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If it happened in the past, you can use this guide to learn about it. You'll find biographies, historical documents, and historical research in this guide covering local history, world history, and everywhere in between.
Last update: Feb 20th, 2010 URL: http://guides.ccclib.org/history  Print/Mobile Guide  RSS Updates

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American Experience

American Experience, produced by PBS, brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form our nation.


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Historical News

Chronicling America, a project of the Library of Congress, is enhancing access to America's Newspapers from 1690 to the present.  Here are some of the recent articles that have been added to the collection.


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High School Year Books

A list of yearbooks available in Contra Costa County Libraries, excluding the Richmond Public Library.

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Databases

You will need a library card to access these terrific resources.  Don't have one?  You can apply online now for an e-card and start using these resources today!

  • History Resource Center (US)  
      
    Provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues, and current information. Selected by expert history advisors, the content combines current full-text periodicals, multimedia, and reference articles.
  • History Resource Center (World)  
      
    Integrates secondary sources, primary sources, and full-text articles from academic journals and periodicals from around the world.
  • Social Studies Fact Card  
      
    Fact Cards are a series of research resources designed for quick reference for students in grades 4 through 8. The topics covered by Fact Cards are those California, United States, and World topics included in the social studies curriculum in California.
  • California Digital Newspaper Collection  
      
    The California Digital Newspaper Collection offers over 200,000 pages of California newspapers spanning the years 1849-191l: the Alta California, 1849-1891; the San Francisco Call, 1893-1910; the Amador Ledger, 1900-1911; the Imperial Valley Press, 1901-1911; the Sacramento Record-Union, 1859-1890; and the Los Angeles Herald, 1905-1907.
 

Web Sites

  • Calisphere  
      
    University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. Themed collections are organized into historical eras and aligned with California Content Standards for K-12 classroom use.
  • American Memory  
      
    A gateway to the vast resources of digitized American historical materials. Over 9 million documents are organized into 100+ thematic collections.
  • Historic Government Publications from WWII  
      
    A digital collection of more than 300 U.S. Government publications distributed during the course of the war. Brought to you by the U.S. Government Printing Office and Southern Methodist University Central University Libraries.
  • The Bancroft Library  
      
    The Bancroft Collection of Western Americana provides the documentary basis for understanding the settlement and development of California and the American West.
  • California Historical Societies and Museums  
      
    This is a directory of historical societies and museums throughout the state of California. Provides information about each society/museums specialty, open hours, contact information, and web site.
  • Los Californianos  
      
    Founded in 1968 by descendants of early Hispanic Californians, this society supports the research of Spanish and Mexican Alta California.
  • The American Jewish Historical Society  
    Founded in 1892, the American Jewish Historical Society’s holdings include 20 million documents, 50,000 books, paintings and other objects that bear witness to the remarkable contributions of the American Jewish community to life in the Americas.
 

Featured Book

  • Eastward to Tartary: travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus - Robert D. Kaplan
    Call Number: 915.80443 KAPLAN
    ISBN/ISSN: 0375502726
    At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary takes you on a spellbinding journey into the heart of that still-unsettled region, a journey over land and through history. This is a travelogue to unique countries just now emerging from the Soviet and Ottoman yoke. Kaplan takes us through Turkey, across the Fertile Crescent, and into the volatile, oil-rich lands of the Caucasus and Central Asia, a region he describes as the Balkans of the future--explosive, strategically important, the new fault line between East and West. Through dramatic stories of unforgettable characters past and present, Kaplan illuminates the tragic history of the lands in which he travels. He ventures from the famed archaeological ruins of Syria to the markets of Lebanon to the military outposts of Turkey and Israel; from Baku, capital of new business and new oil, across the Caspian Sea to the deserts of Turkmenistan and back to the killing fields of Armenia. This mysterious and enthralling book shows countries that are unfamiliar yet important to our future.
 

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