Sites viewed and discussed in class:

September 10, 2007
Vannevar Bush's "Memex" Machine -- kelty.rice.edu/375/images/memex/deskmemex.jpg
Mosaic & Early Netscape Browsers -- www.dejavu.org
Douglas Engelbart's 1968 Demo -- sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html
J.C.R. Licklider -- www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/licklider.html
Ted Nelson Homepage -- http://aus.xanadu.com/ted/
Tim Berners-Lee's Homepage -- www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

September 17, 2007
American Memory, Library of Congress -- memory.loc.gov
September 11 Digital Archive -- 911digitalarchive.org
The Valley of the Shadow -- valley.vcdh.virginia.edu

The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory -- www.chicagohs.org/fire/
Do History -- www.dohistory.org
What Exit? New Jersey and its Turnpike -- www.jerseyhistory.org/what_exit/index.html

History Matters -- http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Edsitement -- edsitement.neh.gov/
Korean American History -- http://www.kittyconsulting.com/koamhistory

Slavery and the Making of America -- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/
Magic, Illusion, Detection -- http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/magic/syl.html


September 24, 2007
"Los Angeles and the Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge" -- http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/historylab/LAPUHK/index.html
"The Difference Slavery Made" -- http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/AHR

October 1, 2007
H-Bot -- http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/h-bot/"
Jakob Nielson, "Alertbox" columns -- http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
Lynch and Horton, Web Style Guide -- http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html
"Evaluating Web Pages: Experience WHY It's Important," -- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Useful sites for historical research:

Gateway to History Websites:
www.history (History Matters) -- A fully searchable, annotated database of hundreds of historical websites. This is useful for checking out how others have used the web to research/teach/present the past.

Primary Sources:
OCLC First Search -- The Worldcat Database searches not only manuscript holdings but also published books, journals, computer files, sound recordings, and other material held by libraries across the nation. (This link takes you to the University at Albany library site. At the "Search by resource title prompt," type "First Search".)

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

UAlbany Special Collections Guide to Historical Resources -- A very helpful index of online catalogs and databases, particularly those related to New York History.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division -- as seen during Brian Keough's presentation on 9/10.

Library of Congress, Motion Picture and Television Reading Room -- as seen during Brian Keough's presentation on 9/10.

Internet Archive

Secondary Sources:
In addition to the University at Albany's Minerva online catalog, you'll want to consult:

America History and Life -- This database conducts bibliographic searches of over 2,000 historical journals, including New York History. (This link takes you to the University at Albany library site. At the "Search by resource title prompt," type "America History and Life.")

JSTOR -- Full-text database of hundreds of historical journals, including the Journal of American History (all issues through 1999). (This link takes you to the University at Albany library site. At the "Search by resource title prompt," type "JSTOR.").

HistoryCooperative.org -- This site can only be accessed from UAlbany computers. It allows full-text searches of several historical journals, including the Journal of American History (issues since 1999).

University at Albany Library's Guide to History Databases and E-Texts -- A listing of other online databases relevant to historical research. (Choose the "Databases and E-Texts" link.)