Selected Websites - HIS 141 - Desert Vista -History of the United States I - Research Guides at Pima Community College

Evaluating Websites

Consider the following five criteria:

1. Accuracy - Is the information correct?

2. Authority - What are the author's credentials?

3. Coverage - Is the content covered comprehensively?

4. Currency - Is the information current?

5. Purpose - Is the content biased?

If you're not certain, ask a librarian!

There are many web sites devoted to American history. Here are just a few:

Library of Congress: American History
These pages link to selected collection content available online at the Library of Congress, arranged by broad categories. The Library's online content represents only a small percentage of its physical holdings.
Library of Congress American Memory Project
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Smithsonian Museum of American History
The National Museum of American History collects artifacts of all kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve for the American people an enduring record of their past.
The Avalon Project: Documents in Law,, History, and Diplomacy
The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
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Contains primary documents.
WWW-VL: World History Index and History Central Catalogue | The World Wide Virtual Library
Links to over 1700 sites, organized by subject.
Our Documents
Includes 100 milestone primary documents