Studying in Washington, DC, offers graduate students matchless opportunities for library and archival research. The National Archives, Library of Congress, and other facilities in the Washington, DC area provide the richest base of archival sources and published works in the United States.

The links listed below are just the beginning of research opportunities accessible to history professionals, students, and the Public History:

Libraries

Folger Library

Library of Congress Main Catalog

National Library of Medicine

Washington Research Library Consortium

Archives/Museums

DC History Center

Library of Congress

Martin Luther King Memorial Library Washingtonia Collection

National Archives Main Page

National Archives Research Room

National Building Museum

National Gallery of Art

National Museum of American History

National Park Service

National Postal Museum

National Security Archive

Naval Historical Center

Smithsonian Institution Main Page

United States Congress on the Internet

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

United States Senate Historical Office

Woodrow Wilson Center Cold War International History Project

Other Area Organizations

American Historical Association

Brookings Institution

Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

History Associates Incorporated

United States Census Bureau

The Washington Post

National Endowment for the Humanities