GOOGLE -- The Elephant in the Room

• Google Tips and Techniques
  http://www.seaburyhall.org/library/GoogleTips.html

Background Check - the pros and cons of the following resources:

• Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, specialized history encyclopedias
• Online history depositories
• Wikipedia
  • Has definitely improved, but coverage is still uneven.
  • No one is in charge; anyone can contribute.
  • Photos in Wikipedia are copyright free.
  • Articles may lead to excellent links, e.g., the entry on Martin Luther King, Jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
  • What does Wikipedia say about itself?
  • How authoritative are source texts from Wikisource?

Books

• Castle Library's Online Catalog, and specifically, the Opposing Viewpoints series, on various issues, such Immigration, Welfare, and Affirmative Action.
• Hawaii State Public Library System Catalog

Recommended Periodicals

• EBSCO
• American Heritage Magazine

Highly Recommended Primary Source Repositories/Gateways
(For info on Primary Sources, check Using Primary Sources on the Web from the University of Washington)

• American Memory
  http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
  
  
  1. browse collections (for people: last name, first name)
  2. for issues, do a Google search, as demonstrated in class
  
  
• The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
  http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
  
  
• The United States History Index, from the World Wide Web Virtual Library in Italy
  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
  
  
• American Rhetoric, a speech repository created by Michael E. Eidenmuller, Associated Professor of Speech Communication at University of Texas, Tyler.
  http://www.americanrhetoric.com
  
  
• The History Channel ~ Video & Speeches
  http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/home/

Recommended Online Institutions/Websites for this issue-centered project

• PBS
  http://www.pbs.org
  
  
• BBC - International Version
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok
  
  
• CNN
  http://www.cnn.com