Monday, December 8, 2008

Revolutionary War

Grolier
First stop shopping for research! Check here first for your Revolutionary War figure. Be sure to click on the web links Grolier provides.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text reference books online. Log in using empirelink as your password and search for your Revolutionary War figure by name. It's just like having an extensive reference library (books!) at your fingertips.

History Central
Biographies of Revolutionary War participants.

The History Channel

National Park Service
The American Revolution - Revolutionary People

PBS
Liberty! People of The American Revolution

Archiving Early America
Primary source documents, including letters, obituaries, and portraits of Revolutionary War figures.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Biomass Project

Biomass Power

For current journal and magazine articles (both scholarly and popular)
try searching databases such as Ebsco and ProQuest via
The Research Databases link. See library staff for passwords.
Search terms to use:
biomass
economic impact
economy
catalyst renewables

U.S. Department of Energy
Information on the Biomass Program and
Electrical power generation.
Check out their link regarding Biomass and the economy.

Catalyst RenewablesCatylst Renewables site offering information
on the potential project in Oneonta.

Catalyst Renewables
Site on the history of success at the Lyonsdale plant.

The Daily Star
Oneonta newspaper reporting on the potential Catalyst
plant in Oneonta, NY.
Search terms to use:
Catalyst Renewables
Biomass
Lyonsdale
Economic
jobs

Union of Concerned Scientists
Economic impact of biomass production
on farmers.

Union of Concerned Scientists
Cost and Benefits to increasing renewable energy.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Industrial Revolution

Try Grolier! first

Industrial Revolution Links

History.net links
Include links to primary documents

Links from Fordham UniversityBiographies
Cotton Times: Understanding the Industrial Revolution

American Memory Project
Primary source documents

LETS Project


Research Databases: Grolier (username and password: oncla)
Visit all of Grolier and also try searching Lands and Peoples

Websites:
Ancient ScriptsLords of the Earth
Focuses on archeology and anthropology of the Aztec, Inca,and Maya cultures.

History of The MayanHistory WorldV
isit this site and search for Aztec, Inca, Maya, or pre-Columbian

Websites related to Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans
One stop shopping!

Iroquois History
Includes list of links


Pre-Columbian Culture Links

MesoAmerican Links

Pre-Columbian Culture from the University of Guadalajara

NOVA's "Lost King of the Maya"

Mayans

Aztecs

Iroquois

Historial Text Archive

Civil War Resources

American Memory Project
From the Library of Congress:Primary Resource Documents includingnewspapers, photographs, and much more

Rare Newspapers of the Civil War era
Primary Source material from the Civil War
Civil War.com
The American Civil War Homepage
Civil War Photographs
The History Place - Civil War Timeline

Newscast Project

U.S. History.com
Search here for your topic.

Sand Creek Massacre Site ProjectThe Dawes Act
(the act itself)

Dawes Act
Cooperative site from National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps.

Digital History - Native American VoicesGhost DanceWounded KneeSand CreekDawes Act
Don't Forget

Grolier!Wounded Knee
Eyewitness account of the Massacre at Wounded Knee.