FCPL Curated Content: Fairfax County History: Virginia Resources

Good Starting Points for Research on Virginia

Encyclopedia Virginia
"A valuable tool for exploring the people, history, government, economy and culture of Virginia." From the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Index to Virginia Cavalcade Magazine
A subject and author index to The Cavalcade, a magazine of Virginia history and culture published by the Library of Virginia from 1951 to 2002. Virginia Cavalcade's brief, yet authoritative, articles depict Virginia history from the age of exploration to the mid-20th century. Useful for students. Reference and circulating copies of the magazine are available in the Virginia Room.
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia's digital collection includes resources such as maps, newspapers, and photographs. Their Document Bank of Virginia (DBVa) provides primary documents useful for the study of history.

Your FCPL library card gives you access to this resource even when you are not at a branch location.

Profiles of Virginia
Profiles of Virginia is designed to provide just the right data and insight into the makeup of the state of Virginia. It provides the details and demographic information that researchers or grant writers need and can also act as curriculum support for high school and college research papers. This data provides critical information that can mean success in projects whether in community or government grants and funding or political science, sociology, history, civics and current events.