Stephen V O’Rourke‘s source page for conducting research on the internet.
Historical Research
Internet Archives
A great source for free books and magazines in PDF form, video and public domain video
Access to university research papers and articles
Chronicling America
Rare newspapers in high resolution,easy to download as jpegs
World Radio History
PDF library of computer, radio, music and TV publications
Ancestry
Create and research family trees with multiple databases and records
Open Culture
Various arts, including literary and film links and downloads
Popular Culture
Discogs
Discographies of music industry artists, images of LP’s and singles, rarities
Radio survey charts and replicas,with searchable database
Billboard
Online pdf library of the music industry bible, searchable database
Old Maps
Searchable database for vintage world maps etc
Classic TV
!960s TV shows etc
IMBD
Film history, reviews and film credits, trivia
Baseball
Retrosheet
Boxscores and player stats in encyclopedia format, lots of information
Baseball Almanac
Official MLB source for games and players
Player biographies and articles about players and historic games etc
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