GC Library: History: Open Access &amp; Online Resources

Open Access & Online Resources

Interactive Tools, News, and Resources
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Behind the Veil
Organized and provided free by Duke University, "Behind the Veil" is a selection of recorded oral history interviews chronicling African-American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Digital Commons Network - United States History Commons
The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide and curated by academic librarians.
Digital Public Library of America
Stories of national significance drawn from source materials in libraries, archives, and museums across the United States.
Galveston & Texas History Center
The Rosenburg Library's digital catalog covering Galveston history.
Library of Congress - Digital Collections
The Library of Congress has an extensive online collection of primary source material. Their online collection includes prints, photographs, historic newspapers, maps, sound recordings, oral histories, diaries, letters, family papers of prominent Americans, manuscripts, and more.
MERLOT - History Community Portal
MERLOT is an educational resource for teaching and learning. Open-sourced journals professional organizations, and news compiled for public use.
MIT Open Courseware - History
Open Access courses, videos, and material resources provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
OER Commons
OER Commons offers a comprehensive infrastructure for curriculum experts and instructors at all levels to identify high-quality OER and collaborate around their adaptation, evaluation, and use to address the needs of teachers and learners.
Open Yale Courses
Yale's Department of History provides course information notes, and lecture videos for the public at no cost.

American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
The AASLH constitutes the organization of choice for many local historians, historic site managers, and history museum workers
American Historical Association (AHA)
The American Historical Association promotes historical work and the importance of historical thinking in public life. As the largest membership association of professional historians in the world (over 11,000 members), the AHA serves historians in a wide variety of professions and represents every historical era and geographical area.
National Council on Public History
The NCPH constitutes the major professional association that engages most public historians. The website contains a wealth of information concerning job opportunities, professional conferences and workshops, publications, and other resources.
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
The Organization of American Historians is the largest professional society dedicated to United States history, guided by the principles of advocacy, professional integrity, and the advancement of scholarship.
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
The Society of American Archivists serves as the principal North American organization for the archival profession.

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