US History 19th Century Research Project   Tags: class projects, history, u.s. history  

• Chicago Citation Style Guide from Landmark College

• Chicago Manual of Style Online

Our library has many books you can use for this project. Use the IPAC link in the box above to access them.

Here are a few hand-picked general books, on the library's reserve shelf:

Chronicle of America

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History

Photographic History of the Civil War, Commager

The National Museum of American History

The Story of America, Weinstein and Rubel

(Public library card needed)

"You will be researching and writing about a significant change which occurred in the Nineteenth Century.

This assignment is designed to extend your skills in the historical research process. You will gain experience in using Encyclopedia Britannica, a scholarly encyclopedia, and revisit our old friend EBSCO, a large magazine database." 

Mrs. Winham

Christian signs his new public library card, which he'll need for this project.

Avalon Project - 19th Century Documents: 1800 - 1899

Primary Sources from the National Humanities Center

Landmark Cases of the U. S. Supreme Court

Historical Newspapers Online from UPenn

The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Periodicals Search full-text. Library of Congress.

Nineteenth Century U.S. Culture Studies from Washington State University

POTUS - Presidents of the United States from the Internet Public Library

YAHOO Directory of US > 19th Century >PEOPLE