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

• National History Day Research at UW Libraries - An online resource of the libraries within the University of Washington. The website provides list of history resources for both teachers and students, follow the link to primary resources.
   http://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/hd-primary

   

• Alaska's Digital Library - An Alaska historical and cultural online resource of historical photographs, albums, oral histories, moving images, maps, documents, physical objects, and other materials from libraries, museums and archives throughout the state. 
  http://vilda.alaska.edu/

   

• Library of Congress - The national library offers a teacher page with resources as well as classroom materials.
  http://www.loc.gov/teachers/index.html

   

• U.S. National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) - The  Teachers' Resources page lists several options for primary sources at the bottom of the page. In particular is the NARA online tool- DocsTeach.org
  http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html

   

• History Matters:The U.S. Survey Course on the Web - The website offers history and teaching resources; in particular, the Making Sense of Evidence page offers both analysis processes and examples of online primary sources. 
  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/makesense