Digital Learning Objects & Media Tools to Supplement Instruction
Open-access (OA) resources for instruction.
History Related Digital Learning Objects and OA Tools
The following section outlines OA materials for the enhancement of instruction in the areas of History.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress)Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- Digital Public Library of American (DPLA)DPLA offers the ability to search video, audio, and image resources across American libraries, archives, and museums.
- Early Visions of FloridaA digital anthology of early visions of Florida from the USF St. Petersburg collections.
- Eighteenth Century Britons: At Home and Abroad
The USF Libraries Tampa Special Collections Department has developed this StoryMap to complement the topics in your course, ENL 4112, and to capture the geographic scope of materials in our collections that eighteenth-century Britons would have encountered during their lives (still under construction). - History Channel on YouTubeDocumentaries from the History Channel. All have closed captioning and transcripts.
- EuroDocsThese open access sources are readily available to all -- without fees or subscriptions.. Links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. In addition you will find video or sound files, maps, photographs or other imagery, databases, and other documentation.
- Intro to Literary Methodology: Virtual Instruction Session for Dr. Jessica Cook's ENG 3014 Spring 2020The USF Libraries Tampa Special Collections Department has developed this StoryMap to complement the topics in your course, ENG 3014 - Introduction to Literary Methodology, and to capture a glimpse into the inspiring and diverse holdings in our collections that might be of interest to a literary scholar.
- National ArchivesImportant documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, including census information.
- New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital CollectionsExplore 890,174 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
- Tampa HistoricalTampa Historical is an interactive web exhibit created and maintained by students and faculty at the University of South Florida.
- Weekly Challenger Chronology Index and Tampa Bay African-American History Research GuideThe Weekly Challenger has documented the history of St. Petersburg's African American community since the newspaper was established by Cleveland Johnson Jr. in September 1967.
- World Digital LibrarySignificant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
