Social Studies

Case Study | Digital Resource Centers | Instructional Resources | Web Resources

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Digital Resource Centers

Digital Resource Centers (DRC) are Internet based academic collections that include the following elements.

• The resources have the potential of transforming university teaching and learning.
• The resources can stand the test of peer review.
• Each center has a connection to K-12 education.
• The products are relevant for K-12 education.

Social-studies-related DRC's have a broad range of applications in college and university education programs and in K-12 classrooms. This site will explore some of these education related uses. Each of links below lead to information about that specific DRC and an instructional idea for using the resources within the respective center.

American Memory

Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities

Center for History and New Media

Center for International Earth Sciences Information Network

Digital Media Center

Documenting the American South

Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia

Geospatial and Statistical Data Center

Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities

Lewis H. Beck Center for Electronic Collections & Services

New York Public Library: Digital Library Collection

Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image

Virginia Center for Digital History