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History E-Book Databases

eBooks (Gale)
History (Salem Press) The history subset of the Salem Online ebook platfor. Funding source: HCC Here is a tutorial.
History Reference Center (EBSCO) Magazine articles, e-books, primary source documents, biographies, photos, maps, historical film and video, and more, covering U.S. and World history. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
JSTOR
Back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
U.S. History (Gale in Context)
Content from periodicals, reference works, and primary source documents relating to U.S. history, organized into a portal for easy research. Funding source: FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.
eBook Collection (EBSCO)

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Early American Rebels : pursuing democracy from Maryland to Carolina, 1640-1700 by Noeleen McIlvenna
Call Number: E188 .M17 2020
ISBN: 9781469656052
Publication Date: 2020-05-18
Reporting the Revolutionary War : before it was history, it was news by Todd Andrlik Description: Presents a collection of primary source newspaper articles and correspondence reporting the events of the Revolution, containing both American and British eyewitness accounts and commentary and analysis from thirty-seven historians.
Call Number: E203 .R44 2012
ISBN: 9781402269677
Publication Date: 2012-11-01
Patriots: the men who started the American Revolution by A. J. Langguth
Call Number: E208 .L27 1988
ISBN: 9780671675622
Publication Date: 1989-03-15
Gateway to Freedom : The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner
Call Number: E450 .F66 2015
ISBN: 9780393244076
Publication Date: 2015-01-19
How the Slaves Saw the Civil War by Herbert C. Covey; Dwight Eisnach
Call Number: E453 .C83 2014
ISBN: 9781440828232
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
The United States Constitution by John R. Vile
Call Number: KF4550 .V553 2014
ISBN: 9781610695718
Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Below is a selection of websites that might be useful for completing your research for projects.

American Memory
Contains over 9 million digitized items that document American history. From the Library of Congress.
The New York Public Library Digital Collections
Includes prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video and more.
Chronicling America:Historic American Newspapers
Provides access to select digitized newspaper pages from 1836-1922.
Digital History
Created for teachers and students. Includes a textbook, annotated documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, and much more.
Documenting the American South
Access to various texts, images, and audio files about southern history. From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Civil War Trust
Website for the Civil War Trust.