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United States History: Starting Points

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Rosa Parks Booking Photo

Rosa Parks in her booking photo during the February 1956 Montgomery bus boycott. Source: Wikimedia Commons (1) | Creator: Unknown | License: Public domain.

Topical Overviews in U.S. History

These resources offer compact, authoritative discussions of focused topics, individuals, or research areas in history, as well as bibliographies to begin your research.

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Top Databases in U.S. History

In these resources you can find abstracts, citations, or the full text of articles published in scholarly and popular journals on topics in U.S. history.

More Databases in U.S. History

Stonewall Inn exterior

The Stonewall Inn, site of the historic 1969 Stonewall riots, a major turning point in the gay liberation movement. Creator: David | Source: Wikimedia Commons (2) | License: CC Attribution 2.0 Generic.

Spotlight Resource: Hidden Voices

Open Access & Public Domain Resources

Open access (OA) is a contemporary movement in online research, designating websites, databases, and other resources that voluntarily place no restriction (paywalls, etc.) on access to their information and frequently also put up few or no barriers to the further use of that information (Source: Wikipedia, "Open access"). The public domain is a legal designation for the condition of intellectual property (books, music, etc.) for which the exclusive rights of distribution and reproduction have expired, been waived or forfeited by their owner, or are otherwise inapplicable (Source: Wikipedia, "Public domain"). The links listed in this section represent a mixture of open access and public domain resources, sometimes within the same site or service. We encourage you to bear in mind that certain legal restrictions on the use or reproduction of material in these resources may still apply, regardless of their designation as 'open access' or 'public domain' on this guide.