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History Resources: Web sites

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Resources for Western and Utah History

WestWeb
This page was developed and maintained by Catherine Lavender of the College of Staten Island, City College of New York. It contains wonderful information and links to many aspects of western history.

H-WEST
This is the home page of H-WEST, the western history discussion list maintained by H-NET (see below). You can search this site for academic discussions of thousands of issues in the historical and present-day West.

The High Country News
The News is based in Paonia, Colorado, and is one of the best sources of information on life in the New West.

Utah State Archives
This is the official page of the state archives, which houses all kinds of official local and state government documents. The site is searchable (with some caveats).

Resources for General U.S. History

H-NET Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine
This site provides entry to the many lists and resources of H-NET. Here you can read discussions by hundreds of academics about nearly every aspect of history, and you can access links to many resources.

The Library of Congress Catalog
This site gives entry to the nation's official library, where you can find bibliographic references to virtually every book ever published.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Abstract gives answers to any number of demographic questions about the U.S. Want to know the percentage of Asian-Americans born living in Tennessee in 1990? The answer's here.

Historical United States Census Data Browser
An easy way to find historical statistics about the United States.

Index of Resources for Historians
The University of Kansas provides this wonderful index of useful academic web sites in a wide variety of historical studies.


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