LibGuides: History: Find Websites

General Directories to History Resources

World Wide Web Virtual Library - History
Contains information on research methods, time periods, and historical topics. In addition, links are included for countries and regions.
Voice of the Shuttle - History
Resources are sorted by category, type, and geographic region (e.g. Military history, African history, conferences, etc.).
Internet Archive
Collects Internet history in the form of web pages, books, television programs, live concert recordings, etc.
History: North America (Rutgers University)
Lists several hundred history-related resources organized by type and subject.
History: British Isles (Rutgers University)
Lists several hundred history-related resources organized by type and subject.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Primary Resources

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank
Database of over 5,000 speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, and interviews.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Collection of documents pertaining to law, history, and diplomacy, organized by time period, topic, authors, and titles.
Documenting the American South
Primary sources from the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill including a collection of books, pamphlets, and personal narratives.
Eurodocs
Primary sources from Western Europe, organized by geography.
Harvard University Library Digital Collections
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millenium
From the Library of Congress; provides cartoons and commentary on the context.
Historical Maps
From the University of Texas Perry-Castaneda library Map Collection, maps organized by region.
History and Politics Out Loud
An archive of audio files related to U.S. political history, particularly from 1960-1979.
History Channel Speech and Audio Archive
Browse by subject or author for over 500 speeches. Presented in video format.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
A collection of texts and links edited by Paul Halsall at Fordham University.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
A database containing full text documents, spoken word and sound recordings, still and moving images, maps, and sheet music as a digital record of American history and creativity. From the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.
Making of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Includes the text of over 8.000 books and 50,000 journals.
National Archives and Records Administration
NARA is the official depository for U.S. government materials. From this site, you can access digitized copies of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other important documents.
Nebraska Public Documents
The intent of the project is to provide access to state government agency reports from 1891 through 1956.
NYPL Digital Library
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 550,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
NYPL Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection
Picture Collection Online presents more than 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
Primary Sources on the Web: Finding, Evaluating and Using
A guide to finding, evaluating, and citing primary sources on the Web, from the Reference and User Services section of the American Library Association.
September 11 Digital Archive
An example of a project documenting recent history for the record.
Valley of the Shadow
An outstanding collection of primary sources from two communities in Virginia and Pennsylvania, from 1859 through the Reconstruction. A fascinating use of the Internet for historical research.
Vietnam Project
A major collection of materials, much of it available through the Web, from Texas Tech University.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

U.S. History

Discovering American Women's History Online
Contains a subject index, state and regional sources, and links to digital collections of primary sources.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
An online version of the print reference that includes images, maps, and more, prepared under the auspices of the Chicago Historical Historical Society, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University.
France in America = La France en Amerique
A bilingual digital library that explores the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century. From the Library of Congress. Digitized books, maps, prints, and other documents illuminate the role played by France in the exploration and settlement of the continent. The site also explores France's participation in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the Louisiana Purchase.
WWW Virtual Library: United States History
A well-maintained selective guide to quality Web sites.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

World History

ABZU: A Guide to Information Related to the Study of an Ancient Near East on the Web
Ancient Near East resources from a consortium of ancient studies institutes and associations.
Africa South of the Sahara
Maintained by Karen Fung for the African Studies Association. Selected, annotated sites arranged by country and topic, with sources for current news from Africa.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Resources on the study of women and gender in the ancient world.
Labyrinth
Resources for medieval studies from Georgetown University.
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center
1992-2007
From the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. Provides over 12,000 links to quality Web resources for Latin America, arranged by country or by topic, such as economy, education, and government.
Luminarium
A collection of primary and secondary sources on medieval, renaissance, and 17th century Europe.
NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World
1994-2007
A rich site for information on native peoples, particularly strong for Native North American, but global in scope; includes cultural, historical, educational, and current affairs information.

*Descriptions for websites are from the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Books on Internet Research

The following have been placed on Reserve at the Circulation desk for all history courses:

The Information-Literate Historian by Jenny L. Presnell
Call Number: RESV JARV 02
ISBN: 9780190851491
Publication Date: 2018-05-31

Jayne Germer

She, her, hers

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