PRIMARY SOURCE PATHFINDER October 2005

University of Washington Libraries
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
Excellent definitions, how to evaluate a site and a list of reliable web sites.

Howard County Library
http://hclibrary.org/
Library databases offer historical newspapers, magazines and census data.

Sailor
http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
Find public domain historical texts in Project Gutenberg.

Library of Congress
“American Memory” Collections   HABS Historic American Buildings Survey
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Zimmerman Telegram
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
100 Milestone Documents:  PDF and Transcription for easy printing

Maryland State Archives
http://www.msa.md.gov/
http://aomol.net/html/index.html
Full text with images in the “Archives of Maryland Online”
Look at the selections under “City Directories”

Maryland Historical Trust
http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/
Find architectural historian's reports on Maryland structures in the “MHT Inventory Search.”

Maryland Historical Society
http://www.mdhs.org/index.html
Their library page links conveniently to many online resources listed above.

Supreme Court of the United States
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Recent Opinions in PDF form

Cornell Law School
Supreme Court collection
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
Historical “Pre-Internet” Supreme Court cases

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Avalon Project mounts digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government, from pre-18th century forward.

Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Do a search with the terms “primary sources” for access to subject specific sites.