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USEFUL AND INTERESTING LINKS

Useful Websites
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Search Engines
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The most powerful feature of the Web is the way it provides links to other sites. Imagine what it would be like to find your college library suddenly expanded to include materials from all over the world. That's what Web links do for you. Try surfing the Web to find materials that enrich the course's syllabus. Fortunately, a growing number of sites are useful for students of History and American and Religious Studies. Here are a few links to get you started.

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR HISTORY, RELIGION,  AND AMERICAN CULTURE

bulletAcademic Info: Religion in America [Annotated directory of Internet Resources]
bullet Beliefnet
bullet Religion and Ethics Newsweekly [PBS site]
bulletAmerican Studies Website
bulletReligion Links at West Virginia University
bulletCenter for the Study of American Religion and Culture at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
bulletAmerican Religion Links--A diverse collection of links to other sites, prepared by a professor for her students.
bulletInstitute for the Study of American Evangelicals--The leading center studying this important part of American Christianity.
bulletProgram on Non-Profit Organizations at Yale University--A nationally important project studying a variety of non-profit organizations, including religious ones.
bulletThe Electronically Linked Academy of the American Academy of Religion--A gateway into a variety of online religion resources.
bullet American Religion and Philosophy (at Georgetown University site)
bulletMaterial History of American Religion Project
bullet Valley of the Shadow, Outstanding archival site on the American Civil War with items on religious life

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bulletCenter for History and New Media
bulletThe History Channel
bulletPublic Broadcasting Online

 

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HISTORY BACKGROUND: COLLECTIONS OF SOURCES:

bulletModern History Sourcebook, Paul's Halsall's rich collection has  valuable items on religious history.
bulletWelling Collection, documents and short articles on American history.
bulletHanover College, documents in world history by region
bullet British and American Sources (at Rutgers University)
bulletWorld Civilizations Resources
 

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REFERENCES:

bullet Religious Studies Electronic Journals
bulletVirtual History References
bullet Brian's Reference Tools
bulletA major index of history sources organized by world region, at University of Kansas
bulletIndex of historians and philosophers since 1750, useful for intellectual history.
bulletBooks & Journals Online

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LIBRARIES:

bulletLibrary of Congress
bulletLibrary of Congress Learning Page
bulletDuke University Library, varied sources from the collection
bulletThe Virtual Library of Virginia
bulletNew York Public Library

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SEARCH ENGINES: Develop skill using these engines for finding specific materials. It takes practice!

bulletYahoo
bulletAlta Vista, most powerful but may produce too many hits
bulletAll the Web, All the Time
bulletGoogle
bulletCrossSearch (religion)
bulletAsk Jeeves
bulletWebcrawler
bulletLYCOS
bulletBig Search Engine (United Kingdom)