Website of the Week

American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem

Review by Patty Torres, SWC Library Faculty

I came across this website while visiting my alma mater's Libraries page. There was a link to primary sources and American Memory was listed.

This is good resource for students in quest of primary sources. I played around with it and found very interesting information. One can Browse by Topic, Collections, Time Period, Collections Containing, and Collections by Place.

From the site:

"American Memory is a gateway to the Library of Congress’s vast resources of digitized American historical materials. Comprising more than 9 million items that document U.S. history and culture, American Memory is organized into more than 100 thematic collections based on their original format, their subject matter, or who first created, assembled, or donated them to the Library.

The original formats include manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books, pamphlets, and sheet music. Each online collection is accompanied by a set of explanatory features designed to make the materials easy to find, use, and understand."

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