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Where can I download music for Documentaries?
While music is an important part to any documentary, it can be difficult to find free (and legal) music to download. Here are a few sites which have public domain music and sounds that you can download for free. Public Domain Music Musopen allows you to download public domain music. You can browse their collection by…
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Where can I upload a Video?
Documentaries can be uploaded and shared from a number of different sites. While YouTube is the most popular, several other options are listed below. Uploading Video TeacherTubeallows users to upload videos, documents, and photos for free. A FAQ is available here. Vimeo is a video upload site with free basic accounts and a subscription option.…
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How can I edit the audio for Documentaries?
A key part of any documentary is the audio component. While there are lots of programs available , the House Divided project uses the two listed below. If you look for and download other free editing programs, be careful during the installation process to avoid adding any extra programs or services. While this free audio converter is easy…
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How can I create Documentaries?
Documentaries can be a great multimedia project on a variety of subjects. There are a number of free programs available that make it relatively easy to put a video together, several of which are listed below. House Divided has created several documentaries that are online at YouTube. Programs for Creating Documentaries is a free program from…
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How Can I Use Internet Text Archives (Internet Archive)?
The Texts section of the Internet Archive is a great resource for primary sources as they provide free access to books in the public domain that would not be in most library collections. This non-profit organization has partnered with a number of institutions, including Duke University Libraries, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries,…
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How Can I Use Internet Text Archives (Google Books)?
Google Books is a great resource for primary sources as they provide free access to books in the public domain that would not be in most library collections. Google has partnered with a number of university libraries, including Columbia, Harvard, and Oxford, to scan books in their collections. While some tips are listed below, you…
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What are Clippings in Nineteenth-Century Newspapers?
Few Nineteenth Century newspaper editors, particularly in the decades before the Civil War, had the resources to hire lots of reporters to cover stories in their own cities or other states. While newspapers included editorials and reports written by their own staff in every issue, many also published content from other papers. As you read…
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Any Suggestions for Reading Nineteenth-Century Newspapers?
Today the New York Times states that “[their] goal is to cover the news impartially and to treat readers, news sources, advertisers and all parts of our society fairly and openly.” Newspapers in the 19th Century, however, had far different objectives. buy generic levitra online uk As one reads newspaper articles posted in House Divided, it is…
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New Online Grad Course –Understanding Lincoln
The House Divided Project at Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are doing something unprecedented. They are launching an open,online graduate course called “Understanding Lincoln” that will be taught by noted Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker in Summer / Fall 2013 and available for anybody who wants to learn more about Abraham…
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Are larger versions of Images available on House Divided?
Are larger versions of Images available on House Divided? Most images in House Divided’s collection have larger versions available. To check if a larger version exists, go to an image record and scroll to the bottom of the page. Look for the word “Original” and click on it to see the larger version. …