Recommended Sites - History
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American Memory
      Library of Congress site with access to primary source material (7 million items) dealing with American History and culture.
   
American Rhetoric
     

Indexes a database of full text, audio and visual versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, interviews and other recorded media events.

   
Ann Arrundell County Historical Society
      Anne Arundel County historical society site with calendar of events and links to other county history resources.
   
Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Goverment
      Historical documents in law, history and government from Yale University.
   
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation 
      Library of Congress site with a set of linked published congressional records from 1774-1873.
   
Culture Grams
      Culture, history, statistical information & customs of countries and states. Maps, recipes, photos available. Access to this database is available both in branches and remotely. For remote access use this link.
   
Early American Digital Archive
      A collection of electronic texts written about America from 1492 to 1820 and supported by the Maryland Institute for Technologies in the Humanities.
   
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
      Essays and primary documents, covering: the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Early Islam and Medieval Europe.
   
Gale Virtual Reference Library
      eBook Versions of reference books in Business, History, Law, Science, etc.
Access to this database is available both in branches and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card number at the prompt.
   
Global Issues in Context new
      Country information for students, travelers & researchers. International viewpoints on global issues.  Use Browse Issues,Topics, Country Finder & search functions to explore.
   
Historic Annapolis
      Home of the Historic Annapolis with resources and links to information about Maryland's state capital.
   
History Resource Center: U.Snew
      Covers pre-Colonial times to the present-day U.S. through primary sources, reference titles & journal articles. 
   
History Resource Center: Worldnew
      Covers world history from ancient to present-day through primary sources, reference titles and journal articles.
   
Index of Resources for Historians
      An alphabetical index of historical subjects with 4000 links, maintained by volunteers. 
   
Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History
      Links to organizations, texts and documents from Rutgers University.
   


London Town

      Historic London Town and Gardens site with links to county histrorical and archaeological resources. Includes history of the colonial town and archaeological treasure.
   
Maryland Historical Society
      Site describes the facility in Baltimore and its services. Links to other historical and geneaological societies.
   
Maryland Historical Trust
      Home page of the trust with links to Maryland (by county) and national historical sites, and information about grants, loans and tourism.
    Maryland Land Records 
     

Digital repository for all instruments recorded and verified for inclusion in land record volumes by the Clerk of the Circuit Court offices of Maryland’s counties and Baltimore City, and related indices.  User creates free account.

   

Maryland State Archives – Blacks in Annapolis new

     

Biographies, maps, images, and historical documents offer a snapshot of the rich  history of the African American community in Annapolis.  User may seek a free account with the Archives or use the following:  username:  aaco ; password:  aaco#

   
Naval Historical Center
      Department of the Navy site with many links and a search engine.
   
New York Times
      Full-text archive from 1999 to the present. Now includes Historical New York Times 1851-2001- Digital archives of the NY Times with articles, photos, and other graphics. Includes obituaries, stock quotes, editorials, et al. Select News- The Historical New York Times from the pull down list of Databases.
Access to this database is available both in branches and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card number at the prompt.
   
Perseus Project
      A collection of materials and links dealing with the ancient world, maintained by Tufts Univeristy.
   
POTUS: Presidents of the United States 
      contains background information, election returns, and notable events on each of the presidents from the University of Michigan School of Information.
   
Student Resource Center - Bronze
      General resource for students of all ages with full-text periodical articles, biographies, essays & overviews.  Replaces Discovering databases.In-branches and remotely. For remote access, enter your library card # at the prompt.
   
This Day in History
      History Channel site with search engines on "This Day in Civil War History," "Wall Street History" and "What Happened on Your Birthday".
   
Timelines Of History
      Maintained by an amateur historian this contains timelines by date and country with links to the Department of the Army’s country studies.
   
WWWorld of Archaeology
      Archaeological Institute of America site with links to organizations, journals and archaeology sites.