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Center for History and New Media
A Web site from George Mason University that
combines digital media with historical scholarship to create resources for teachers, students, and the general public.
H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online
An international interdisciplinary Internet connection to lists, Web sites, multimedia materials, etc., pertaining to research and teaching in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
HyperHistory
HyperHistory presents 3000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.
Tennessee Tech History Web Site
Maintained by the Department of History at Tennessee Technological University, this Web site is one of the most comprehensive Internet connections for research and teaching in history.
Topics in History
African History
- Aluka
Online library of documents and digital images of scholarly resources from and about Africa.
American History
- American Women's History: A Research Guide
Provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections.
- The Center for American History
A special collections library, archive, and museum that facilitates research on the historic development of the United States.
- CQ Almanac Online
Original accounts and summaries, in yearbook format, of major legislation considered in U. S. Congressional sessions, 1945 – one year ago.
- Digital History
A comprehensive collection of electronic resources which deal with the study of American civilization.
- Making of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, comprised of books and journals. The library is divided into two distinct, searchable collections: one at Cornell University, and the other at the University of Michigan.
Biography
Canadian History
- Canadian Encyclopedia
Online version of standard reference source. Includes a youth encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.
History Education
- American Studies Crossroads Project
The American Studies Crossroads Project is an international networking and curriculum Web link designed to facilitate research and teaching in all fields related to American Studies.
- Digital History
This site has a wealth of information for teachers and researchers. It focuses on American history and includes interactive timelines, active learning projects, lesson plans, resource guides, famous speeches, biographies, writing guides, primary sources, and an online textbook.
- History Links
Sponsored by "Teaching History: A Journal of Methods," the goal of this site is to provide history teachers at all levels with innovative ideas for their classrooms.
Images
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery
The New York Public Library has developed this image database to provide free and open online access to thousands of images from the original and rare holdings of their specialized Research Libraries. Spanning a wide range of visual media, the NYPL Digital Gallery offers digital images of drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books, and more.
Primary Sources
- African American Experience
Searchable digital resource including primary documents, books, reference sources, classic texts and more, covering all aspects of African American culture and history.
- American Memory from the Library of Congress
Provides
access to more than a million primary source documents relating to the
history and culture of the United States.
- ArchiveGrid
Searchable database of descriptions of archival holdings in libraries, museums, and other organizations. Contact information included.
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Provides digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government, pre-18th century to the present.
- EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Links to many
Western European historical documents.
- In the First Person
An index to English language personal narratives from around the world, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories.
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Searchable database which provides information on archival materials held in American historical repositories. An online continuation of the printed version (Ref Z 6620 .U5 N3), which was discontinued after 1993.
- OriginalSources
Original source documents in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences written by original thinkers and experts throughout the ages.
- Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 5,000 Web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources from around the world.
Public History
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Public History Resource Center
Public history, sometimes defined as the presentation of historical knowledge to a general audience, is a rapidly growing academic field. This Web site includes information on degree-offering programs, jobs in the field, essays by practicing public historians, Web site reviews, and other resources for students, librarians, and public history professionals.
World History
Local Resources
Buffalo State College
The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Located at the corner of Nottingham Court and Elmwood Avenue near Buffalo State, the Historical Society collects and preserves the artifacts and records of Western New York history.
Buffalo Research
Excellent Web site created by a local librarian to facilitate research on Buffalo history and genealogy. Includes maps, pictures, and the full text of over almost 175 books with a Buffalo connection, most from the mid-19th to the early 20th century.
Professional Organizations
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