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 . . . )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Most agencies have some historical documents on their web sites.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- Examples of accessible online historical documents and collections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=1971Making 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.shtmlNational Archives & Records Administration: 100 milestone documents www.ourdocuments.gov
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone
For Research help: library.reference@uwec.eduupdated August 3, 2007