American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Databases, Text Collections
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity [open access]
Useful websites
Research Methods
Sage Research Methods
See Multi-Content Core Databases on Area and Cultural Studies on Welcome page.
Digital Collections
Law and Treaties
Archives & Museums
Maps
Resource Guides
Film research (Helsinki University Library)
Databases, Digital Collections
Institutes, Resource Guides
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.
DPLA is available for free to the public and offers digital access to photographs, manuscripts, maps, recordings, music scores, videos and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the U.S.
Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.