History & Social Studies
History and Social Studies Databases
- Global Road Warrior - Country information for travelers; Funded by DFL
- Civil War Database - in Library only; Gift to DFL
- E-Reference Books on American History - Electronic versions of print Reference books
- E-Reference Books on World History - Electronic versions of print Reference books
- Gale - provided by MBLC, in partnership with MLS
- Biography (Gale in Context)
- Global Issues (Gale in Context)
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
- U.S. History (Gale in Context)
- World History (Gale in Context)
- Gale OneFiles - provided by MBLC, in partnership with MLS
- Social Law Library - provided by MBLC, in partnership with MLS
(Please contact the Reference Department for login information)
Local Duxbury History:
- Alden House Historic Site
- Comprehensive Plan (1969)
- Mass Memories Road Show: Duxbury Stop
- Duxbury High School Yearbooks
- Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
- Library Archives' Finding Aids
- MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report (1981)
- Open Archives: Digital Collection at Umass Boston
- The Duxbury File
- The Duxbury Room
- Town Reports of Duxbury, Massachusetts (1860 to 2014)
- Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850
- Zoning By-Laws of Duxbury, Massachusetts (1944 to 2012)
American History:
- Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
- American Family Immigration History Center
- American Heritage
- American Memory from the Library of Congress
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Civil War@Smithsonian
- Massachusetts Studies Project
- Multnomah County Library's Homework Center: History
- National Museum of the American Indian
- PBS' A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries
- Plymouth Plantation
- Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
- The New York Times' Looking Back at the Crash of '29
- The September 11 Digital Archive
- USGS' The National Map
- Virginia Military Institute Archives
- Women's Work in the Long 19th Century
- Words and Deeds in American History
World History:
- Ancient History from the BBC
- Annenberg Foundation's Renaissance Exhibits Collection
- Avalon Project at Yale Law School Library
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Hanover Historical Texts Collection
- History in the News: The Middle East
- Internet History Sourcebooks Project
- Medieval Technology Pages
- Remember.org: A People's History of the Holocaust & Genocide
- The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies