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U.S. History: Websites & Primary Sources

Newspapers

ProQuest has newspapers from all over the U.S. and territories.

Historical News Coverage of Specific Topics

Solid Summaries on Historical Events

Digital History
Good topic overviews and primary sources
Council on Foreign Relations
Topics include defense and security, war, economics, politics.

Court Cases

Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Oyez (U.S. Supreme Court Cases)
Easy to use website to look up court cases. Each case has an MLA citation at the bottom.

Primary Sources

Library of Congress
Primary sources and event summaries. Use the search box to begin exploring.
National Archives
Documents, records, online exhibits.

Historical documents on the political, social, and economic history of the United States