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access at homeAfrican-American History Online [Facts On File]
blue arrow  fofweb.com
Covers the people and events in African American history from the 1400s to the present.

access at homeAfrican-American Newspapers: 19th Century Pt's 1, 2, & 3
blue arrow  www.accessible.com
Primary source material providing insight into the cultural life and history during the first half of the 1800s through articles written by African-Americans for African-Americans. Includes biographies of people often overlooked in standard references.

access at homeAmerican Indian History Online [Facts On File]
blue arrow  fofweb.com
Covers the history of 377 Native American tribes in North America.

access at homeAmerican National Biography
blue arrow  anb.org
Provides biographical information on North American men and women of renown. Only profiles persons who are dead.

access in library onlyAncestry Library Edition
blue arrow  ancestrylibrary.com
Provides access to a large number of databases of interest to genealogists.

access at homeThe Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
blue arrow  accessible.com
Contains articles appearing in the Charleston Mercury, The New York Herald, and The Richmond Enquirer between November 1860 - April 1865.

access at homeDissertation Abstracts Online [FirstSearch]
blue arrow  firstsearch.oclc.org
Selective coverage of U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses.

access at homeHeritageQuest Online
blue arrow  heritagequestonline.com
Provides access to U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1930, full text of local and family history books, PERSI, Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant applications, and Freedman's Bank records.

access at homeHistorical New York Times
blue arrow  proquest.umi.com
Full coverage of the New York Times from its inception in September 18, 1851 as the New York Daily Times. Current up to three years behind the current year of publication. This database along with New York Times provides coverage of entire run of the New York Times newspaper up to the present!

access at homeHistory Resource Center: U.S.
blue arrow  infotrac.galegroup.com
Covers people and events of historical significance in American history from Pre-Columbian America forward. Content includes primary source materials.

access at homeHistory Resource Center: World
blue arrow  infotrac.galegroup.com
Collection of primary sources, reference works, and scholarly journals providing geographic and chronologic research materials for the study of world history.

access at homeNineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
blue arrow  infotrac.galegroup.com
Primary source 19th century newspaper content from urban and rural region newspapers throughout the U.S.

access at homeOxford Reference Online: History
blue arrow  www.oxfordreference.com
Full text access to dictionaries on the subjects of Archaeology, British History, World History, Genealogy, and Biography.

access at homeOxford Reference Online: Military History
blue arrow  oxfordreference.com
Full text access to The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military.

access at homeSanborn Maps - Missouri & Illinois
blue arrow  sanborn.umi.com
Online access to black and white images of Sanborn Fire insurance maps for Missouri and Illinois. Map coverage varies by location.

access at homeStudent Resource Center - Gold [Gale]
blue arrow  find.galegroup.com
A collection of databases designed to help students with a variety of school assignments. A good place to go for primary source materials, historic images, film clips, and audio clips.

access at homeWorld News Digest
blue arrow  2facts.com
Covers the events and persons who have made the news since 1940 all the way up to the present.


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