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Check out the AHA's newest blog posts, listed below. Or, visit the blog archive to read past posts. Most Recent Posts: 
What We’re Reading: August 28, 2008 Edition
From the Archives: How to Pick a Graduate Program
Committee Considers Revisions to Oral History Guidelines
Advisory Response from the Professional Division
American History in Schools and Colleges: The View from 1944
Grant of the Week: Awards for Study in Scandinavia
What We’re Reading: August 21, 2008 Edition
New Gutenberg-e Titles
Margaret Poulos - Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
Jeri McIntosh - From Heads of Household to Heads of State
Ann Pfau - Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II
Kirsten Rambo - 'Trivial
Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism
in the U.S.
National Coalition for History
August 25
Proposed Wal-Mart Store Endangers Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia
Library of Congress Partnership to Preserve Federal Agency Websites
June 2008 AHR now online
The latest issue is now available online. For full access, members should login here, first.
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Archives Wiki
The AHA's Archives Wiki 
is a clearinghouse of information about archival resources throughout the world. And the wiki format allows all historians to contribute.
History Compass
History Compass is offering free access to AHA members through September. Login to member services to take advantage of this offer.
Directory of History Journals
This Directory provides links to peer-reviewed English-language journals that publish in all fields of history, as an aid to authors seeking a place to publish their research.
History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada
This resource offers a profile of history doctoral programs in the U.S. and Canada, advice for applicants to PhD programs, and a searchable database on dissertations in progress and completed in those programs.