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This page does not attempt to catalog the internet. Instead, I've listed some useful sources and directories to digital collections, etc.
Directories of Digital Collections
Many libraries and other institutions have digitized materials and made them available on the internet.
Some directories of these resources are listed below.
Or, try a search in Google with the phrase "digital collections" (including the quotation marks) and keywords that describe your topic.
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (1690-present; Library of Congress)Includes some digitized newspapers and a directory of newspapers published 1690-present.
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Digital Black HistoryThis website is a free, searchable directory for online history projects that can help further Black history research.
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Digital Public Library of AmericaPortal to libraries, museums, and archives across the United States.
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Discovering American Women's History OnlineList of digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
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Gay Is Good - Digital collections in LGBTQ U.S. HistoryFrom C&RL News
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Guide to Online Primary Sources: SexualityUC San Diego library's guide.
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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (Fordham Univ.)Provides and organize texts for use in classroom situations. This site focuses on online texts, which, for the most part, means public domain texts translated more than 75 years ago.
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Full Text Sources (Fordham Univ.)Includes Church Councils, Islam, Medieval Thought, Reformation Texts and more.
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Latin American and Caribbean Digital Primary Resources (Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials)Database of listings that provide links to open access digitized collections of primary sources that relate to Latin America and the Caribbean.
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OAIster (catalog of digital resources)Provides access to a union catalog of millions of digital resources including: digitized books and articles, born digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets.
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Old Maps OnlineAllows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search.
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Origins of the Cold War (primary sources)From C&RL News.
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Seventy-one Digital Portals to State HistoryPrimary source materials at the state level.
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Shoah (Holocaust) from EurodocsLinks to materials, including primary sources, about the Holocaust.
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Voice of the Shuttle: HistoryA structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources.
Frequently Used Sites
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British History Online (Institute of Historical Research)Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Most of the material is free, but some is not. See this page for a list of material that is NOT free. We have access to some of that subscription material in State Papers Online
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CPI Inflation Calculator (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)The CPI inflation calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used.
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Library of Congress - Digital CollectionsIncludes digital collections on advertising, culture, photography, and many more subjects.
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Measuring Worth.com (MeasuringWorth Foundation)Includes a calculator for determining historical exchange rates.