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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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica offers three levels for searching: children, young adults, and reference. Britannica Library also offers Original Sources, including thousands of primary source documents in history, literature, politics, religion, and more.
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, offering insight into the political, sociological, cultural, and economic issues of the day. The database includes over 75,000 illustrations, cartoons, maps, and portraits.
Historical U.S. Newspapers from ProQuest is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th century. Researchers interested in history, genealogy, and culture can travel digitally back through the centuries to be an eyewitness to history. Includes the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post.
InContext
An educational research database featuring age-appropriate, curriculum-related content. Elementary, Middle, High School
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 provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to novice historians and advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Primary Source Document resources
Primary Source Resources: Many databases provided by HCPL contain primary source documents.
Local History Resources
Harford County Public Library’s Genealogy Resources
Explore primary resources from genealogical sources such as Family Search, Ancestry, Fold3, and HeritageQuest.
Harford County Public Library Local History Resources
Explore Harford County local history resources such as the Happy Map Maker, Living Treasures Oral Histories, etc.
Harford Heritage Digital Archives
Search hundreds of documents, images, and other Harford County local history resources. Project made available from Jack L. Shagena and Henry C. Peden Jr.
Recommended Resources
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.
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.
Country Studies from the Library of Congress
The Country Studies Series describes and analyzes the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries worldwide.
Maryland’s historical agency and central depository of government records of permanent value includes records that date from 1634 to the 1990s.
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.
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.
The federal historical agency and central depository of government records of permanent value.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Thousands of historical images covering general topics, African American culture, New York, and more.
Presidents of the United States
Information and trivia on the U.S. Presidents from whitehouse.gov.
World 101 from the Council on Foreign Relations
World 101 offers 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.
