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History & Biography
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Ancient and Medieval History Online
This database covers six ancient centers of civilizations - Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia and time periods ranging from 3 to 5 million years ago through 1522. It includes basic information as well as biographies, timelines and maps and charts.
Harper’s Weekly: 1857-1912
The definitive online version of the newspaper of record for the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provides an essential resource for students of the period, providing insight into the political, sociological, cultural, and economic issues of the day. The database includes over 75,000 illustrations, cartoons, maps and portraits.
OneFile: U.S. History
OneFile: U.S. History contains scholarly journals and magazines that can be used by novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
OneFile: World History
OneFile: World History provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Recommended Websites for History
African-American Mosaic
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture includes reproductions of original documents, personal stories, and ex-slave narratives and is part of the Library of Congress online exhibitions collections.
America's Founding Documents
These three documents, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, have secured the rights of the American people for more than two and a quarter centuries and are considered instrumental to the founding and philosophy of the United States.
The Black Past
Online encyclopedia of African American history; includes primary documents.
Country Studies from the Library of Congress
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Harford Historical Bulletin Subject Index
Harford Historical Bulletin is the Harford Historical Society’s illustrated journal, which is published several times a year, and can be borrowed from HCPL. This link provides an index to help users to easily locate articles of interest in the journal.
Library of Congress - Digital Collections
Maryland State Archives
Maryland’s historical agency and central depository of government records of permanent value includes records that date from 1634 to the 1990s.
Masters of Tradition
This interactive story map allows students to explore the great diversity of cultures, communities, and artistic traditions that enrich the United States. Through abundant photographs, audio, video, short text, and first-person quotes, the story map addresses a variety of key themes, including immigration, migration, identity, heritage, and community
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Thousands of historical images covering general topics, African American culture, New York and more.
Women’s History Month: Writing Women Back into History
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society.
Remembering the Great War: World War I
With its unparalleled World War I collections, the Library of Congress is uniquely prepared to tell the story of the United States' participation in the Great War. The Library of Congress is commemorating the 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into the war with exhibitions, lectures, symposia, film programs, recordings, publications, veterans' stories, educational tools, and research guides to the Library's remarkable World War I resources.
World 101 from the Council on Foreign Relations
World 101offers information from independent non-partisan sources about international relations. The world is divided into regions and information is provided for each region on politics, economics, etc. Provides comprehensive teaching resources.
Recommended Websites for Biography
Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame
Legislators of Maryland, the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame seeks to honor Maryland women who have made unique and lasting contributions to the economic, political, cultural, and social life of the state and to provide visible models of achievement for tomorrow’s female leaders.
Presidents of the United States
Information and trivia on the U.S. Presidents from whitehouse.gov
