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  • Massachusetts - A Review of the History, Government, and Symbols of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • United States - An overview of the history and geography of the United States, a site developed by the U.S. Department of State.
  • 50State.com - facts and information about the 50 U.S. states and our commonwealths and territories.
  • Country Studies from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, covers 92 countries, describing and anlyzing political, economic, historical, social, cultural, and other factors. Search by a particular country or browse the country list.
  • History Channel - enter a date and see what happened that day in history, or search for other topics.

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         The Library also provides reference over the telephone 617-536-5400 and electronically.

    Additional Internet links/pathfinders for this subject:
  • Librarian's Index to the Internet - Click on the heading "History"
  • Internet Public Library- Chose a history category.
  • About.com - In search box, type "History"
  • Refdesk.com - History


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