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What to look for in a history Web site

High quality history Web sites are often affiliated with one or more of the following:

• Colleges or universities
• Historical societies
• Federal, state or local governments
• Non-profit research centers
• Libraries or archives

The first thing you should try to establish when you look at a Web site is the organization or individual that created it.

Next: Determining the sponsor of a history Web site