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The American history highway : a guide to Internet resources on U.S., Canadian, and Latin American history / Dennis A. Trinkle and Scott A. Merriman, editors.

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LIBRA E16.5 .A46 2007 1 v. + CD-ROM
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Trinkle, Dennis A., 1968-
Merriman, Scott A., 1968-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
History--Research--Methodology.
History--Research.
History--Computer network resources.
History.
Research.
America--History--Research.
America.
History--Computer network resources--Directories.
Internet.
Genre:
Directories.
Physical Description:
xiv, 424 pages ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Place of Publication:
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2007]
Summary:
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "live links."--P. [4] of cover.
Contents:
Part I Getting Started
1 The Basics
History of the Internet
Uses of the Internet
Sending and Receiving E-Mail
E-mail Addresses
E-mail Security
Reading and Posting Messages on Newsgroups
Reading and Posting Messages on Discussion Lists
Word of Warning About Discussion Lists Blogging
Logging Onto a Remote Computer With Telnet
Transferring Files With File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Browsing the World Wide Web
2 Signing On
Getting on the Internet
Hardware
Software
Web Browsers and E-mail Programs
Netiquette and Copyright
General Netiquette
Rules for Newsgroups and Discussion Lists and Blog Posts
Copyright
Evaluating Online Resources: Tools, Tips, and Terms
The Web Today
Information Literacy and Peer Review
The Democratization of Information
Evaluating Web Sites: What to Look For
The Questions
Bringing It All Together
Searching the Web
When in Doubt. . . . ASK!
Part II Internet Sites for Historians
3 Futuring Methods, Practitioners, and Organizations
4 Future Issues
5 General History
6 Canadian History
7 Latin and South American History
8 United States History
9 African-American History
10 Native American History
11 American West
12 Mexican-American History
13 Asian -American History
14 Colonial American History (1492-1763)
15 Revolutionary America
16 Early United States History (1783-1860)
17 American Civil War History
18 Gilded Age and Progressive Era History
19 The Age of Franklin D. Roosevelt
20 World War II
21 The Cold War
22 General Twentieth-Century United States History
23 Women's History
24 Modern Military History
25 Historiography
26 Historic Preservation and Conservation
27 Living History and Historic Reenactment
28 Genealogy
29 Environmental History
30 Imigration History
31 State and Provincial Historical Societies: Canada and United States
32 History Book Sources on the Internet
33 History and Social Studies Organizations
34 Maps and Images
35 Resources for Teachers of History: K-12 and College
36 Libraries
37 Archives and Manuscript Collections
38 Special Collections
39 Online Reference Desk.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780765616296
0765616297
OCLC:
72699413

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