The American history highway : a guide to Internet resources on U.S., Canadian, and Latin American history /

This brand new addition to the acclaimed History Highway series is essential for anyone conducting historical research on North, Central, or South America. Complete with a CD with live links to sites, it directs users to the best and broadest, most current information on U.S., Canadian, and Latin Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Trinkle, Dennis A., 1968-, Merriman, Scott A., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2007.
Colección:History highway.
Temas:
History > Computer network resources > Directories.
History > Research > Methodology.
Internet.
Internet
Histoire > Ressources Internet > Répertoires.
Histoire > Recherche > Méthodologie.
History > Computer network resources
History > Research > Methodology
Research
America > History > Research.
Amérique > Histoire > Recherche.
America
Directories
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 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. Immigration 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
  • Glossary
  • About the editors and contributors
  • Index.

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