Internet Resources for History Research

General:

INDEX OF RESOURCES FOR HISTORIANS
This site, maintained by the University of Texas, offers over 1700 connections to www sites arranged alphabetically by subjects and names. http://www.ukans.edu/history
H-NET (for a list of the best discussion groups)
H-Net, an organization affiliated with the American Historical Association, coordinates many of the listservs (discussion groups) related to history. Connect to this site to get a list of listserv names and subscription information, as well as book reviews, conference announcements, and grant opportunities. http://h-net.msu.edu/lists/
YAHOO'S RESOURCE LIST ON HISTORY
Yahoo is a site where internet resources are organized by subject. Connect to the history section to access links to hundreds of history resources. http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History
INCORE REGIONAL INTERNET GUIDES
Incore Internet guides focus on providing scholarly information on ethnic conflicts in selected countries, including, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Algeria, Rwanda, Albania, and Russia. http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
WEBCHRON: HISTORICAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL CHRONOLOGIES
Includes a series of linked chronologies depicting world, regional, and cross-cultural history. http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/

Organizations and Associations

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS
http://www.indiana.edu/~oah/index.html
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
http://www.theaha.org
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY
http://www.iisg.nl/

Historical Documents and Primary Sources

For primary sources related specifically to US History, see the section on American History.

AVALON PROJECT
From the Yale Law School, a collection of digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy, and Government. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
REPOSITORIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES
From this site you can connect to archives and special collections throughout the world. http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVES
Points to original historical texts and secondary research materials for the study of the history of all regions and time periods. http://historicaltextarchive.com
INTERNET HISTORY SOURCEBOOKS PROJECT
"Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts," covering Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

American History

MAKING OF AMERICA
The "Making of America" is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.  It includes approximately 16,000 books and 50,000 journal articles published in the 19th century, searchable by subject. http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/
AMERICAN MEMORY
Library of Congress* historical collections of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history. Includes manuscript, photographic, audio and motion picture collections. Ex. typescript interviews from Federal Writers* Folklore Project. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.htm
AMERICAN AND BRITISH HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
Megasite listing several hundred history-related Internet resources organized by subject. http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
AMERICAN STUDIES WEB
Covers all aspects of American culture and history. http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
DOCUMENTS FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Growing list of U.S. historical documents, from the seventeenth century to 1993. http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
ARCHIVING EARLY AMERICA
Historic Documents from 18th century America http://earlyamerica.com
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG ALMANACK
Web site on all aspects of colonial living. http://www.history.org/history
LINCOLN NET (Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project)
Presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches. http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/
FROM REVOLUTION TO RECONSTRUCTION
A hypertext document on American history from the colonial period until modern times. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
"This site explores the political and military aspects of the Mexican American War." Includes many primary source documents. http://sunsite.unam.mx/revistas/1847/
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOME PAGE
This excellent site offers links to diaries, letters, battle descriptions, timelines, bibliographies, and graphics related to the Civil War. http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
THE US CIVIL WAR CENTER
This site organizes into categories virtually all the web sites on the Civil War (2,000 links!) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR:  RESOURCES ON THE NET
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW:  LIVING THE CIVIL WAR IN PENNSYLVANIA
Hypermedia project. Includes primary sources (diaries, newspaper articles, maps) http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow/vshadow2.html
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MOSAIC
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black history and culture http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
SLAVE NARRATIVES
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm
WORLD WAR I:  TRENCHES ON THE WEB
http://www.worldwar1.com
NEW DEAL NETWORK
A research and teaching resource devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal http://newdeal.feri.org/
COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT
http://cwihp.si.edu/
THE SIXTIES PROJECT AND VIET NAM GENERATION, INC.
Well organized site providing primary and secondary sources on the sixties, as well as teaching materials.  Searchable by keywords. http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/
THE WARS FOR VIET NAM, 1945-1975
http://vietnam.vassar.edu
THE PAPERS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
A guide to the correspondence of Washington.  Include some samples from the book series. http://www.virginia.edu/~gwpapers/
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES
Try one of these two sites to find inaugural addresses, annual State of the Union Messages, and other presidential documents. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

LABYRINTH :  RESOURCES FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES
Major Clearinghouse for medieval resources on the Internet http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE:  PRIMARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/medren.html
MEDIEVAL FEMINIST INDEX:  SCHOLARSHIP ON WOMEN, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER
This index, created by the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship, includes citations to journal articles, book reviews, and book essays about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
NETSERF:  THE INTERNET CONNECTION FOR MEDIEVAL RESOURCES
This site organizes medieval resources available on the Internet into various categories. http://www.netserf.org
ORB--ONLINE REFERENCE BOOK FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES
This site, developed by scholars in the field of Medieval Studies and intended as a textbook and a teaching resource, includes a collection of refereed articles, an index to primary documents available online, as well as course syllabi and teaching materials. http://orb.rhodes.edu/

Ancient History

PERSEUS PROJECT
From Tufts University, the PERSEUS Project is a "digital library on ancient Greece".  Includes primary and secondary sources, as well as a search engine. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
ARGOS:  LIMITED AREAS SEARCH OF THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INTERNET
This peer-reviewed searchable web site provides access to most of the information available on the web on ancient cultures. http://argos.evansville.edu/
BYZANTIUM:  BYZANTINE STUDIES ON THE INTERNET
Specialized site including Internet links, collection of images, and teaching resources. http://www.bway.net/~halsall/byzantium.html
DIOTIMA:  MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN AND GENDER IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
EXPLORING ANCIENT WORLD CULTURES:  an introduction to ancient world    cultures on the World Wide Web
One of the richer sites dealing with Antiquity! http://eawc.evansville.edu/
THE PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE AEGEAN
Comprehensive web site on prehistoric Greece down to the collapse of Mycenaean civilization.  Includes a huge collection of images. http://devlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/

Western Europe

EURODOCS:  PRIMARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS FROM WESTERN EUROPE
List of primary sources for European history organized by country. http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
WESSWEB:WESTERN EUROPEAN SPECIALISTS SECTION
This site intends to provide Western European specialists with web sites useful for their work.  Designed by librarians, it is  obviously very well organized! http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/
COLUMBUS AND THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
Approximately 1000 full text articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers, relating to various encounter themes. http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/
THE VICTORIAN WEB
A "virtual undergraduate course in Victorian studies", this site includes essays, excerpts from primary sources, time lines, bibliographies, and images. http://65.107.211.206/victov.html
AMERICAN AND BRITISH HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
Megasite listing several hundred history-related Internet resources organized by subject. http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
IRISH HISTORY ON THE WEB
http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/irehist.html
MEDICI ARCHIVE
http://www.medici.org/
COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT
http://cwihp.si.edu/
INTERNET MODERN HISTORY SOURCEBOOK
Collection of links to documents and Internet sites relevant to an undergraduate cours in Modern European History. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Military History

MEL MILITARY HISTORY RESOURCES (Michigan Electronic Library)
http://www.mel.lib.mi.us/humanities/history/HIST-military.html
CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
Site devoted to the history of the American Army and its operations. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/
WORLD WAR I: TRENCHES ON THE WEB
http://www.worldwar1.com/
WORLD WAR II RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/inet/subj/history/wwii/

Asia and Oceania

ASIAN STUDIES WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARIES
Subject-oriented scholarly guide to Internet resources in Asian studies.  Very rich content. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
SARAI:  SOUTH ASIA RESOURCE ACCESS ON THE INTERNET
(from Columbia University) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/
THE WARS FOR VIET NAM, 1945-1975
This site offers primary and secondary sources, as well as bibliographies. http://www.vassar.edu/vietnam/index.html
VIETNAM WAR
http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Vietnam/vietnam.html

Africa

AFRICAN STUDIES WWW (U.Penn)
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA: SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES
This site, from Stanford University Libraries, offers subject access to information on the continent organized in 35 categories covering all major academic and cultural fields, including history. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

Central and Eastern Europe

RUSSIA AND EAST EUROPEAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER
Well organized site providing information on 28 countries http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic.html
RUSSIA TODAY
Daily news from wire services and local sources on Russia, the Baltics, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. http://www.russiatoday.com/

Latin American and the Caribbean

LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (LANIC)
Provides access to Internet sources for academic information about Latin America.    Includes a country index and a subject one. http://lanic.utexas.edu/
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS' HANDBOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES ONLINE
Online version of a standard resource for research in Latin American Studies. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/

Middle East and North Africa

THE MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE
This site is a wonderful index to electronic resources covering the Middle East and North Africa.  Most of the web links are annotated. http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jwr9311/MENA.html
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MIDDLE EAST NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER
Excellent site organizing web sites in 8 categories, and searchable by country. http://menic.utexas.edu/mes.html
MIDDLE EAST INFORMATION NETWORK
Maintained by a non-profit, non-partisan group, this web site offers links to the best of the Middle East Web sites. http://www.mideastinfo.com

California History

OH CALIFORNIA!
Annotated list of web sites related to California history, geography, culture, and current events. http://home.pacbell.net/theyer/california.html
GOLD RUSH SESQUICENTENNIAL
"A four part series on the Gold Rush presented by the Sacramento Bee." Includes information on the era people, places, and events, with profiles of California's pioneers, audio clips, and recommended readings. http://www.sacbee.com/goldrush/
CALIFORNIA MILITARY MUSEUM
Includes information about military history in California (Mexican War, Civil War, Indian Wars, etc.) http://www.militarymuseum.org/History.html
CALIFORNIA AS I SAW IT
This web site, subtitled "First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900", is part of the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.   It "consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative ear of California's history through eyewitness accounts." http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
PONY EXPRESS
Web Site "dedicated to the Pony Express riders who carried the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.  This short-lived service (April 1860-to November 1861) is part of the legend of the American West." http://www.xphomestation.com

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