Regions and Local
U.S. generally
- American Studies - Hundreds of links on many subjects (Intute)
- American Studies Web (Georgetown)
- Information USA - Overview of U.S. government and society for an international audience, as presented by the U.S. State Dept.
- See also:
- U.S. Politics and Government
- Demography and Statistics, U.S.
- American Literature
U.S. History
- American Memory - Collections from the Library of Congress on many themes in our history.
- America's Library has some pages for kids.
- Learning Page - Lesson plans and other materials for teachers who want to use materials from the American Memory project
- American History and Historical Documents (George Welling, U. of Groningen, Netherlands)
- American South - Gateway to digital collections about the South from libraries in the region
- Archive of American Images - Images (including maps) of the Americas, 1492-1825 (John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
- A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (U. of Oklahoma College of Law)
- Electronic Texts for the Study of American Culture - Historical documents and literary texts (U. of Virginia)
- History Wired - Browse artifacts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History; uses an interesting site map interface
- Cornell - Collection includes more than 200 monographs and almost 1,000 serial volumes from 1840-1900. Browsable and searchable.
- University of Michigan - Collection includes about 9,500 books and 2,500 journal issues.
- See also Indexes to Historical Journals
Making of America
The Making of America project is a joint venture by Cornell University and the University of Michigan to scan 19th century books and magazines and make them available on the Web.
- National Archives
- Reference at Your Desk - Links in subjects historians and archivists are likely to need
- United States Resource Center (Houghton Mifflin):
- Primary Sources
- Web Links covering periods in U.S. history
- U.S. Historical Documents (wiretap.area.com)
- U.S. History - An annotated list of reference Websites (Library of Congress)
- American and British History Resources - Including many texts
- Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers (University of Texas)
- See also Oratory
- Local History & Genealogy Reading Room (Library of Congress)
- Old is the New New - Blog by historian Rob McDougall
- Old Weird America - Wikipedia entry
Local History:
The Old Weird America:
Critic Greil Marcus came up with this term to describe the country before the postwar period brought mass, homogeneous culture (Invisible Republic, Find it in a library)
U.S. Biography
- World of Benjamin Franklin
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Home of the King Papers Project. See especially Popular Requests (Stanford)
- American President - Companion Web site to the PBS series. Multiple pages on each president. Pages of Web resources reviewed by teachers.
- POTUS: Presidents of the United States (Internet Public Library)
- U.S. Presidents
- White House: Presidents of the United States
- Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States (Bartleby)
- See also Presidents on Tape for audio recordings
- Jefferson Digital Archive - A wealth of information — Jefferson's writings, an early biography, a Jefferson encyclopedia, a bibliography of works about Jefferson, and more — assembled by the school he founded, the University of Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson Online - Archives (PBS)
- Thomas Jefferson Exhibit (Library of Congress)
- Thomas Jefferson: An American Man for All Seasons - Selected, annotated bibliography (Library of Congress)
- Thomas Jefferson Hour Podcast
- Monticello - Home of the Renaissance man
- See also Thomas Jefferson's Library
- James Madison Papers (Library of Congress)
- Theodore Roosevelt Association [theodoreroosevelt.org]
- Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia - CD-ROM encyclopedia available on the Web
- Theodore Roosevelt pages from the American Experience (PBS)
- Library of Congress: Theodore Roosevelt Papers (includes pictures); Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film - Great old films
- Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century - Smithsonian Exhibit
- Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt (theodore-roosevelt.com)
- Works of Theodore Roosevelt - TR was one of our most prolific presidents (Bartleby)
- See also Biography, generally
Presidents:
Thomas Jefferson:
James Madison:
Theodore Roosevelt:
U.S. Geography and Travel
- AllPlaces - Statistics, Web links
- City-Data.com - Census data, weather, aerial photos
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America - 2000 ed. (Bartleby)
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) (U.S. Geologic Survey)
- HomeTownLocator: Gazetteer - Physical features, census data, community profiles, aerial photos, distances, weather, Zip codes
- Langenberg.com: Zip Codes - Everything you want to find out about Zip codes — Cities and counties, distances, census data, maps
- U.S. Gazetteer - Look up place names (U.S. Census)
- U.S. States Puzzle - Can you put all the states in their correct places and pass the third grade?
- See also U.S. Regional and Local below and U.S. Demographics and Statistics
- Ask.com Maps and Directions - Walking as well as driving directions for the U.S. and Canada
- Mapquest - Get maps and plan trips anywhere in the U.S.
- Mapblast - Similar to Mapquest
- National Atlas of the United States of America [nationalatlas.gov]
- TerraFly - Enter an address, get an aerial photo
- Terraserver - Aerial photos of the United States. Zoom in for more detail.
- Amtrak
Maps:
Aerial Photos:
Travel:
U.S. Ethnic Groups
- Afro-American Almanac
- Black Quest - Black/African-American history
- EverythingBlack.com
- JavaNoir's Guide to African American Resources on the Internet
- Universal Black Pages
- See also African Diaspora
Asian Americans:
- Asian Nation - "The Landscape of Asian America"
- Gold Sea Asian American Supersite - News, features, celebrities
- Bibliography: Asian American Resources
- Celebrating Hispanic Heritage - History, culture, biographies
- Hispanic/Latino page - Many links (Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas)
- Hispanic Vista - News
- Latino News Network (LATNN)
- LatinoWeb
Native Americans:
- Indians of North America - An annotated list of reference Websites (Library of Congress)
- Native Culture
African Americans:
Hispanic Americans:
U.S. Regions and Local
- Yahoo: U.S. Metropolitan Areas - Extensive directory
- AOL City Guide
- CitySearch - City guides and yellow pages
- Insider Pages - Shopping directory with user reviews
- Realtor.com: Find a Neighborhood - Home prices and demographics by Zip code
- See also:
- California
- Oregon
- East Coast
- Ask City - Business search
- Google Local
- Live Local Search
- Yahoo Local
- MSN Traffic Reports
Find businesses and other info for particular places.
Search Engines for Local Info:
Traffic Reports:
Real-time traffic reports for major U.S. cities.