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Online resources for history, government, politics, and economics.
Click HERE for Chaminade's research databases

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TIMELAPSE - Watch the world change over the course of 3 decades of satellite photography. Mesmerizing!
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Zillions of resources!
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More than 70,000 items cover five hundred years of American history.
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Articles, audio, video, images, timelines, primary sources, & more. A free account is required to access some resources.
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American Memory provides access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.
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Info about gov't agencies, general gov't info.
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A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
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Primary source documents in law, history, & diplomacy. From 4000bc to the 21st century.
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Primary sources for European history.
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco - Not specific to San Francisco - contains California history, gov't, econ, etc. 
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Digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
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Capitol Hill newspaper-has info about recent legislation.
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This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s.
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All kinds of stats about all the countries in the world.
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Links to sites on all kinds of public policy issues. NOTE: Be aware of bias and be sure to check the sites for reliability and credibility.
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Opinions & news about current events, politics, science, culture, economics, technology, etc.
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
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More than 150,000 digitized items - including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts - reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
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The CIA World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Maps, too!
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Brief summaries of the presidents of the United States. From the White House.
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Official site of the Libertarian Party.
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Website for the House Republicans.
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Website for the House Democrats.
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Tracks the activities of Congress-bills, legislation, voting records, etc. Lots of links to other sites.
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Covers all activities & news on Capitol Hill. Includes news & opinions
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With a library of over 4,600 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Fascinating legal histories for ancient, medieval eras!
Khan Academy - History, art history, videos, commentaries, lessons, etc.
World War I & II - Downloadable PDFs profiling people, battles, and issues dealing with WWI. From the Imperial War Rooms (UK) site.
History Matters - Web resources and primary documents. 
Anti-Communism Films of the Early 1960's - From Pepperdine Libraries - Digital Collections

iCivics - Games & activities about government & civics. Founded by Sandra Day O'connor to help young people learn about civics.
World Digital Library - Developed by Library of Congress team, contains primary materials in
many formats from countries and cultures around the world. Timeline from 8000 B.C. to date.
LA Public Library - Scroll down past the genealogy links for history links.
National Archives
LIFE Magazine photo & history archives
Martin Luther King:
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" and other MLK resources
MLK resources from Awesome Stories
The King Center
Photos of the March on Washington (from LIFE magazine archives)
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Kelly Benning, Librarian
​kbenning@chaminade.org   
Jade Ryser, Lead Library Assistant
jryser@chaminade.org
  • Home
    • Chaminade.org
  • Databases
    • Other research tools
  • Online Resources
    • Test Prep
    • 3D Printing
    • Family History
    • Fun tech stuff
    • Learn ANYTHING online!
    • Video/ Screencasting
    • Create a Website
    • Presentation Tools
    • Flashcards
    • Photos/images/music
    • Podcasting
    • Online Polls
  • Class Resources
    • For Teachers
    • Subject Links >
      • General / All Subjects
      • Art/Art History
      • English
      • Geography
      • History Govt Politics Econ
      • Math
      • Philosophy
      • Theology
      • Science
    • Mrs. Denny-Short Fiction
    • The Person of Jesus
    • Crit. Comp. Corporate Social Impact Project
    • Argumentation Paper
  • HOW DO I...?
  • Suggestions?