Title: AMDOCS Provider: University of Kansas Subject Heading/s: United States--History. LC Class: E173 Reference Category: Bibliographies Description: Also known as Documents for the Study of American History, AMDOCS indexes and links to hundreds of primary sources in U.S. history from the 15th century to the 21st, most of which reside on the University of Kansas server. Updated 10/24/06

Title: American History Provider: Avalon Project Subject Heading/s: United States--History. LC Class: E173 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: American History: A Documentary Record, 1492 - 1973 is a searchable collection of charters, constitutions, declarations, treaties and other documents relating to the topic from Yale Law School's Avalon Project. Primary sources.

Title: AmericanPresident.org Provider: Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia Subject Heading/s: Presidents--United States; United States--Politics and government LC Class: E176 Reference Category: Handbooks Description: This site offers two perspectives on the presidency: the Presidency in History, and the Presidency in Action. "Presidency in History" provides extended biographies with links to information on First Ladies, the Cabinet,staff and advisors, key events and additional Internet resources. "Presidency in Action" provides essays onthe powers and responsibilities of the office: Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Legislative Affairs, National Security, Presidential Politics Administration of the Govrnment and Administration of the White House. Includes details on administrative units, positions Added 7/9/06

Title: Classics of American Colonial History Provider: Dinsmore Documentation Subject Heading/s: United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. LC Class: E186 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: "We have selected scholarly books and articles on American colonial history that appear to be of continuing interest. Our goal is to add four documents (articles or book chapters) per week. Readers are invited to suggest further public-domain documents for digitization."

Title: Economic, Political and Financial events in the U.S. Provider: Duke University Subject Heading/s: United States--History. LC Class: E171 Reference Category: Chronologies Description: "A history of important financial, economic, and political events in the United States since 1820."

Title: Encarta Africana Provider: Microsoft Encarta Africana Subject Heading/s: Afro-Americans-History; Biography. LC Class: E185 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: Selected articles and biography of African Americans, past and present.

Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History Provider: Encyclopaedia Britannica Subject Heading/s: Afro-Americans--History. LC Class: E185 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: "Encyclopaedia Britannica celebrates Black History Month in the United States with the 1999 edition of The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History. First released to critical acclaim in February 1997, this popular Spotlight has been revised and redesigned with added features, increased navigation, and new and updated articles." It "features 600 informative articles and is beautifully illustrated with historical film clips and audio recordings, as well as hundreds of photographs and other images."

Title: Hall of Black Achievement Provider: Bridgewater State College Subject Heading/s: Afro-Americans--History. LC Class: E185 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: "The Hall of Black Achievement (HOBA) is a project of Bridgewater State College . . . [and] is a repository of the records or the significant achievements and contributions of [more than 30] Blacks, Cape Verdeans, and Hispanics of African descent."

Title: Historic Events Provider: Scope Systems Subject Heading/s: United States--History; United States--Chronology. LC Class: E173 Reference Category: Chronologies Description: "Historic Events & Birthdates occuring on this day of the year." Dates of death are also found. Events, most of which pertain to the U.S., are briefly identified.

Title: Making of America (Cornell) Provider: Cornell University Prototype Digital Library Subject Heading/s: United States--History. LC Class: E171 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: A searchable collection of over 250 monographs and 100,000 articles from 1814-1926; particularly strong in the sciences and social sciences. Viewable as images, pdf, or text. Some are primary sources.

Title: Making of America (Michigan) Provider: University of Michigan Subject Heading/s: United States--History. LC Class: E171 Reference Category: Catalogs Description: "Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."

Title: National Parks Provider: U.S. National Park Service Subject Heading/s: National parks and reserves--United States. LC Class: E151 Reference Category: Directories Description: A guide to U.S. national parks from the National Parks Service.

Title: National Register Information System Provider: U.S. National Park Service Subject Heading/s: Historic buildings--United States; Historic sites--United States. LC Class: E151 Reference Category: Directories Description: ". . . a database of information about places listed on or determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This computerized index to America's historic places . . . provides descriptive fields about each property."

Title: New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Provider: Bartleby.com Subject Heading/s: United States--Civilization. LC Class: E169.1 Reference Category: Dictionaries Description: This dictionary "identifies and defines the names, phrases, events, and other items that are familiar to most literate Americans: the information that we call cultural literacy. Although few of us will know every entry, most of us will be familiar with the majority, even if we are unable to define each one exactly."

Title: Presidential TImeline of the Twentieth Century Provider: Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education Subject Heading/s: Presidents--United States--history--20th century--Sources; LC Class: E176.1 Reference Category: Histories Description: "The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives." Added 11/07/2008

Title: States and Capitals Provider: 50 States.com Subject Heading/s: State governments--United States--Miscellanea. LC Class: E180 Reference Category: Almanacs Description: The usual state birds, etc. plus links to county census data, state agencies, and lists by state for famous people, songs and other information.

Title: Those Were the Days Provider: 440 International Subject Heading/s: United States--History--Chronology; United States--History--Miscellenea. LC Class: E174.5 Reference Category: Chronologies Description: A listing of major historical events in American history by date of occurence. "Make sure you check Those Were the Days daily for updated Events, Birthdays and Chart Toppers. We are continuing to add new items, enhance existing ones, verify factual information and stomp out errors. TWtD editions are moved into these Archives only after they have appeared in the daily feature." Chart Toppers are evidently the top four radio musical hits on that day for eight year intervals beginning with 1946 and ending 1986.

Title: USA 1840-1960 Provider: Spartacus Educational Subject Heading/s: United States--History. LC Class: E171 Reference Category: Encyclopedias Description: An interactive encyclopedic dictionary of major topics, people and events from Spartacus Educational.