History @ CUL

Best Historical Reference Materials: 2009

Each year a committee in the History Section of the American Libraries Association selects what it feels are the best historical reference materials published in the previous year.  The list for 2009 was recently published, and includes three print bibliographies and four free websites.  The websites are: Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History Online. […]

“The Sixties” is available from the Library

Contemporary history is of great research interest.  The library is supporting work in this area through the addition of new physical collections (most notably the Hip Hop collection) as well as digital resources.  The latest edition is The Sixties, from Alexander Street Press.  This searchable database includes diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and […]

Canadiana Discovery Portal

Candiana.org makes available a free resource that could be of use to Cornell historians.  The Canadiana Discover Portal is a free service that enables users to search across the digital collections of Canada’s libraries, museums, and archives.   The Portal advertizes itself as “the best single source for Canada’s documentary heritage for researchers, students, and the […]