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Reading Lists

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Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

Access over 100,000 documents related to the study of the Presidency from George Washington onwards - includes speeches and foreign policy documents.


Access photos, videos and documents related to the Obama presidency


The [Bill] Clinton Digital Library is a virtual research room and digital repository that provides free and open access to the digitized collections of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum to everyone, anywhere in the world


Accessed archived websites, social media and other material related to the Trump presidency on a site administered by the US National Archives and Records Administration


A rich range of resources related to FDR.


Access information and detailed documents related to this President


Access information and detailed documents related to this President


This site gives you access to most of President Truman's public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks.


Access sound and video clips, together with photos and documents related to JFK (type archive in the search box to get a link to the Digital Archives)


Access photos and documents related to LBJ


This selection from the American Presidency Project gives you the text of the primary sources needed for studying Eisenhower's Presidency.


Gives access to documents and photos from 1991 onwards.


A key site for this President which includes an essay on foreign affairs.

 

Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

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