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Premium Resources • World History (General) • U.S. History • Utah State History • Provo History

Premium Resources

		America the Beautiful
		This state-by-state encyclopdia includes fast facts, history and geography, economy and culture, government, cities, spotlights, and profiles of famous residents.

		Daily Herald Archive
		Provides access to a searchable archive of historic Provo newspapers (The Daily Herald, The Evening Herald, The Herald, Provo Daily Herald, and The Weekly Herald).

		Global Road Warrior
		A guide to over 150 countries. Perfect for travelers or students. Find out how much to tip in Bolivia, what type of government exists in Mali, the type of food eaten in Norway, and much more.

		SIRS Renaissance (Provided By Pioneer)
		Current perspectives on the Arts & Humanities with full-text articles from more than 1,200 U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and journals.

		World Book Online
		Based on the print version, this database adds to the print content with extensive graphic and multimedia enhancements, special reports on selected topics, and links to external Web sites by World Book editors. Three interfaces are available; World Book Online For Kids, World Book Online Info Finder (for Students), and World Online Reference Center.

World History (General)

		Best of History Web Sites
		An award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1,200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.

		CIA - The World Factbook
		Reports generated by the CIA on countries throughout the world. They include information on a country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

		LOC - Country Studies
		The Library of Congress Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and social, economic, political and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

		HistoryWorld
		Makes world history more easily accessible through interactive narratives and timelines.

U.S. History

		American Journeys
		More than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later.

		American Memory
		Audio and sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that documents the American experience. From the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.

		American Presidency Project
		Thousands of documents related to the study of the presidency. From the University of California, Santa Barbara.

		America's Historical Documents
		The U.S. Government's collection of documents that record important events in American history.

Utah State History

		Mountain West Digital Library
		An aggregation of digital collections about the Mountain West region of the United States.

		Utah Digital Newspapers
		Compiled by the University of Utah and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this is a continually growling collection of digitalized historic Utah newspapers.

		Utah History Encyclopedia
		The first complete history of Utah in encyclopedia form, consists of 575 articles and over 200 historic photographs. Compiled by the University of Utah.

		Utah History to Go
		Divided into eight chapters of its major themes, from prehistory to Utah today, this site includes articles, exhibits, and historic photographs.

Provo History

		Provo City Library - Historical Provo
		A collection of information about the history of Provo, Utah. Includes a timeline, a collection of oral histories, historical photographs, Provo history research assistance, and more.

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