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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.
    • CQ Weekly
      Weekly report covering actions, deliberations, and legislation from both houses of the U.S. Congress. (1983 - present).
    • 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

    British History
    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 Heritage Digital Collections
      A gateway to hundreds of digital collections from libraries, museums, and archives about New York State's people, places, and institutions for anyone interested in the Empire State's history.
    • 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

    Public History
    • 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
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Compiled by Nancy Frazier and G. Charles Newman, Reference Librarians


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