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[hidetoc]- WWW Meta Sites, Directories, Encyclopedias
- Historical Museum and Institutional Sites
- American History Sites
- African American History Sites
- Indigenous Peoples History Sites
- Women's History Sites
- Asian History Sites
- European History Sites
- Latin American History Sites
- Mideast History Sites
- Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Chronologies
- Indexes and Databases
- Periodicals
- Stout Library Catalog
WWW Sites
Meta Sites, Directories, and Encyclopedias
- Academic Info: History Gateway Quality educational resources in history
- AlternaTime A collection of timelines for history and cultures
- Best of History Web Sites Provides categorized links to hundreds of history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness
- Columbia Encyclopedia
- Dictionary of Wisconsin History from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Digital Librarian History Resources Extensive list of history sites selected by a librarian
- Eighteenth Century Collections
Online Books, pamphlets and broadsides published in Great Britain
and the Americas during 1701-1800.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian Links to Smithsonian Resources
- First World War.com
- Historical Text Archive Comprehensive directory of historical resources
- History Cooperative Top quality history scholarship online with some free fulltext
- History Guide With a focus on Anglo-American history, from the State and University Library of Gottingen, Germany
- HyperHistory Online Collection of hypertext timelines that graphically display 3000 years of world history; Includes an index of people and hundreds of links
- International Institute of Social History Sponsors and fosters research in the history of the working class
- Rutgers Oral History Archive of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War Web Archive
- Twenty-four dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias and an atlas on
history related topics are available on Credo
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Include Antiquities of Wisconsin, the Belgian-American Research Collection, Great Lakes Maritime History Collection, the History Collection, History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life, Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos & Maps 1885-1992, State of Wisconsin Collection, and Wisconsin Pioneer Experience.
- WWW Virtual Library Central Catalogue Comprehensive directory of history sites organized by countries, eras, and research methods
- World History Archives Extensive directory of world history sites
- World History Compass Directory and search engine including links to world history documents, archives and museums
Historical Museum and Institutional Sites
- American Memory National Digital Library; Access to primary source materials in the Library of Congress; Has a "Today in History" feature
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies University of Minnesota site includes virtual museum, historical documents, and extensive internet links
- Holocaust Museum Includes online exhibits
- Minnesota Historical Society Ayer Ojibwa Collection Large collection of arts and crafts acquired from members of the Mille Lac Band of the Ojibwa by the Ayer family for their personal collection and resale their trading post.
- National History Standards National Center for History in the Schools
- National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution Virtual exhibits, resources for teachers
- Organization of American Historians Resources for teaching history from the largest professional society of historians
- Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Center for holocaust remembrance, the defense of human rights, and Jewish history
American History Sites
- 19th Century American Literary, Historical and Cultural Studies From Washington State University American Studies Program
- A Biography of America Companion web site to Annenberg/CPB video series
- AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History University of Kansas site for primary documents, 1492-present
- American and British History Resources on the Internet This site at Rutgers University includes links to online historical source documents on many topics, including the Civil War and African American history, access to electronic texts, university history home pages and more
- American Civil War Homepage Comprehensive index of civil war internet resources
- American Family Immigration History Center Immigration records from Ellis Island
- American History and Government Hotlist Sponsored by The Franklin Institute
- American Journeys Eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society
- American Memory From the Library of Congress; Is a gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. Today in History is also featured, which describes important events from any particular day and is searchable by date and keyword
- The American Presidency By Grolier's Online
- American Presidency Project University of California-Santa Barbara
- American President.org
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 One of the most complete collections of U.S. Congressional documents in their original format
- Civil Rights Movement Veterans Memories and reflections; contact list
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers From the National Digital Newspapers Program. Search and read newspaper pages between 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers from 1690 to the present.
- Columbia America History Online 19 e-seminars online
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy Basic federal government documents that define American democracy
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1764-1789 From the Library of Congress; includes over 274 documents
- Early Americas Digital Archive Electronic texts from 1492-1820
- Early Encounters in North America:
Peoples, Cultures and the Environment Includes more than 1,000 published
and unpublished items from a variety of sources, including online resources
and microform. Covers materials between 1534 and 1860
- Encyclopedia of USA History 1840-1980 From Spartacus in the United Kingdom. An eclectic U.S. History encyclopedia
- FDR Library & Digital Archive
- First Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 Compilation of printed texts from the libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documents the culture of the nineteenth-century American South from the viewpoint of Southerners
- Foreign Relations of the United States From the libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Illinois at Chicago. Consists of digitized volumes from 1861-1960.
- Foreign Relations of the United States Links to fulltext from Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations from 1945-1960.
- Founders' Constitution Primary documents that are antecedents to the Constitution of 1789
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Collects, preserves, interprets, and promotes interest in the history of the United States
- Guide to World War I Materials From the Library of Congress
- History Matters The US Survey Course on the Web; Primary documents, teaching resources, curriculum standards. Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History.
- History of the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Covers from pre-colonial American to contemporary times with timelines, special topics, including diplomatic, imperial, industrial, cultural U.S. history and history of the South.
- Making of America Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction
- Map Collections, 1500-2004 From the Library of Congress; American Memory Collection
- National Archives and Records Administration Selection of some of the most significant and compelling documents from the National Archives holdings. Access to important documents of American history
- PBS: History Online stories from Public Broadcasting System history programs
- Presidents of the United States Portraits, short biographies and inaugural addresses of all the Presidents, with biographical information on the First Ladies from the White House
- Primary Documents in American History Digitized from the Library of Congress
- Public History Resource Center
- The Sixties Project Provides primary and secondary sources for the decade
- Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive Comprehensive collection of materials by and about the third president at the University of Virginia
- Truman Presidential Museum & Library
- Turning Points in Wisconsin History From the Wisconsin Historical Society
- United States Civil War Center Comprehensive index of internet resources on the civil war, housed at Louisiana State University
- White House Tapes Recorded presidential conversations from 1940 through 1973 from the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia
- Wisconsin Heritage Online
- Yahoo!: American History
African American History Sites
- African American Biographical Database via BadgerLink
- African-American History and Culture. Selected links to resources and exhibitions hosted by the Smithsonian Institution
- African American Mosaic Library of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black History and Culture
- African American Odyssey From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection, includes excepts from rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores and recordings
- African American Perspectives Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection 1818-1907
- African American Women's History
- American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology WPA 1936-1938 interviews with former slaves
- Black History Hotlist Collection of internet sites
- Booker T. Washington Papers
- Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History Timeline divided by topic.
- Frederick Douglas Papers at the Library of Congress
- Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Provides information concerning all aspects of the Atlantic slave system and its destruction
- Guide to African American Documentary Resources From Cornell University Library
- I Will Be Heard: Abolitionism in America Primary sources on the antislavery movement
- In Motion: The African American Migration Experience
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
- Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture Includes image collection and online exhibits
- Voices of Civil Rights Personal stories of civil rights activists
Indigenous Peoples History Sites
- Campfire Stories with George Catlin: an Encounter of Two Cultures Use paintings and texts by George Catlin to learn Native American history and culture
- Center for World Indigenous Studies Archive of full-text documents about indigenous peoples worldwide
- Index of Native American History Resources on the Internet
- Native American History Part of Osaka University's American Indian Resources web site. Contains general history, tribal histories and statistics, photographs, U.S. Federal policy and documents, electronic texts and reviews, code talkers, oral histories, commentaries, research tools and documents, timelines and maps.
- Native American History From the University of Washington libraries. Links to general history, tribal and regional histories, electronic texts and images.
- Native American History and Culture Selected links to resources and exhibitions hosted by the Smithsonian Institution.
- Native Web Provides links to news, organizations, and home pages for individual nations (e.g. Cherokee, Seminole, Oneida, etc.); Includes resources on indigenous peoples worldwide
- American Indian History and Related Issues Documentary resources,maps, links
Women's History Sites
- American Women Through Time Chronology of women's history in the US, with links
- American Women's History: A Research Guide Citations to print and web sources on American women's history
- American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
- Archives for Research on Women and Gender Primary source materials at the University of Texas, San Antonio
- British and Irish Women's Letters
and Diaries Full text published letters and diaries from women writing
from 1558-1945
- Early Modern Women Database Links to World Wide Web resources for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas from the period ca. 1500 to ca. 1800. Searchable database created by University of Maryland libraries.
- Gerritsen Collection-Women's
History Online Provides two million page images as they appeared in
the original printed works on women's history of the world spanning four
centuries, 1543-1945, and in fifteen languages
- Internet Women's History Sourcebook
- National Women's History Project Information and educational material documenting women's historical achievements
- North American Women's Diaries
and Letters Full text published letters and diaries from women writing
from Colonial times to 1950
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000 Provides a collection of over 1050 primary documents
- Women and Social Movements
Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S.
between 1600 and 2000, this site contains 13,000 pages of documents, a
dictionary of social movements and organizations, and a bibliography of
citations
- Women in American History Encyclopedia Britannica's digital files on women's history, 1600's to the present
- Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
- Women Working, 1870-1930 Primary documents from Harvard University libraries
Asian History Sites
- China: Fifty Years of Communism
- Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center
- Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
- Japan and China: The Unforgotten War
- Japan Indepth: History and Culture
- Korean History Project
- Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library
European History Sites
- EuroDocs Primary historical documents from Western Europe
- The History Guide Online text in western civilization, with 90 lectures in European history
- History in Latin American-LANIC From the University of Texas at Austin
- Public Record Office Virtual Museum Archival records of British history
Latin American History Sites
- Latin American Network Information Center Sponsored index of Latin American history internet resources from the University of Texas, Austin. Organized by country
- Latin American Studies Virtual Library
Mideast History Sites
- History in the News: The Middle East From SUNY Albany
- Middle East History and Resources Middle East historical and peace process documents
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, CHRONOLOGIES
- 20th Century Day by Day REF D422 .C53
- African-American Almanac REF E185 .N385
- Age of Enlightenment REF 1745-1790; ML160 .N44
- Age of Humanism 1540-1630. REF ML160 .N44
- Album of American History REF E178.5 .A48
- Almanacs of American Life REF E18 .A45x
- American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History REF E174 .A535
- Asimov’s Chronology of Science and Discovery REF Q125 .A765
- Chronicle of America REF E174.5 .C57x
- Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1997 REF D11 .C57
- Dictionary of American History REF E174 .D52 2003
- Documents of American History REF E173 .C66
- Encyclopedia of African History and Culture REF DT3 .P27
- Encyclopedia of World History : Ancient, Medieval, and Modern REF D21 .E578
- Historic U.S. Court Cases : an Encyclopedia REF KF352.Z9 H57
- Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient and Medieval History REF D59 .L373
- Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern History, from 1500 to the Present Day REF D209 .H5153
- World History by Era REF D20 .W67x
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- America: History and Life Citations and abstracts
- EBSCOHost
- Academic Search
- Masterfile Premiere
- Military and Government Collection
- Web of Science
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Social Sciene Citation Index
- WilsonWeb
- Humanities Full Text
- OmniFile
- Social Sciences Full Text
- JStor Full text
- Project Muse Search for full text periodicals including Reviews in American History, Journal of the History of Ideas and others related to history
- Directory of Open Access Journals Free database of full text academic journal articles
- Free Library Includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications
- Google Scholar Set preferences to Stout to search for full text available through the UW-Stout Library
PERIODICALS
Selected Journals Available in the University Library
- American Historical Review
- Current History
- History Today
- Journal of American History Quarterly fiche
- Journal of Modern History
- William and Mary Quarterly
- Wisconsin Magazine of History
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify books and audiovisual materials about your topic. Use a keyword guided search. When you have identified a useful item, click on Long View. You can then explore any of the listed subject headings by selecting the link.
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 04/02/2008 and Last Revised: 7/30/2007
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