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Internet Researcher:
A Guide to History Resources
This page is designed to help you find Internet resources in history.
Its purpose is to serve as a starting point -- a guide to selected resources
-- rather than a comprehensive list. Commercial sites are excluded.
General History Sources
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American Historical Association Website
- The AHA annual meeting schedule, meeting announcements, a condensed
version of the Directory of History Departments and Organizations and
more are available on this site.
[http://www.theaha.org/]
- History Cooperative
- This site comes from the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians and two publishers. It provides electronic versions of print journals to which your library subscribes.
[http://historycooperative.org]
- History Matters
- This site is designed for History teachers and their students. It offers teaching materials, guides for analyzing historical evidence and first-person primary documents dealing with U.S. history. The site is maintained by George Mason University and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
[http://historymatters.gmu.edu]
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United States History Sources
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American Civil War Homepage
- This University of Tennessee site is a good starting point for research
on the Civil War. It lists links to other sites on the Civil War, including
documents such as the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address
and the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
[http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/]
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American Memory
- This site contains digitized reproductions of material from the Library of Congress's American history collections.
[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem]
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Anti-Imperialism in the United
States, 1898-1935.
- Includes links to the full text of articles, books, book chapters,
essays and speeches. Created by author and editor Jim Zwick (check his
credentials by clicking the "The Editor" button on the bottom
of the page).
[http://www.boondocksnet.com/ail98-35.html]
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Civil
War Resources on the Internet: Abolitionism to Reconstruction
- This site is part of the American and British history homepage at
Rutgers University. It lists a variety of resources, including maps,
online exhibits, excerpts from slave narratives and links to other useful
sites.
[http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/civwar.shtml]
- National Archives and Records Administration
- This site provides general information about the National Archives and Records Administration, as well as information about the collections. These collections include current government information, the JFK Assassination Records and a database of the American West.
[http://www.nara.gov/]
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The United States Civil War Center
- The United States Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
combines scholarly pursuits with projects and programs designed to enhance
the general public's perception of the Civil War. Provides links to
Civil War booksellers, documents, events, historical sites, maps and
other resources.
[http://www.cwc.lsu.edu]
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Latin American History Sources
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Latin American Library --
Tulane University
- Tulane's Latin American Library, established in 1924, is one of the
world's foremost collections of source materials for scholars of Latin
America. The collection is considered one of the most comprehensive
of its kind, and includes materials from the pre-Conquest to the present
day. This site provides a list of manuscript collections available,
along with a brief description of the contents.
[http://www.tulane.edu/~latinlib/lalhome.html]
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Latin American
Resources -- Mississippi State University
- This site provides links to historical and current information on
Latin American countries. It is maintained by a professor, although
it is no longer on the university's website.
[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/latin/latam.html]
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European History Sources
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Eighteenth Century Resources
on the Net
- Not restricted to historical topics, this Rutgers site deals with
every aspect of eighteenth century study. The section on history includes
links to full text documents and other interesting webpages.
[http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/]
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EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents
from Western Europe
- This Brigham Young University site provides links to Western European
historical documents. Documents are arranged by country.
[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/]
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German
History
- This site is part of the WWW Virtual
Library project (click on "About This Network" for more
details). Resources are arranged by era.
[http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p1ges/heidelberg/gh/gh.html]
- History Guide
- This site is maintained by the Bavarian State Library, Munich and Clio-online. It is a very rich source for websites based in Europe that deal with European history.
[http://www.historyguide.de]
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Marxism Page
- This Australian National University site provides the full text of
The Communist Manifesto, and other Marxist classics by
Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky. Links are provided to contemporary
Marxist material.
[http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/marx.html]
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The Tyburn Tree -- Public Execution
in Early Modern England
- Provides full text of documents and dying speeches, as well as a collection
of images. A bibliography on the subject also is included.
[http://www.evergreen.loyola.edu/~cmitchell]
- Victorian Web
- This site is maintained by the National University of Singapore. Nicely organized, it covers all aspects of life in Victorian England.
[www.victorianweb.org]
- World War I Document Archive
- This archive of primary documents from World War I is hosted by Brigham Young University Library.
[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi]
- World War II Links on the Internet
- This site, from the University of San Diego, offers annotated links to related World War II websites.
[http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/ww2_links.html]
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Treaties on the Web
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The Multilaterals Project
- This Tufts University site contains texts of international multilateral
conventions. A majority of texts date from the second half of this century,
but a few older documents are provided, including the Treaty of Westphalia.
[http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html]
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U.S. House of Representatives
Internet Law Library--Treaties and International Law
- Provides over 1,600 links to treaties and international law sources
on the Internet.
[http://www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/89.htm]
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Internet Discussion Groups
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The H-Net's Electronic Discussion Lists
- An edited directory of discussion lists for the humanities and social
sciences. Probably the best place for historians to begin. Tells how
to subscribe.
[http://h-net2.msu.edu/lists/]
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Tile.Net
- This site lists discussion groups on the Internet. Groups are arranged
alphabetically by description, name, and subject. Each listing gives
brief information on the topics discussed on the discussion list and
how to subscribe.
[http://tile.net]
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E-books and e-journals
- ACLS History E-book Project
- An online collection of over 1000 history books. This is a project of the American Council of Learned Societies and others.
[Aladin]
- The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia
- This site contains thousands of electronic texts in a variety of subject areas.
[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/text/]
- Gutenberg-e
- This is a collection of e-books, most of which were originally prize-winning history dissertations, is brought to us by American Historical Association and Columbia University Press.
[Aladin]
- NewJour
- This website is a guide to scholarly journals published exclusively on the Internet.
[http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour]
- Project Gutenberg e-books
- This website offers free electronic books, most of which are in the public domain.
[http://promo.net/pg/]
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How to Cite Electronic Resources
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Citation Guides
- [http://bailey.uvm.edu/sage/cite.html]
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Columbia Guide to Online
Style
- [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html]
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