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Digital Document Libraries

Digital libraries can provide you with primary documents about what was happening at times throughout history. Here are some recommended websites and meta-searchers:

American Memory
Includes a variety of content from events in US history, ranging from documents, oral histories, videos, images, and other formats
Data.gov
Open data sets through the government on a variety of topics. Can give you a snapshot of the business environment, climate, housing market, etc.
HathiTrust
These materials are in public domain and openly accessible. Access to thousands of classic books that have been digitized.
Internet Archive
"Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and more."
Making of America
Primary documents through American history.
NYPL Digital Collections
Digitized art, documents, images and more.
Wayback Machine
Looks at websites from the past. This is a good way to see what a website used to look like.

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Social Mention
Pulls together social media from user-generated content.

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