History 300: A Guide to Research: Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its after-effects in the US

This source features thousands of reference articles, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.

This source features thousands of reference articles on American political, military, social, and cultural history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.

This source provides reference articles on over 15,000 years of Native American culture and history, and includes biographies, legends, treaties, and more. Some primary sources are included.

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This comprehensive collection of primary and reference sources provides direct insight into the social history of societies ranging from the Australian Aborigines all the way to 21st-century China.

Secondary Sources

Selected Databases

This source provides reference articles on over 15,000 years of Native American culture and history, and includes biographies, legends, treaties, and more. Some primary sources are included.

This source features thousands of reference articles on American political, military, social, and cultural history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.

This multidisciplinary database provides access to full text scholarly journals, mainly in the humanities and social sciences.

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Sample Books & E-books

Primary Sources

Websites of Primary Sources

This guide contains digital materials at the Library of Congress related to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its after-effects, as well as links to external websites and a selected print bibliography.

The project’s goals are to increase utilization of Library of Congress primary source materials, to develop primary source sets of LOC materials based on the Arkansas state social studies frameworks for use in teaching United States and Arkansas History, and to disseminate primary source sets through an accessible website.

The Indigenous Digital Archive’s Treaties Explorer, DigiTreaties.org, was created by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in partnership with the US National Archives Office of Innovation and National Archives Foundation. Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, the US National Archives conserved and digitized the 374 Ratified Indian Treaties in its holdings.

Primary Source Databases

This source features thousands of reference articles on American political, military, social, and cultural history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.

This source provides reference articles on over 15,000 years of Native American culture and history, and includes biographies, legends, treaties, and more. Some primary sources are included.

This database contains over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children’s and women’s magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals.

Search across 19th Century US Newspapers, Liberty Magazine Historical Archives (1924-50), Smithsonian Collections, The Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003) and The Times Digital Archive (1785-2009).

This database use primary sources to analyze great conflicts in U.S. and World along with in-depth secondary source articles on historical events. It also provides each issue with its background information and its pro/con arguments.