Britannica Online

This site provides access to the full-text of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica with over 32,000 active Web links.

There are also many special topical resources posted here such as articles and sites for Women's History

and Black History Month.
 

(For off-campus access to this database simply click on the source and then enter your 14 digit student ID number

and library- provided four digit PIN).

Library of Congress -- Research Index

This site provides links to United States history and culture as well as legislative information. Links

to countries of the world and their cultures can also be accessed. Research guides, databases and exhibits with

international themes are available.

The National Archives

This is the site of the National Archives with its many pictures and text documents. Here is where the

Federal Register can be accessed as well as information on the following: a link to the Electoral College provides information

on how electors vote as well as finding statistics on the 2004 presidential election and elections from previous years.

The North Carolina State Library

Here is a compilation of resources available at the State Library. The public catalog can be searched as

well as finding access to information resources. For example, how to access North Carolina newspapers from 1751-present 

 can be found here as well as ways to do North Carolina genealogical research.

Primary Sources from the Civil War

Full text letters, diaries and other documents of women's lives and experiences during the time of the

Civil War are available at this site. Photographs and prints are also here. These are made available

through the Library of Congress and the National Archives.

Civil War Center

Here can be found an index of Civil War information on the internet. The Civil War Book Review can

be searched, both current and past issues. Researching people who lived during the Civil War through genealogical

searches is available.

WWII Timeline

This timeline establishes the reasons for the outbreak of World War II. The complete text

of the Versailles Treaty that brought an end to WWI is here as well as all of the Conferences

of the Allied Grand Strategy of WWII.

Douglas MacArthur

Biographical information on Douglas MacArthur's career as well as important people of the

time period is available here. There is a timeline of the War in the Pacific from 1941-45.

Battle maps are also included.

BBC website on World War II

The British Broadcasting Company provides the origins of WWII, biographies of historic

persons, timelines and battle information.

Military history of Germany during World War II

The coverage of events from 1939 until the end of the war are found here. For example, the military efforts

of Germany and the major battles of the war are explained. Background on the rise of Nazi Germany is

covered.

Historical Census

This census goes back to 1790. It covers state and county information and topics over time

such as population, education, the economy, etc.

Ellis Island Immigration Records

This is the official site of the American Family Immigration Center that includes 22 million records from Ellis Island. 

History Matters 

This site provides many primary documents in full text with images.These full text documents are the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout United States history. The site can be searched by topic, time period or keyword.

Internet Classics Archive 

The full-text of the writings of Greco-Roman authors as well as others are available at this site. For example, some of the writings of Confucius and Omar Khayyam can be accessed full-text.

Outline of American History

A lengthy text which is chronologically arranged.

The A&E Biography Database 

Search by name or browse the many categories to find basic biographical information on famous individuals.

 American Presidents

Explore life portraits of the country's chief executive .