LibGuides: Online Archives & Collections: Gain Background

Gain Background: Online Resources

Gain an overview of your topic by researching the time in which it occured using these online resources:

Timeline of U.S. History
Gain an overview of key periods in U.S. History with this timeline from the Library of Congress.
Timeline of British History
Gain an overview of key events in British History with this timeline from the BBC.
City Data
Quickly capture snapshots of city specific information.
Wayback Machine
Brought to you by the Internet Archive, this site contains over 456 billion archived versions of different websites since 1996.