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American History

Explore library resources related to U.S. history.

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Search Examples

  • To find U.S. government (state and federal) websites:  
    • site:.gov “World War I” chemical warfare
  • To find higher education websites (archives, colleges, and universities): 
    • site:.edu James A. Garfield assassination Guiteau
  • To find organization based websites minus Wikipedia pages:  
    • site:.org archives "Korean war" video -wikipedia

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  • Look for primary resources from government, library, museum, or other trusted sources.
  • If you are not sure if a primary source found on the Internet is authentic, ask a teacher or librarian BEFORE writing the paper.

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