History Resources on the World Wide Web
Statement of Purpose: This site is intended to help Loyola students and faculty pursue historical research and study by providing a list, arranged by general topics, of resources available on the Internet and World Wide Web. It is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather suggestive.
Citing Internet and WWW resources in research papers: see the Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities, by Melvin Page.
WARNING: Before wandering out into the vast and perhaps intimidating universe of the World Wide Web, take a look Jim Kapoun's site on Five Criteria for Web Evaluation.
Main Index:This site is organized generally according to the system of the American Historical Association Guide to Historical Literature, with some additional headings
Primary Sources & Text Collections | Reference & Research Tools | Theory and Practice in Historical Study | Prehistory | World History | Science, Technology, and Medicine | Ancient Near East | Ancient Greece | Early Western Europe, Pre-Roman North Africa, and Rome | China | Japan | | South Asia | Islamic World to 1500 | Middle East and North Africa since 1500 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Medieval Europe | Medieval and Modern Jewish History | Renaissance Europe | Modern Europe, General | British Isles | France | Low Countries and Switzerland | Italy since 1350 | Spain and Portugal | German Studies and the Habsburg Empire |Scandinavia and the Baltic States | Eastern Europe | Rus', Russia, and the Russian Empire | Soviet Union and After | Americas: Native Peoples | Latin America | United States | Canada | Australasia and Oceania | International Relations | Christianity | Gender Studies | African-American Studies | Art History and Architecture | Maps, Cartography & Geography | Calendars, Dates & the Reckoning of Time | Genealogy | Journals and Reviews | Professional Societies & Associations | Search Engines
Primary Sources & Text Collections
Guides
Collections
- ABC-CLIO "America: History and Life" covers America and Canada from prehistory to the present. To access click "Click here to access your subscription."
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Internet African History Sourcebook
- Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
- Internet Indian History Sourcebook
- Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
- Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
- Internet Women's History Sourcebook
- Internet Global History Sourcebook
- Internet History of Science Sourcebook
- Internet Archive Texts and Documents (Hanover College)
- Images from History: An image archive to support the teaching and study of world history
- EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents
- AmDocs: Documents For The Study Of American History (U Kansas)
- George Washington Papers Homepage - Washington's correspondence
- Legal History Sources on the Web
- Historic New Orleans Collection
- The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School : Documents in Law, History and Government
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Wheaton College)
- New Advent: FATHERS OF THE CHURCH
- CARRIE: An Electronic LIbrary (Full text; University of Kansas)
- National Archives and Records Administration (U.S. gov't)
- The On-Line Books Page (Carnegie Mellon Univ)
- Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE (UC Berkeley & Sun Microsystems)
- University of Michigan Documents Center (U Michigan) - The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
- Electronic Text Collections (Hanover College) Links to collections of e-texts on the web
- The Marx/Engels Internet Archive
- V.I. Lenin (Hanover College) Index to full texts of Lenin's works
- Revelations from the Russian Archives (Library of Congress)
- The Word Electronic Text Library
- National Center for Public Policy Research Index of Historical Documents
Reference & Research Tools
Libraries
- Loyola University (N.O.) Library
- Tulane University Library
- Washington University Library System: WorldWindow
- University of Michigan University Library
- Library of Congress
- Princeton Univ Library - Guide to Selected Special Collections
- The Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- CARRIE: An Electronic LIbrary (Full text; University of Kansas)
- National Archives and Records Administration (U.S. gov't)
- Virtual Reference Desk
- A Web of On-line Dictionaries
- Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
- 1998 World Factbook (CIA)
- Information Please Home Page
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Encyclopaedia of the Orient
- Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions
- Online Dictionaries and Translators
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine
- Biographical Dictionary
- Biography (Discovery Channel)
Theory and Practice in Historical Study
- Lord Acton: Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History, 1906 (Modern History Sourcebook)
- Roland Barthes: The Discourse of History (Comparative Criticism 3 (1981): 7-20 - at UFL)
- Louis O.Mink: Modes of Comprehension and the Unity of Knowledge in Historical Understanding, ed. Brian Fay, Eugene O. Golob, and Richard T. Vann. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1987, pp. 35-41. From Proceedings of the Xllth International Congress of Philosophy (Firenze: Sansoni Editore, 1960) V, 41 1-17 [At UFL]
- Politics in the Classroom by Lynne Cheney
- The Nature of History: A Debate between Marc Trachtenberg and James M. Banner, Jr., 1998 (Modern History Sourcebook)
- The Marx/Engels Internet Archive
Prehistory
- The Chauvet Cave (French Ministry of Culture)
- Virtual Stonehenge (Intel)
World History
- This Day In History (The History Channel)
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures (University of Evansville)
- World Civilizations (Washington State University)
- History of Western Civilization (Skip Knox, Boise State)
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- History of Medicine Division (National Library of Medicine)
- Medieval Technology Pages (Paul J. Gans, NYU)
Ancient Near East
- Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East (U Chicago)
- Egyptology Resources--resources for Ancient Egypt (Newton Institute, Cambridge Univ)
- Dead Sea Scrolls (Library of Congress exhibit)
Ancient Greece (through the Hellenistic Period)
- Perseus Project Home Page (Tufts)
- Ancient and Medieval Studies Reading Room Main Menu (Columbia)
Early Western Europe, Pre-Roman North Africa, & Rome
China: to 1644, since 1644
- Chinese Cultural Studies: Web Links (Paul Halsall, Brooklyn College)
- Nanking 1937 (Princeton)
- Chinese Characters - Genealogy, Dictionary, Readings (Zhongwen.com)
- Babel Online Chinese Translation Courses
- Internet Guide for China Studies (ANU/Heidelberg Univ.)
- Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
Japan
- Japanese History
- J Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan-related Information Resources
- Nanking 1937 (Princeton)
- National Archives of Japan
- Edo Japan, A Virtual Tour
South Asia
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