This guide includes a selection of basic materials for doing research in History located either in the library Reference Room and identified by call number or accessible on the Internet by the following links. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of sources, but rather to be a starting place. There are many specialized historical dictionaries, atlases and encyclopedias in the Reference Room dealing with specific locations, time periods and events.

American History

America: History and Life - database includes abstracts of articles from over 2400 journals and citations for book reviews and dissertations since 1964 relating to the full range of U.S. and Canadian history and culture.

American National Biography - database includes the lives of over 18,000 deceased Americans.  Click on "Subscribers Enter Here" to access.

Black Studies on Disk - database includes two components: the Index to Black Periodicals indexing nearly 60 scholarly and popular journals from 1988 to 2003 and the catalog of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of the New York Public Library focusing on information on people of African descent worldwide in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

CQ Historic Documents   Full text of thousands of U.S. documents since 1972, including presidential speeches, treaties, Supreme Court decisions and various government reports.

Dictionary of American History. (e-book) 3rd. ed. NY: Scribners, 2003.  (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Early American Newspapers, 1690-1876   Searchable full text of hundreds of newspapers.

Early American Imprints, 1639-1800   Full texts of all the books published in America from 1639 until 1800.

Historical Statistics of the United States   The standard source for the quantitative facts of American History.

Lexis-Nexis History Universe - database contains full text of primary sources relating to African American history, American women's history and U.S. Presidential history.

World History (including America)

Biography Reference Bank Full text of biographies with portraits and index to biographical articles in journals and books.

Historical Abstracts - database indexes over 2100 journals published since 1954 covering the history of the world from 1450 to the present excluding U.S. and Canadian history.

History E-Book Project - Full text of nearly 1,000 scholarly books in history.

Iter - database indexes more than 280 journals pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and the Middle Ages (400-1500).

Military and Government Collection   Full text for over 320 military journals and general interest magazines.

The National Archives of England, Wales, and the United Kingdom   Catalog of over 9 million documents. Some historic documents are in full text. Copies of documents may be ordered using a credit card.

Original Sources - database contains full text of primary sources and other documents relating to world and American history, politics, social sciences and other subjects.

Royal Historical Society Bibliography   A comprehensive guide to books and articles about Britain, Ireland and the British overseas.

World History Collection - database contains full text of over 200 historical journals.

Credo Reference - Full text of over of over 20 reference books in history.

Atlases, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation.  NY: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997.  (RH LC)  Ref E184.A1.A55 1997

American Indians. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1995. (RH LC) Ref E76.2.A45 1995

The American Revolution, 1775-1783: An Encyclopedia. NY: Garland, 1993. (RH LC) Ref E208.A59 1993

The American Years.  2nd ed. NY: Scribners, 2003.  (RH LC) Ref E174.5 .G753 2003

Beacham's Encyclopedia of Social Change: America in the Twentieth Century.  Osprey, FL: Beacham Pub. Corp., 2001.  (RH) Ref HN59.2.B43 2001

Brune, Lester.  Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations.  2nd. ed. NY: Routledge, 2003.  (RH) Ref E183.7.B745 2003

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas.  Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press, 1996  (RH LC) Ref E77.N62 1996

Carruth, Gorton. The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates. 8^th ed. NY: Harper & Row, 1987. (RH MM) Ref E174.5.C3 1987  (LC) E174.5.C3 1987

Cook, Chris.  The Longman Handbook of Modern American History, 1763-1996. NY: Longman, 1998.  (RH) Ref E174.C66 1998  (LC) E174.C66 1998

Dictionary of American History. 3rd ed. NY: Thomson Learning, 2003. (RH  LC MM) Ref E174.D52 2003

Dictionary of American History. (e-book) 3rd. ed. NY: Scribners, 2003.  (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture & Society in the United States. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2005. (LC, RH) Ref E184.S75 E587 2005

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Detroit: Macmillan, 2006. (RH) Ref E185.E54 2006

Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History.  NY: Scribner, 2001.  (RH LC MM) Ref E169.1.E58 2001.

Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents. NY: Facts on File, 2004. (RH) Ref E173.E546 2004

Encyclopedia of American History. 7^th ed. NY: HarperCollins, c1996. (RH) RefDesk E174.5.E52 1996 (MM) Ref E174.5.E52 1996

Encyclopedia of American History.  NY: Facts on File, 2003.  (RH LC) Ref E174.E53 2003

Encyclopedia of American Social History. NY: Scribner, c1993. (RH LC MM) Ref HN57.E58 1993

Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000.  (RH)  Ref E468.E53 2000

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2nd ed. NY: Macmillan, 2000.. (RH LC MM) Ref JK146.E54 2000

Encyclopedia of the American Left. 2nd ed. NY: Oxford U. Press, 1998.  (RH LC)  Ref  HX86.E58 1998

Encyclopedia of the American Presidency. NY: Simon & Schuster, c1994. (RH LC) Ref JK511.E53 1994

Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. NY: Scribner, 1993. (RH LC) Ref E45.E53 1993

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. NY: Scribners, 2001.  (RH LC MM)  Ref E169.1.E6 2001

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. NY: Scribners, 1996.  (RH LC) Ref E740.7.E53 1996

Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. NY: Oxford U. Press, 1997.  (RH LC) Ref E183.7.E59 1997

The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale, 1998.  (RH) Ref E77.G15 1998

Marley, David.  Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.  (RH LC) Ref E18.75.M374 1998

National Geographic Society. Historical Atlas of the United States. Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1988. (RH) Atlases G1201.S1 N3 1988

The Oxford Companion to United States History.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 2001.  (RH LC) Ref E174.O94 2001

The Oxford Companion to United States History. (e-book) NY: Oxford U. Press, 2001.

Pritzker, Barry.  Native Americans: an Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998.  (RH) Ref E77.P89 1998

Zeman, Scott.  Chronology of the American West: from 23,000 B.C.E. through the Twentieth Century.  Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2002 (RH) Ref F591.Z46 2002

Blazek, Ron. United States History: A Selective Guide to Information Sources. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994. (RH LC) Ref E178.A1.B57 1994

Freidel, Frank Burt. Harvard Guide to American History. Rev ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press, 1974. (RH LC) Ref Z1236.H27 1974

Guide to American Foreign Relations since 1700. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c1983. (RH) Ref E183.7.A1G8 1983

Merriam, Louise A. United States History: A Bibliography of the New Writings on American History. Manchester: Manchester U. Press, 1995. (RH) Ref Z1236.M47 1995

Perrault,Anna H.  United States History: A Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.  (RH) Ref E178 .P45 2003

Prucha, Francis Paul. Handbook for Research in American History. 2^nd ed. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, c1994. (RH ) Ref E178.P8 1994 (LC) E178 P8 1994

American National Biography.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 1999.  (RH LC) Ref CT213.A68 1999

Biographical Dictionary of the American Left. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.  (RH) Ref HX84.A2 B56 1986

Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography. NY: Cambridge U. Press, c1995. (RH LC) Ref CT213.C36 1995

Current Biography. NY: H.W. Wilson, 1940-. (RH LC MM) Ref CT100.C8

Dictionary of American Biography. NY: Scribner. (RH) Ref E176.D563

Encyclopedia of American Biography. 2^nd ed. NY: HarperCollins, c1996. (RH LC) Ref CT213.E53 1996

Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2000.  (RH) Ref E467.E53 2000

Johansen, Bruce E. The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography. NY: Henry Holt, 1997. (RH) Ref E89.J69 1997 (LC) E89.J69 1997

The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.  NY: Scribner, 1998-.  (RH LC) Ref CT213.S37

Who Was Who in America. Chicago: Marquis. (RH LC) Ref E663.W54

The Annals of America. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc, c1968-74. (RH LC) Ref E173.A74

Boorstin, Daniel J. An American Primer. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1966 (RH LC) Ref 173.B6

Commager, Henry Steele. Documents of American History. 8^th & 9^th ed. NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968, 1973. (RH) Ref Desk E173.C66 1973 (LC MM) Ref E173 .C66 1968

Historic Documents. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1972-. (RH LC) Ref E839.5.H57

Ancient Europe 8000 B.C. - A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World.  NY: Scribners, 2004.  (RH) Ref D62 .A52 2004

Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton U. Press, 2000.  (RH LC) Ref G1033.B3 2000

Bunson, Margaret.  Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt.  Rev. ed. NY: Facts on File, 2002.  (RH) Ref DT58.B96 2002

Bunson, Matthew.  Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. Rev. ed.  NY: Facts on File, 2002.  (RH) Ref DG270.B86 2002

The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge: The University Press, 1970-98. (RH LC) Ref D57.C27

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. NY: Scribner, 1995. (RH LC) Ref DS57.C55 1995

Encyclopedia of the Ancient World.  Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.  (RH) Ref  CB311.E536 2000

Encyclopedia of the Ancient World.  Pasadena: Salem Press, 2002.  (RH) Ref CB311.E54 2002

A Dictionary of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. (RH) Ref DE5.D53 1994

Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient and Medieval History. NY: Harper & Row, 1963. (RH LC MM) Ref D57 L34

Mellersh, H.E.L. Chronology of the Ancient World, 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 799. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994. (RH) Ref D54.5.M45 1994

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. NY: Oxford U. Press, 1991.  (RH LC) Ref DF521.O93 1991

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. (e-book) NY: Oxford U. Press, 1991.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. NY: Oxford U. Press, 2001. (RH LC MM) Ref DT58.O94 2001

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. (e-book) NY: Oxford U. Press, 2001.

Sacks, David.  Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World. NY: Facts on File, 1995.  (RH) Ref DF16.S23 1995

Atlases, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias

Campbell, Gordon.  The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 2003.  (RH) Ref CB361.C25 2003

Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. (e-book) NY: Oxford U. Press, 2003

Chambers Dictionary of World History. Edinburgh: Chambers, 2005. (RH) Ref D9.L33 2005

A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance.  Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.  (RH) Ref CB367.C65 2002

Cook, Chris. Dictionary of Historical Terms. 2^nd ed. NY: Peter Bedrick Books, 1990. (RH) Ref D9.C67 1990 (LC) Ref D9.C67 1983

Cook, Chris. The Longman Handbook of Modern European History 1763-1997. 3^rd ed. London: Longman, 1998. (RH LC) Ref D299.C627 1998

A Dictionary of British History.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 2001.  (RH) Ref DA34.D515 2001

A Dictionary of British History. (e-book) NY: Oxford U. Press, 2004.

A Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century World History. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1994. (RH LC) Ref D286.D53 1994

A Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century World History. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. (RH LC) Ref D356.D53 1994

A Dictionary of World History.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 2006.  (RH) Ref D9.D53 2006

A Dictionary of World History.  (e-book) NY: Oxford U. Press, 2006. 

Dictionary of World History. London: Nelson, 1973. (RH LC) Ref D9.D55

Encyclopedia of African History. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. (RH) Ref DT20.E53 2005

Encyclopedia of African History and Culture. NY: Facts on File, 2001. (MM, RH) Ref DT3.P27 2001

Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations. NY: Facts on File, 2004. (RH) Ref DS12.H5 2004

Encyclopedia of Asian History. NY: Scribner, c1988. (RH) Ref DS31.E53 1988

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000. NY: Scribner, 2001  (RH) Ref HN373.E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture. Farmington Hill, MI: Macmillan, 2004. (RH) Ref DA912.E53 2004.

Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture. (ebook) Farmington Hill: Macmillan, 2004. (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. NY: Scribner, 1996. (RH) Ref F1406.E53 1996

Encyclopedia of Social History. NY: Garland, 1994. (RH) Ref HN28.E53 1994  (LC) HN28.E53 1994

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 2003.  (RH) Ref B802.E53 2003

The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. NY: Facts on File, 2000. (RH LC) Ref D804.25.E53 2000

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance.  NY: Scribners, 1999.  (RH LC MM)  Ref CB361.E52 1999

The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged.  6^th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.  (RH)  Ref D21.E578 2001

Encyclopedia of World War I: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005. (RH) Ref D510.E53 2005

Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005. (RH) Ref D740.E516 2005

Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World.  NY: Scribners, 2004.  (RH) Ref D209 .E97 2004

Europe 1789 to 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire. NY: Scribners, 2006. (RH) Ref D299.E735 2006

Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction. NY: Scribners, 2006. (RH) Ref D424.E94 2006

Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. NY: Garland, 2001.  (RH) Ref D1051.E87 2001

Everyman's Dictionary of Dates. 4^th ed. rev. London: Dent, 1964. (RH LC) Ref D9.A7 1964

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: a Tour through History from Ancient Times to the Present. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004. (MM, RH) Ref GT31.G74 2004

A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing.  NY: Garland, 1998.  (RH) Ref D13.G47 1998

Howgego, Raymond.  Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800: A Comprehensive Guide to the History and Literature of Exploration, Travel and Colonization from the Earliest Time to the Year 1800.  Potts Point, NSW : Hordern House, 2003.  (RH) Ref G80 .H68 2003

The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe. NY: Oxford U. Press, 1996. (RH) Ref D29984 1996

Page, Willie.  Encyclopedia of African History and Culture.  NY: Facts on File, 2001.  (RH) Ref DT3.P27 2001

Palmowski, Jan. A Dictionary of Contemporary World History: from 1900 to Present Day. 2nd ed.  NY: Oxford U. Press, 2003. (RH) D419.P35 2003

Rachum, Ilan.  Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Renaissance.  NY: Mayflower Books, 1979.  (RH) Ref CB361.R25

Schweitzer, Frederick.  Dictionary of the Renaissance.  NY: Philosophical Library, 1967.  (RH MM) Ref CB361.S34  (LC) CB361.S34

The Times Atlas of World History. 5^th ed. London: Times Books, 1999. (RH LC) Ref G1030.T54 1999

Wetterau, Bruce. World History: a Dictionary of Important People, Places and Events from Ancient Times to the Present. NY: Holt, 1994. (RH LC) Ref D9.W47 1994

Aldcroft, Derek Howard. Bibliography of European Economic and Social History. 2^nd ed. Manchester: Manchester U. Press, 1993. (RH) Ref HC240.A1A4 1993 

The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature. 3^rd ed. NY: Oxford U. Press, c1995. (RH) Ref Desk D4.G9 1995 (LC) Ref Z6201.G94 1995

Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History. Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press. (RH) Ref DA9.A5

Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature. London: Historical Association. (RH) Ref D4.A6

The History Highway 3.0: A Guide to Internet Resources. 3rd ed. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2000.  (RH)  EIC  D16.117C65 H58 2000

Richardson, R.C. British Economic and Social History: a Bibliographical Guide. 3^rd ed. Manchester: Manchester U. Press, 1996. (RH) Ref HC253.A1C5 1996    (LC) HC253.A1C5 1996

Roach, John. A Bibliography of Modern History. Cambridge: University press, 1968. (RH) Ref D208.R63

Slavens, Thomas P. Sources of Information for Historical Research. NY: Neal-Schuman, c1994. (RH LC) Ref D4.S64 1994

The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. 2nd ed.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. (RH) Ref Desk CT103.C26 1998 (LC) Ref CT103.C26 1998

Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908-9. (RH LC) Ref DA28.D4

Dictionary of World Biography.  Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998-.  (RH LC)  Ref CT104.D54 1998

Encyclopedia of World Biography.  2nd ed. Detroit: Gale: 1998.  (RH LC) Ref CT103.E56 1998

Historic World Leaders. Detroit: Gale Research, c1994. (RH) Ref D412.H57 1994

Industrialization and Imperialism, 1800-1914: a Biographical Dictionary.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.  (RH)  Ref D356.I54 2002

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 1999. (RH LC MM) Ref HQ1115.W62 1999

Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1997.  Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1997.  (RH) Ref D11.C57 1997

Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3^rd rev. ed. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991. (RH LC) D11.G78 1991

Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Expanding World, 1492 to 1762. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994. (RH) Ref D209.W59 1994

Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World, 1763 to 1992. 2^nd ed. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994. (RH) Ref D209.W59 1994b 

American History

Ancient History

World and Countries

American History

America in the 1930s.  Materials and resources on life from this period including film, radio programs, news, bibliographies etc.

American Civil War Homepage. Site includes links to "the most useful identifies electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865)'' which are arranged in categories including bibliographies, graphic images, letters, diaries and other documentary records, specific battles etc.

American Memory from the Library of Congress. A large collection of digitized primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history from the collection of the Library of Congress.

American Women's History. Combines citations to print and Internet reference sources and a large collection of digitized primary sources.

Archiving Early America. Primary source materials including maps and newspapers from the colonial period through Jefferson's presidency drawn from the Keigwin and Mathews collection.

Avalon Project. Full text of documents relating to the fields of history, law, politics, diplomacy, government and economics from the colonial era to the present.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation. Full text documentary record of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and the first 42 Congresses of the United States (1774-1873) from the Law Library of Congress.

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents. Full text of documents and speeches from the pre-colonial era to the present.

The Crisis of the Union.  An electronic archive of documents about the causes, conduct and consequences of the Civil War.

Douglass: Archives of American Public Address. Archive of American speeches and related documents from the colonial era to the present searchable by speaker, title, date and controversy or movement.

Documenting the American South. Digitized primary source material viewing American history and culture from a Southern perspective including African American slave narratives; diaries, memoirs and autobiographies and Southern literature.

The Electronic Map Library. Collection of atlases of the U.S., various states and major cities including demographic and economic data.

The Founders' Constitution.  Collection of primary documents that are basic antecedents to the U.S. Constitution.

Historic Government Publications from World War II: a Digital Library.  Collection of over 200 WWII era pamphlets mostly dealing with the home front, civil defence and war work.

Historical Maps of the United States. Collection of maps including Native American tribes and western expansion.

History of the Supreme Court. Includes timelines, factual articles and an encyclopedia of court cases and issues.

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet - WWW Virtual Library.  Meta-index of Internet resources on Native American history.

Making of America.(University of Michigan) and Making of America. (Cornell) Two sites utilizing the collections at Michigan and Cornell to create "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the ante-bellum period through reconstruction" with particular strengths in education, sociology, religion, psychology, science and technology.

National Archives and Records Administration. Homepage of the federal agency which preserves and manages all federal records . Includes several online exhibits and digitized documents.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States. Database of information on U.S. presidents including election results, cabinet members, and notable events from their administrations with links to biographies of each president and first lady.

Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century. Twelve Presidential libraries from Hoover to Clinton combine to present interactive timelines of each president’s life that include documents, diaries, maps, photo galleries, audio recordings, video clips, etc.

Revolution to Reconstruction. Main text is from Outline of American History published by the U.S. Information Agency and includes original essays, biographies and primary sources.

The Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II Web Archive.  Collection of oral histories from WWII and Korean War veterans.

Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. Collection of primary sources relating to the 1692 trials and a new transcription of the court records.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Site from the New York Public Library providing access and reference to documents, art, manuscripts, monographs, photographs and more.

Sixties Project and Viet Nam Generation, Inc. Database of primary and secondary sources on the Sixties and the Viet Nam War.

Smithsonian Institution. Homepage of the Smithsonian including an online tour of the museums, exhibits on American history and access to Smithsonian publications and library catalog.

Southern Poverty Law Center. Homepage offering information about the organization and material and web links relating to civil rights and civil liberties. "Klanwatch" monitors the KKK, militia and other "hate groups".

United States History Index. Index to Internet links relating to U.S. history sorted by category.

Vietnam: Yesterday and Today. Most useful for its bibliographies.

Voice of the Shuttle: U.S. History. Meta-index of Internet resources on American history.

Ancient Mediterranean History. Homepage for miscellaneous materials relating to the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (c 200 - 700 CE)

Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet. Collection of images, course materials, documents and Internet links relating to Byzantium.

Center for the Study of Ancient Documents.  Resource for Greek and Latin epigraphy.

Diotima. Collection of materials an Internet links for the study of women and gender in the ancient world.

Duke Papyrus Archives. Homepage for texts about and images of over 1300 papyri from ancient Egypt in the Duke University Special Collections.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures. Introduction to ancient world cultures on the Internet including essays, primary source material and an index to Internet sites.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook.   Texts and Internet sites on ancient history.

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources.  Information by country and region with links to specific country information sources.

AfricaBib.org. Combines the African Women's Bibliographic Database which indexes books, journals, etc. with over 30,000 entries and the Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database which indexes over 400 English and multi-language journals specializing in African studies.

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. Large subject-oriented guide to over 10,000 Internet resources in Asian studies.

Best of History Web Sites.  Collection of over 700 of the best history-related Internet sites.

Britannia: British History. Essays and Internet links on the history of England, Scotland and Wales.

British History Online. Developed by the University of London's Institute for Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, this is a digital library of sources dealing with London, county and local history and parliamentary history.

Cold War International History Project.  A program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, this site previously classified documents from the KGB and other archives as well as the publications of the CWIHP publications in full text.

Country Studies - Area Handbooks.  Online version of series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress for 85 countries describing and analyzing the history, economic and political system and culture of each.

Eighteenth Century Resources. Collection of Internet links on topics on the 18^th century.

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe. Full text of primary sources and other historical documents concerning the political, economic, social and cultural history of European countries arranged by country.

First World War.Com.  Collection of primary documents, memoirs, time lines, essays etc. relating to the Great War.

Historical Archives of the European Union. Database of official documents of EEU agencies including European community files, papers of European politicians and archives of European parties and organizations.

International Institute of Social History. Based in The Netherlands the Institute focuses on social history in general and labor history in particular.  Besides indexing its own collections including over 2300 archival collections, the site also links to ViVa, a bibliography of women's history, and abbreviated listings from Archeo-BiblioBase, a database of Russian archives.

Internet African History Sourcebook. Texts and Internet sites on African History.

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook. Texts and links to Asian History materials.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook.  Texts and links on World History from the Reformation onward.

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. Topical essays, 250 images, maps, glossary, timeline and 350 text documents.

REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources. Index of Internet links to Russian and East European history.

Remembering the Holocaust. Gateway to many Internet links relating to the Holocaust.

Russian and East European Network Information Center. Database provides many links to Internet sites arranged by country and by type of resource.

Trenches on the Web - World War I. An Internet history of the Great War.

Victorian Web Overview. Extensive collection of hypertext documents relating to all aspects of the Victorian world.

Voice of the Shuttle: History. Meta-index of Internet links for European history.

World War I Document Archive. Primary documents from WWI and Internet links.

WWW - VL History: Central Catalogue. Includes about 3000 links to Internet sites relating to all aspects of history.