Because the use of primary sources is critical to the study of history, some web-based resources for primary sources are listed below.

• University of Washington site written by the Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association Using Primary Sources on the Web
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/

• Alaska's Digital Library - The Alaska Virtual Library and Digital Archives project is a collaborative effort of the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and the Alaska State Library in Juneau. Alaska's Digital Archives
  http://vilda.alaska.edu/

• Library of Congress site introducing The American Memory.
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/index.html

• U.S. National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)Digital Classroom
  http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/history_in_the_raw.html

• History Matters developed by American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning, City University of New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. Making Sense of Documents & Scholars in Action
  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/makesense