Selected Web Resources

Evaluating Web Sites

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Yes? No? Why?

Web Evaluation ABCs:

Authority: Is the website from an authoritative source? Check "About Us."

Bias: Is the website trying to sell you goods or an idea?

Currency: Is the information current?

Events in the West
From the PBS 1996 "The West" series: interactive timeline charts with short entries.
Early California History: an overview
From the "California as I saw it" (Library of Congress - American Memory)

California Ethnic Minorites
Sourisseau Academy for California State and Local History. This is a compilation of papers presented at a symposium held in 1978.

African Americans in California
Bibliographies, a historical narrative of African Americans in California, and a chronological story of the influence of African Americans in California.

Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Digital Archive
From U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library

Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
To "help people more fully recognize and appreciate the accomplishments and contributions of California's varied communities," the California Office of Historic Preservation recruited experts to write narrative histories and identify one hundred recorded historic property sites for each of five ethnic minorities in California: California Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans. Especially useful are the lists of historic sites, some with photographs and links to more detailed reports.

Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project

Japanese American Digitization Project

California Historical Society