History

(with links for Geography & Classics)

This page offers links to valuable historical research resources of all periods and regions.  If you would like further assistance, please feel free to contact David J. Duncan at 978-5077.  Thanks for your interest! 

General/World

• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
• Brodman, James. History Library Links Page. A good starting point for many searches. (U. Central Arkansas)
• The Cartographic Images Page
• County Studies/Area Handbooks
• Eurodocs. (BYU)
• Google Directory: History
• Halsall, Paul. The Internet History Sourcebook Project. For more specific topics, one might refer to his  Jewish, Women's and Global History Sourcebooks as well. (Fordham U.)
• Her Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO): Official Documents
• The Historical Text Archive
• H-Net (Michigan State University): Key place for reviews, academic listservs, and other information
• Hooker, Richard. World Cultures (Washington State University).
• International Institute of Social History (IISH)
• IHR-Info. History
• Lindquist, Thea.  WESS SSH-Web: History (ACRL)
• Organization of American Historians. History Links
• ViVA Women's History Bibliography (1975-2000)
• Voice of the Shuttle: History. (U. California-Santa Barbara).  Very comprehensive site on all eras and regions of world history.
• WESS: Western European Subject Specialists (ALA). Scroll down to "WESSLinks" and look at list of links there.
• World History
• World History Compass.
• WSSLINKS: Women's History Sites. (Oregon St.)
• WWW-VL: History (U. Kansas)

Ancient World (for information on literature, see Classics below)

• Alcove 9: Classical and Medieval History (Library of Congress)
• Ancient Near East.Net: Resources
• Classical Maps
• De Imperatoribus Romanis. An Online Encyclopedia pertaining to the Roman Empire.
• DIOTIMA: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
• Encyclopedia of the Celts
• École Française d'Athènes
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures (U. Evansville)
• Google Directory: Ancient History
• Halsall, Paul. Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)
• Hooker, Richard. World Cultures: Mesopotamia (Washington State University)
• Landor, Blake.  WESSWeb: Classics Studies Web (ACRL)
• The Late Antiquity Multi-Campus Research Group (UCLA)
• The On-Line Medieval and Classical Library (U. California-Berkeley)
• Perseus Project (Tufts U.)
• Pompeii Forum Project. (U. Virginia)
• Prosopographia Imperii Romani
• Roman Military Sites in Britain
• Theban Mapping Project
• World History Compass: Ancient Near East.
• Worlds of Late Antiquity (U. Penn)

Africa

• Africa Research Center: A Clearing House of African Primary Sources
• Africa-South of the Sahara (Stanford University)
• Google Directory: African History
• Halsall, Paul. The Internet African History Sourcebook. (Fordham U.)
• Hooker, Richard. World Cultures:  Africa (Washington State University).
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library)
• WWW Virtual Library: African Studies. (Columbia University)

Asia

• An Abridged History of Central Asia
• Asian Resources on the Web (U. Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)
• Doll, Vickie Fu.  Internet Resources--Japanese History (East Asia Library, U. Kansas)
• Encyclopedia of the Orient
• Google Directory: Asian History
• Halsall, Paul. The Internet East Asian History Sourcebook and The Internet Indian History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)
• Hooker, Richard. World Cultures: China and Japan (Washington State University)
• Internet Resources on Korea (U. Hawaii)
• Lal, Vinay. Manas: India and Its Neighbors (UCLA)
• Pacific and Asian History (Research School of the Pacific/Australian National University)
• UT-ASNIC. A comprehensive directory of sites on Asian countries.
• World History Compass: Asian History
• WWW Virtual Library: Asian Studies
• WWW Virtual Library: China
• WWW Virtual Library: Southeast Asia
• WWW Virtual Library: Vietnam

Middle East

• Ancient and Medieval Middle East (Columbia University)
• ArabNet
• Google Directory: Middle Eastern History
• Halsall, Paul. The Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)
• Islamic Gateway Resource Center: History
• MENA: History Resources
• MidEastWeb--Historical Documents
• The Ottoman History Resource Index
• UT-MENIC. A comprehensive list of links pertaining to countries in the Middle East.

Medieval Europe

• Alcove 9: Classical and Medieval History (Library of Congress)
• Ball, Cathy. Old English Pages.
• Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet (Fordham U.)
• Eurodocs: United Kingdom Primary Documents (BYU)
• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
• Google Directory: Medieval History
• Halsall, Paul.  The Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham U.)
• International Directory
• Izbicki, Thomas.  WESSWeb: Medieval and Renaissance Web (ACRL)
• Labyrinth: A World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies (Georgetown)
• LIBRO: The Library of Iberian Resources Online (U. Central Arkansas)
• Mediaevum.de  (English Version)
• Monastic Matrix 
• NetSERF (Catholic U.)
• The Normans, A European People (English Version)
• ORB - Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
• Primary Sources for Medieval Studies (U. Cork)
• Richard III Society's Online Library
• WWW Virtual Library: Medieval European History (Michigan State U.)

Early Modern/Modern Europe

• American and British History Resources on the Internet (Rutgers University)
• Berlinische Monatsschrift a German periodical of the Enlightenment (1783-1811)
• Bytwerk, Randall. German Propaganda Archive (Calvin College)
• Eighteenth-Century Resources (Rutgers U.)
• EuroDocs: primary historical documents from Western Europe (BYU)
• Halsall, Paul. The Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham U.)
• IBIS Links: A Clearing House for British and Irish Resources Online (U. Southern California)
• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
• Nineteenth Century Documents
• Protestant Reformation (Hanover)
• Reformation Guide 
• The Victorian Web

Russia/Eastern Europe

• ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia
• REESWeb: Russia and Eastern Europe: History Site. (U. Pittsburgh)
• UT-REENIC. Comprehensive list of sites on Russia and Eastern Europe.
• Yale Russian Archive Project (Yale University)

North America

• AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History (U. Kansas)

• American and British History Resources on the Internet (Rutgers U.)
• American Studies Cultural Maps
• Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
• Canadiana: The Canadian Resource Page
• Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (U. Southern Mississippi)
• The Constitution of the United States of America
• Documenting the American South (U. North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
• Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
• Early Canadiana Online
• From Revolution to Reconstruction
• Google Directory: Canadian History
• Google Directory: United States History
• The Handbook of Texas Online
• Hooker, Richard. World Cultures: Native Americans (Washington State University)
• Jewish-American History on the Web.
• Kansas State Historical Society
• Korean War Sources (Truman and Eisenhower Libraries)
• Library of Congress: American Memory
• The Making of America Project (Cornell)
• National Archives of Canada
• NativeWeb
• The Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 (Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc.)
• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS.org)
• The Sixties Project and the Viet Nam Generation, Inc. (U. Virginia)
• Truman-McArthur Meeting on Wake Island (Truman Library)
• U. S. Historical Documents (U. Oklahoma)
• WWW Virtual Library:  Canada
• WWW Virtual Library: US History.

Latin America

• Castro Speech Databases
• Historical Text Archive: Latin America
• Historical Text Archive: Mexican-American War
• Internet Resources for Latin America (New Mexico State University). Part 1.2: Internet Directories & Indexes is a detailed list of sites.
• Latin World
• Library of Congress HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
• Monroe Doctrine (Yale U.)
• UT-LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center (Also known as the WWW Virtual Library-Latin America)
• World History Compass: Latin America
• WWW Virtual Library:  Argentina
• WWW Virtual Library:  Belize
• WWW Virtual Library:  Bolivia
• WWW Virtual Library:  Chile
• WWW Virtual Library:  Colombia
• WWW Virtual Library:  Costa Rica
• WWW Virtual Library:  Cuba
• WWW Virtual Library:  Ecuador
• WWW Virtual Library:  El Salvador
• WWW Virtual Library:  Guatemala
• WWW Virtual Library:  Haiti
• WWW Virtual Library:  Honduras
• WWW Virtual Library:  Mexico
• WWW Virtual Library:  Nicaragua
• WWW Virtual Library:  Panama
• WWW Virtual Library:  Paraguay
• WWW Virtual Library:  Peru
• WWW Virtual Library:  Puerto Rico
• WWW Virtual Library:  Uruguay
• WWW Virtual Library:  Venezuela

Geography

• American Geophysical Union
• Atlas of Canada (English Version)
• Byrd Polar Research Center (Ohio State University)
• Geographical Resources: Starting Points (U. Colorado-Boulder)
• Google Directory: Geography
• Mapping Canada (Canadian Geographic)
• National Geographic
• U.S. Gazetteer
• Yahoo: Web Directories for Geography

Classics (for information on historical resources, go to Ancient History above)

• American Classical League
• Classics Resource Pages on the Internet (Illinois St.)
• Classics Subject Guide (U. Alberta)
• The Internet Classics Archive
• TOCS-IN Table of Contents of Some Classical Journals

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Updated: April 24, 2008    Contact: David J. Duncan