Learning Resources for Historical Studies
General Resources/Directories
- Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students - tutorial from Bowdoin College
- Using Primary Resources on the Web - brief tutorial for locating, evaluating and using primary sources
- History Net - searchable, full-text archive of 300+ articles from past issues of Cowles History Group magazines
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook - includes links to other sourcebooks in global, ancient, medieval, women's, African, science histories, etc.
- Smithsonian Museum - History and Culture
- Virtual Reference Desk: History - Internet resources for researching history compiled by the Monroe County (N.Y.) Library System
- World War I - timelines, biographies, photos, weapons, countries involved, assassinations and more
American History Primary Resources
- African-American Migration Experience - 16,500 pages of texts, 8,300 illustrations, and 60+ maps
- AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
- America in the 1930's - primary source film, print, the arts and on-air materials; includes a detailed timeline
- American Experience Archives - archives of American history, including over 160 films and 85 Web sites
- American Memory - primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history from the Library of Congress
- American Presidency Project - 52,000+ documents related to the study of the American Presidency
- Archival Research Catalog - digitized collections from the National Archives
- American Rhetoric - 5000+ audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, etc.
- Avalon Project - Yale Law School collection of documents law, history and diplomacy
- Digital History - primary and secondary sources in American history
- Documenting the American South - texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture
- Eyewitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it, from the ancient world to the modern era
- The History Channel: Speeches and Video
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- In The First Person (login required)
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- New York State Archives
- New York State Historical Literature - collection of selected monographs, pamphlets and other material from Cornell University
- Perseus Digital Library - resources on Roman, Greek, and other ancient societies
- Prelinger Archives - 2,000+ digitized films made between 1927 and 1987
- Speeches and Speechmakers - audio collection of noted speeches from the 19th and 20th centuries
- The United States and its Territories, 1870 - 1925: The Age of Imperialism
- UTK Library: Digital Civil War Collection
- Women Working 1800 - 1930 - 500,000 images and pages on women's role in the United States economy
American History Secondary Resources
World History Primary Resources
- Eighteenth Century Resources
- EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
- Eyewitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it, from the ancient world to the modern era
- Victorian Web
World History Secondary Resources
- World History Matters - help for doing world history research, and section on women in world history
- ABZU: Guide to the Study of the Ancient Near East
- AfricaBib - index to Africana periodical literature
- History Channel: History by Topic
- HyperHistory Online - 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps
- Medieval Studies - for medieval scholarship and research