Government resources and links History 288 & 488

• Voyager Online Catalog:  LIMIT search to either federal (US) or WI documents collections
  
• Library federal and state collections, 1st floor
  
  > laws, regulations, compendia, such as Treaties in Force, Kappler's Indian treaties
  > print guides and specialized indexes (Guide to American Indian documents . . . )

• Library databases and Library government website links

federal government Web sites
Most agencies have some historical documents on their web sites.  For example, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will have a history of social security, NASA will have space history, etc. 

Of particular use should be
NARA  http://www.nara.gov/
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov

• Use library staff expertise; ask a reference question
  
• Examples of accessible online historical documents and collections

Michigan Electronic Library 

Links and finding aids-Online documents for historical research 

United States History
http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1369&pathid=1971

Making of America
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

Rutgers Univ. Civil War Documents and links
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/civwar.shtml

National Archives & Records Administration: 100 milestone documents www.ourdocuments.gov
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone

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For Research help: library.reference@uwec.edu 

updated August 3, 2007