Digital Resource Centers (DRCs) are Internet-based academic collections that include the following elements (CTTE, 2000).

  • 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.

The majority of digital history resource centers house archives of primary source materials, ranging from letters, diaries, newspaper articles, public records, images, as well as audio and video files. In addition, a variety of other sources of information, such as historical weather data, sports statistics and census data, can be leveraged as information for historical inquiry.

Some well-known DRCs:

Center for Technology and Teacher Educaton <http://www.teacherlink.org/content/social/digresources/>.