General History Research Resources
General resources—including archival databases, citational/writing software, and secondary sources. For specific research guides, check out the Research Guides page. For free and open digitized archives (mostly in U.S. history), go to Digital Archives.
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Open Source Software |
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ArchiveGrid
General search engine for locating archival collections Archives West Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington Arizona Archives Online Digital Library of Georgia Iowa Heritage Digital Collections Minnesota Digital Library Mountain West Digital Library Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, and Hawaii Online Archive of California Rocky Mountain Online Archive Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming Smithsonian Institution Archives A search engine for the archives at the Smithsonian Society of American Archivists' Guide to Finding and Evaluating Archives Texas Archival Resources Online The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Religious Archives Network The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases UHN Library Compendium of Digital Collections No longer updated, but includes links to digital collections |
Evernote
Take notes and sync them across devices Scrible Toolbar A Google Chrome browser extension that lets you annotate PDFs and website content Tropy Organize, categorize, and store your research materials Zotero Store the citations and PDFs of your sources Open Access Secondary SourcesCommon Place
A journal of early American history Google Books Filter for "full-text" to find open, digitized books in the collection Google Scholar A scholarly database of journal articles, some open access HathiTrust Digital Library Digitized books Internet Archive A vast archive of freely accessible primary and secondary sources Open Access Dissertations and Theses Smithsonian Magazine |