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Sioux Center Public Library Resources

1. Catalog

2. Encyclopedia Britannicaencyclopediabritannica

3. Newspaper archives

4. Genealogy website/resources (or click on resources tab at the top of SCPL’s homepage)

  • http://www.iagenweb.org/sioux/
    • Census records, Family histories, veterans information and obituaries
    • *More resources and family histories available on at the library

 

Resources from the Library of Congress

Go to http://www.loc.gov/index.html and click on “digital collections”

Or directly http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

1. American History and Culture—American Memory

2. Historic Newspapers—Chronicling America

3. US Newspaper Directory (click on historic newspapers first)

4. Prints and photographs

 

 

Other valuable web resources

1. New York Times Archives

 2. Teaching American History

3. American Heritage

4. History Net

  • http://www.historynet.com/
    • First person accounts from the Vietnam war, Civil War photos and artifacts, aviation history, the wild west and more.

5. Iowa Heritage Digital Collections

  • http://www.iowaheritage.org/
    • Iowa Heritage Digital Collections is a resource for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and anyone else interested in the people, places and institutions of Iowa. The site provides free access to digital collections from a variety of Iowa cultural institutions. MANY primary sources including diaries! Browse by war/conflict, people, places, organizations, music, maps, events, etc. or do a search.

Visit the Sioux Center Public Library for books, newspapers, microfilm, and librarian assistance. Your SCPL library card also gives you access to Dordt College’s library if you need more books on specific topics.

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