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HISTORY History Reference Center. The world's most comprehensive full text history database.The database features full text for more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from leading history publishers. Includes full text for 120 leading history periodicals; 59,600 historical documents; 49,600 biographies of historical figures; more than 110,200 historical photos and maps; and 80 hours of video. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=khh JSTOR - Arts & Sciences I The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. JSTOR's first collection includes core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology in other key fields as the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics. http://www.jstor.org/search/ World History Collection. A global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text back to 1964. Sources cover topics: anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. Indexing and abstracts provided for all journals included. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=web&defaultdb=wdh Biography. Biography Resource Center. This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=lln_accl Sanborn Digital Maps of Louisiana. 1867-1970 provides academic and public libraries digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. Sanborn fire insurance maps are the most frequently consulted maps in both public and academic libraries. Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. http://sanborn.umi.com
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Subject Research Guides. Information on materials by subject are in Magale Library's reference area, video collection, stacks call numbers, and periodicals. Also provided are web sites, electronic journals, electronic texts, and online associations to further research in each area. http://www.centenary.edu/library/reference/subject Independence Day. http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence_Day.shtml Louisiana Digital Library -- LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network. An online library of over 84,000 digital materials about Louisiana's history, culture, places, and people. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Louisiana's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories in the state electronically accessible to Louisiana residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries. The LOUISiana Digital Library contains photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more that document Louisiana's history and culture. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/ Shreveport: The Times. Index 1991 - 2003. Crude index to articles in newspaper. http://www.lsus.edu/library/Archives.htm Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Includes historical facts, virtual exhibitions, and information about archived documentary collections. http://americanhistory.si.edu/ Valley of the Shadow Project--University of Virginia.
The Valley Project details life in two American communities
in the American Civil War. One community Northern and one Southern,
from John Brown's Raid to the era of Reconstruction. Contained you
will find: letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches, census, and church
records from men and women in Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin
County, Pennsylvania telling stories of life during the Civil War. Veterans History Project. This project is collecting personal narratives, correspondence, photos, drawings, and so on from veterans who served in any war from World War I to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.loc.gov/vets// |