The History Department has compiled a list of free web sites that should be of interest and use to students of history. It emphasizes, in particular, collections of primary materials. Great resources exist on the internet for students undertaking to do historical research projects. These sites offer access to personal narratives, collections of documents, statistical compilations, images, etc. The range of topics is enormous. The list has been organized into nine different sections. If you don't find what you are looking for under a specific geographic section, try one of the more general headings. The list is arranged as follows:
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General & Global
This includes general sites on topics ranging across national boundaries, also maps, guides to history on the web, etc.Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.netH-Net
http://www.h-net.org/History News Network
http://www.hnn.us/Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_PageLibrary & Archival Exhibits
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htmCenter for History & New Media
http://chnm.gmu.edu/category/research-and-tools/Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=liberalInternet Public Library: History
http://www.ipl.org/div/subjectDigital Librarian History Sources
http://www.digital-librarian.com/history.htmlDigital History (mostly U.S.)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/In the First Person (personal narratives from around world)
http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/firp/?Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.htmlPerry-Castaneda Map Collection (of the Americas)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas.htmlScholars’ Guide to WWW
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/AMDOCS: Documents for the study of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/Avalon Project (documents in mostly American law, history, diplomacy)
http://avalon.law.yale.eduModern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook32.htmlIslamic History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.htmlJewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.htmlWomen’s History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html#Early%20Modern%20EuropeWomen’s History Primary Source Documents
http://www.nzdl.org/fast-cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=whistWomen’s History Resources
http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/resources/research/womens-hist-resources.htmlInternational Affairs Resources
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/Cold War International History Project
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transexual History
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/Economic History
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/e/economichistory.htmMilitary History
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/military.htmlScience & Technology
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hsci/internet.htmThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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Statistical Data
Census materials, economic and other data, information about the current value of old money are some of the materials accessible here.
Historical Demography
http://populstat.infoU.S. Historical Census Data Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensusStatistical Resources
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=117561Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.htmlCurrent Value of Old Money
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.htmlThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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U.S. Government Sources
This section will direct yo to materials at the Library of Congress and the National Archives, also to historical information about U.S. foreign relations and the three branches of the federal government.
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.htmlNational Archives
http://www.archives.gov/index.htmlNational Archives historical documents
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/National Archives - presidential libraries
http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/National Archives - checklist for documents
http://www.archives.gov/research/tools/checklist.htmlU.S. Supreme Court
http://www.oyez.orgCongressional Record 1994-
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.htmlForeign Relations of the United States - U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frusThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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U.S. / Topical
Numerous topics on American history are represented by the web sites listed here. Included are sites on advertising, popular culture, slavery, American women's history, labor history, famous trials, U.S. foreign policy, etc.
Historic American Buildings Survey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/Digital Archive of American Architecture
http://www.bc.edu./bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267Making of America (to 1877)
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kapplerAfricans in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aiaSlave Narratives from Federal Writers’ Project
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtmlDocumenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/Asian American History (in New England)
http://www.iaas.umb.edu/research/IAAS_Resource_Guide.pdfHistory Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/American Studies Crossroads Project
http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/Women’s History
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/womens-history.htmlWomen’s History Research Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.htmlU.S. Advertising (20th century)
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/Authentic History (popular culture)
http://www.authentichistory.com/Famous Trials (not exclusively U.S.)
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htmNew Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/American Labor History
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/laborhis.htmLabor History Links
http://www3.niu.edu/~td0raf1/labor/index.htmDocuments Relating to American Foreign Policy
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/feros-pg.htm#documentsU.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index
http://www.sarantakes.com/stuff.htmlThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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World/General
This includes sites useful generally for studying the history of the world.
World History Archives
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/index.htmlInternational Institute of Social History
http://www.iisg.nl/Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.htmlThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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Americas (outside the U.S.)
Materials relevant to the history of Latin America and Canada are listed here.
Latin American History Internet Resources
http://www2.truman.edu/~marc/resources/internet.htmlLatin American Network Information Center /LANIC
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/Latin American Studies
http:///www.latinamericanstudies.org/Internet Resources for Latin American and Iberian Studies
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/lais/collections.htmlCanadian History
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/c/canadianhistory.htmThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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Asia, Middle East & Australasia
Materials on East Asia, the Middle East, India, etc. can be found listed here.
Asian History Web Sites
http://guides.lib.washington.edu/history-asiaEast Asian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html#Chinas%20Disaster:%201840-1949Indian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.htmlAustralian History
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.htmlMiddle Eastern History
http://www.albany.edu/history/middle-east/These sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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Africa
Here are listed websites useful for researchng African history.
African History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html#modern%20AfricaAfrican History on the Internet
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history.htmlThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
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Europe (including Russia)
Many of the sites listed here deal with different periods of European and Russian history.
EuroDocs
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Historical Research in Europe (U.Wisc. guide)
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/HistResEur/Perseus Project (ancient Greece & Rome)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopperLabyrinth: Medieval Resources
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/Center for Reformation & Renaissance Studies
http://www.crrs.ca/Early Modern Resources
http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/emr/British Museum
http://britishmuseum.org/research/libraries_and_archives.aspxRussian & Soviet History Resources
http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/hickey/Russian%20and%20Soviet%20History%20Resource%20Page.htmThese sites have all been visited and the addresses proofread. Should you experience any problems or notice any errors, however, please contact cmartin@suffolk.edu.
