U.S. History
Article Databases
Academic Search Complete- Academic multi-disciplinary database providing full-text articles for nearly 4,600 scholarly journals, including many history journals.
America: History and Life - Major index for the study of history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
JSTOR - A full-text retrospective database which includes a number of core scholarly journals in history, political science and other fields. The full-text of each journal starts with volume 1.
U.S. History Journals
U.S. History Periodicals @ Foley
Books on U.S. History
Browse for books about
United States - History
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century
Web Access to Primary Sources
Gale 19th Century US Newspaper Digital Archive - Includes digital facsimile images of articles and full pages for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
America’s Historical Documents
Check this out for the most up to date list of links on Foley Library's Delicious account
Historical United States Census Data Browser - http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ The data here represents the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to 1970.
Historical Text Archives - http://historicaltextarchive.com/ -- The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos and links, screened for content for a broad range of historical subjects.
HistoryLink.org - http://historylink.org - An online encyclopedia of Washington State history with many articles on Seattle, King County and other regional and local economic and social history topics.
National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/index.html - Comprehensive records relating to the history of the United States as a nation, including the most important documents of U.S. history, accessible with a searchable subject index.
Additional Resources for U.S. History
Annals of America - REF E173.A793 (22 vols.)
Dictionary of American History - REF E174.D52 2003
Encyclopedia of American Social History - REF HN57. E58
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 - REF HA202.B87
Library Research Guide to History - REF D16.F87
Oxford Companion to American History - REF E174.J6
