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HISTORY

• American Memory

Searches American primary sources, including early Congressional documents, the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, the Constitution, etc. Also offers documents, maps, motion pictures, photos & prints and sound recordings.

• National Archives & Records Administration 

An archive of public documents of all varieties and relevant topics that encompass the "American Experience," with links to related sites .

• EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe 

Links to documents--transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated--from as early as prehistory to the present, by country, and separate links to "Medieval & Renaissance Europe" and "Europe as a Supranational Region."

• Historical Research in Europe: A Guide to Archives and Libraries

This site, produced by the University of Wisconsin Digital Content Group, contains information on and links to European Libraries and Archives. The focus is on Western Europe and the database is searchable by subject and keyword.

• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies

Georgetown University site provides access to resources, including articles, bibliographies,organizations and more.

• HyperHistory Online

Offers timeline formats (with some text) of people, history and maps from early civilizations to the present, and year-by-year events in science, culture, religion, and politics.

• Academic Info - African American History & Studies - Directory of Online Resources

An annotated list of links on black history and culture. Arranged by topics and including documents and teaching materials.

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 

A national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.

• Resources in Black Studies

University of California at Santa Barbara site offers links to sixteen different research categories, but is especially strong in news media, historical texts, and documents.

• Perseus Digital Library

The Perseus Digital Library, developed at Tufts University, remains a worthwhile source for anyone involved with classical studies.

• Making of America

Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum perios through reconstructon. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion and sciences and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

• The History Cooperative

This site, recommended by student Heather Klatt, is the premier resource for historians on the Web. The American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academy Press have joined in this project, which includes full text of current issues of some history journals.

• Three Hundred Women Who Changed the World (Encyclopaedia Britannica Profiles)

Includes articles, links to other sources, time lines, primary sources, and photographs. The time period covered is between 1600 through the present.