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History Resources

United States	U.S. Presidency	Civil War	World Wars
Europe	Medieval	Renaissance	Reformation
Russia	Greece	Rome	Africa
Middle East	Latin America	India	Caribbean
Additional War Resources		General / Other Resources

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Print Indexes

Biography Index: 1949 - Present
A cumulative index to biographical literature in books and magazines.

New York Times Index: 1961 - Present
An annual index to the New York Times.

PAIS: 1965 - Present
A selective list of books, articles and other literature in the areas of business, economics, social conditions, public policy / administration and international relations.

Social Sciences Index: 1949-Present
Index to 400+ international, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Records describe feature articles, biographical sketches, interviews, obituaries, scholarly replies, and book reviews longer than one-half page. A separate section for book reviews is included at the end of each volume. Updated quarterly.

U.S.

National Archives and Records Administration

Archiving Early America
This site is an archive for newspapers, maps, magazines and writing from 18th century America. Included are the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and many more documents in full-text.

Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
Full-text of American speeches dating from the 18th century to modern times. Search by speaker, speech title, chronologically, or by subject.

American Memory Project--Words and Deeds in American History
Scanned images of over 90 historical documents from the 15th to the mid-20th century. Each image is accompanied by a complete explanation.

The African American Mosaic
Put out by the Library of Congress, this is a resource guide for the study of black history and culture featuring images and texts from LC.

Encyclopedia of Chicago
From the Chicago Historical Society, the Newberry Library and Northwestern University.

Open Collections Program
From the Harvard University Library, this is a collection of historical digital collections. The first two featured collections are: "Women Working: 1800-1930" and "Emigration and Immigration to the United States: 1789-1930".

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
Links to primary documents available on the Internet. Organized chronologically.

The Presidency

Presidents of the United States
In this resource from the Internet Public Library, find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events and links to biographies and historical documents (when available) for each President.

Thomas Jefferson Papers
Digital images of the Library of Congress's collection of Jefferson's written items, including: letters, financial records, books.

Presidential Libraries

Civil War

United States Civil War Center
The mission of this site put out by Louisiana State University is to "make available all appropriate public and private data regarding the Civil War".

Documenting the American South
From the University of North Carolina, this is a collection of primary documents from 1861-1865. Documents include, but are not limited to letters, pamphlets and congressional bills from the Confederate States of America.

Selected Civil War Photographs
From the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.

Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet
Includes scanned and transcribed sources from the archival collections of Duke University as well as links to other primary materials available online.

World Wars

World War I Document Archive
Find full-text of treaties, conventions, official papers, memoirs and much more from the First World War.

World War I: The War at Sea
This site has links to primary and secondary material dealing with the maritime aspects of the First World War.

World War I: Trenches on the Web
Information on the people, places and events of World War I.

FirstWorldWar.com

Updated weekly, this site contains a photo gallery, a large collection of wartime poster images and a collection of period film and audio clips.

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
From the National Archives, this is an online exhibit of U.S. propaganda posters from World War II.

World War II Resources on the Web
A compilation of primary documents regarding all aspects of the war.

World War II (1939-1945)
Hundreds of links to information about all aspects of the Second World War.

Europe

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Links to primary historical documents that "shed light on key historical happenings" in Western Europe. The list is organized by country.

Texts and Documents: Europe
A collection of literary and historical documents from the entire continent. Texts are available from the ancient to the modern period.

European Navigator
Multimedia reference on the history of Europe from 1945 - 2005.

Medieval

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Links to sources covering all aspects of Medieval life. Also contains full-text of original Saint's Lives, religious and literary documents from the Medieval and Renaissance periods.

Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
An academic site developed and maintained by Medieval scholars. Find peer reviewed articles dealing with all aspects of Medieval history as well as an index to primary resources on the Web.

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Maintained by Georgetown University, this is another excellent site offering organized access to the wealth of Medieval resources available on the Web.

Renaissance

Medieval & Renaissance History
A list of links to hundreds of Medieval and Renaissance sources on the Web. Includes art, literature, society and much more.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Renaissance
A subset of the larger Internet Medieval Sourcebook, this section contains links to sources and texts dealing specifically with the Renaissance.

Reformation

Reformation Europe
From the Internet Modern History Sourcebook, a list of links to web sites and full-text primary resources concerning the Reformation in Europe.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Reformation
A subset of the larger Internet Medieval Sourcebook, this section contains links to sources and texts dealing specifically with the Reformation (both Protestant and Catholic).

Project Wittenberg
This site provides a large selection of works by and about Martin Luther and other important Lutherans. Texts are available in their original language and in English translation.

Russia

Chronology of Russian History
An interactive timeline of Russian history with maps, images and essays. Find family trees of the royal houses, historical texts in English and much more.

Russian and East European Virtual Studies Library
A critical guide to Web resources relating to Russian history. Each site is catalogued with a description and a hot link to the site. From the University of Pittsburgh.

Meeting the Frontiers
This is a "bilingual, English-Russian collaborative project that chronicles the parallel experiences of the United States and Russia in exploring, developing and settling their frontiers, and the meeting of those frontiers in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. It features rare books, maps, manuscripts, photographs, sheet music and other materials from libraries in the United States and Russia, and is widely used in schools and libraries throughout the United States and Russia. " From the Library of Congress.

Greece

Perseus Project
Archaic and Classical Greek resources, texts, translations, images. View over 30,000 images, see an atlas of the Greek/Roman world and read ancient texts in English.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Greece
This site from the University of Evansville brings together electronic texts, images, essays, a chronology and a list of additional Internet resources relating to the Ancient Greek world.

Rome

Internet Ancient History SourceBook: Rome
Links to information about Roman history, as well as primary source documents.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Rome
This site from the University of Evansville brings together electronic texts, images, essays, a chronology and a list of additional Internet resources relating to the Ancient Roman world.

Africa

Internet African History Sourcebook
Links to primary sources and secondary sources on the web dealing with the history of human societies on the African continent.

African National Congress Historical Documents
Full-text of documents produced by the ANC and documents about the ANC. Includes the writings of Nelson Mandela and other ANC Presidents.

Africa Research Central
A "Clearinghouse of African Primary Sources".

Middle East

Internet Resources for Middle East and Islamic Studies
This comprehensive resource guide is compiled by the University of California Santa Barbara Library.

Middle East Studies
A collection of Middle East Internet resources compiled by Columbia University, links are grouped by region, country and subject.

Latin America

Latin World
The gateway to the Latin world. Resources in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Latin American Resources
Links to general historical resources for the entire region as well as links specific to each of the countries of Latin and South America.

India

World Wide Web Virtual Library: India
Links to resources on Indian history and culture from ancient to modern times. Also provides links to full-text literature resources in English and Sanskrit, historical maps and biographies.

India: A Country Study
Political, cultural and historical information about every aspect of Indian life from ancient times to the current day.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: India
This site from the University of Evansville brings together electronic texts, images, essays, a chronology and a list of additional Internet resources relating to the Indian world.

Caribbean

History of the Caribbean and Bermuda
Links to secondary documents pertaining to the histories of several Caribbean nations.

Caribbean Islands: A Country Study
This resource from the Library of Congress provides extensive information about the Caribbean region and about each of the countries in the region.

General Resources

Using Primary Sources on the Web
Written by the Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association, this is a guide to finding and using primary historical sources on the web.

In the First Person
From Alexander Street Press, this is a searchable index to the primary sources (letters, diaries, oral histories, and personal narratives) that are available on the Web. Descriptive entries include URLs to link to the resources. More than 2500 collections are currently indexed, with more being added daily.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Hosted by Fordham University, this resource contains thousands of full text and multimedia sources for the study of history. Collections are grouped together by time period, event or location.

Eighteenth-Century History Resources
An extensive collection of links to resources dealing with the 18th century. Categories include: exploration, British history, monarchs and prime ministers and more.

Additional War Resources

Veteran's History Project (Library of Congress)
Audio and video collections focus on first hand accounts of U.S. veterans of the following wars: World War I (1914-1920), World War II (1939-1946), Korean War (1950-1955), Vietnam War (1961-1975), Persian Gulf War (1990-1995), and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present). Links to additional oral history sites are also provided.

Truman & Eisenhower - Koran War (1950-1953)
This page is a joint project between the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Libraries developed to provide access to Korean War materials related to the two administrations occupying the White House during that period.

Last updated: March 10, 2008