| Web Site Review | The Journal of American History, 90.4

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to JAH online. About 233 words from this article are provided below; about 407 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the Organization of American Historians, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a member of the Organization of American Historians, you can:: • Join the OAH and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the Journal of American History.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two-hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of American History (86.1-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the Journal of American History.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Web Site Review | The Journal of American History, 90.4 | The History Cooperative

Web Site Review

Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson <http://www.monticello.org>. Created and maintained by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Reviewed July 2003.

When Jefferson scholars play parlor games, they ask each other which Thomas Jefferson would have used, Windows or Mac? Mac, they usually reply, without hesitation. How appropriate, then, that the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the organization that owns and operates Monticello, would maintain an attractive, user-friendly Web site. The primary audience for the Monticello site is the vast public that is interested in the nation's most famous founding father. The site easily guides visitors to the information that most of them, one expects, seek: a brief biography and time-line; a sympathetic, multipage excursion through "A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson" that functions as a virtual tour of Monticello; and educational resources for teachers and students. (Students are invited to write or e-mail—by a convenient link—"Mr. Jefferson," and a member of the education staff, writing as Jefferson, will reply.) The site makes good use of available technology, offering, for example, virtual reality panoramas of all the public rooms in the house (including the "Indian hall," which has been re-created to commemorate the Lewis and Clark journey) and lectures, some by academic historians, in streaming media. Although scholars may not find these sections of the site particularly useful for their research, they effectively serve the purposes for which they were designed.

. . .

There are about 407 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.