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| Resources about Thomas Jefferson 1. McKay Brodie, Fawn. Thomas Jefferson: an Intimate History. W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. Google Books. Web. 23 June 2010. http://books.google.com/books?id=c4VT7_0NbxUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=thomas+jefferson&hl=en&ei=ClIiTIH5BY2hnQeF4rEm&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false. This Google Book gives a detailed account of Thomas Jefferson’s history. It not only reviews his well-known political history but also gives insight to a lesser-known personal history of the US President. I believe this to be a fairly reliable source. The author has appeared to do her research in shedding new light on Jefferson’s biography. 2. “Thomas Jefferson" Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 10 June 2009. <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9106454>. This website is a research database which provides information on various subjects. This article discusses the highlights of former United States President Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence. It includes a brief personal history and major political achievements. This website is credible because it is peer reviewed website and is constantly updating and revising their information. 3. Cunningham, Noble E. Jr. In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson, 1987. 29 June 2010. http://www.history.com/topics/thomas-jefferson This is a website from history.com. The page provides information about Jefferson and his life and how he influence America by being a president himself. The website also includes his educational background. This website is credible, since it has several dates biographies of many people who were a part of History. 4. Malone. Thomas Jefferson: A Brief Biography, 1993. 29 June 2010. http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html This is a website about Thomas Jefferson. It provides information of how he was president and the author of the Declaration of Dependence along with his other successes.This website is credible, since it has factual information about Thomas Jefferson and has been reviewed. 5."Thomas Jefferson." The White House. Www.whitehouse.gov, 2010. Web. 23 June 2010. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/thomasjefferson/>. The website contains information on a variety of topics, including the The White House and all former Presidents. The site gives a brief history of Jefferson including his political history and major lifetime achievements. This is a very credible source because it is maintained and updated by a government agency. 6. Dunn, Susan. Jefferson's Second Revolution: the Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004. Google Books. Web. 23 June 2010.< http://books.google.com/books?id=W5MfcSfA_eUC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=Jefferson's+Second+Revolution+:+The+Election+Crisis+of+1800+and+the+Triumph+of+Republicanism.&source=bl&ots=NHaSwcy79X&sig=y651SLKKEAU7aAaIE4sI_L202oc&hl=en&ei=nVkiTOrSKcyMnQfa3Lwm&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false>. This book is mostly about Thomas Jefferson when he was running for President against John Adams. Federalists first believed that if Jefferson were to be elected, the country's entire government would fail. They feared him and thought he was a very radical thinker, seeing Jefferson as an anti-religion atheist who polluted peoples' thinking. This source appears to be reliable because it is archived in MCC’s research database and comes from a reputable publisher. 7. Le Beau, Bryan F. “Thomas Jefferson.” Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 183:American Travel Writers, 1776-1864. Ed. James Schramer. The Gale Group,1997. This resource was helpful because it outlined the biography of Thomas Jefferson. This author is important because he was a major figure in American politics and the Enlightenment came through in his political and philosophical beliefs. The article talked about how his Enlightenment era thinking shaped the way he felt the United States should grow. This website is credible because it came from the MCC library database. |  "Thomas Jefferson." Artinthepicture.com. 29 June 2010. Text by Thomas Jefferson |
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| gunmacht | Resource 4 | 0 | Jun 30 2009, 11:56 PM EDT by gunmacht | ||
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This is a great source. It has 21 pages on Thomas Jefferson including his life history and many images. I think you could find anything you wanted to know about Thomas Jefferson on this site.
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| Sarah.Looney | Resource #2 | 0 | Jun 30 2009, 3:38 PM EDT by Sarah.Looney | ||
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Although the MSN Encarta isn’t necessarily scholarly, I found this information to be very helpful in learning about who Thomas Jefferson was. It listed important facts about his life, his family and also his career, which helped to get a very well rounded view of who he was. |
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| goemanjt | Resource posting #2 | 0 | Jun 30 2009, 3:16 PM EDT by goemanjt | ||
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Having researched Thomas Jefferson as one of my own authors this is clearly a very credible resource providing over 12 pages of information on the life of thomas jefferson and describing what his life and writings were like. This resource better helps me understand his life and works. He is famous for authoring the declaration of independence. It betters helps me understand the thought o the age of enlightenment.
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