General Sites for the History Profession |
The History Net
Current articles of interest and links to journals dealing with
US, Military, and British history.
Bedford
St. Martins
The publisher's links page provides a database of more than 350
annotated and reviewed links dealing with American history and
Western Civilization. The Study Guide
for The American Promise can also be found at this site.
Organization
of American Historians
Organized by the OAH, this site is a good place to start when
looking to see "what's out there."
American Historical
Association
The American Historical Association is dedicated to "the promotion
of historical studies, the collection and preservation of
historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of
historical research." The AHA's monthly journal, Perspectives,
is available online and has articles on teaching history,
preventing plagiarism and other commentary.
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Links to the resources of the Smithsonian. Interesting sites for
American social and cultural history. For short biographies of a
host of American athletes, inventors, Native Americans, Founding
Fathers etc... look at the Smithsonian's Spotlight Biography
Historical Text
Archive
More that 5000 sensibly organized links on a wide variety of
topics can be found on this page. There are also hundreds of
research papers and reports that are searchable by keyword or
subject.
Documents
in
Law, History and Diplomacy
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School has collected more than
3500 full text documents concerning US legal, economic, political
and diplomatic history. This is a very useful site for researchers
and is searchable by century, topic or through one of the 64
document collections..
Our Documents
An online repository of primary documents that "reflect our
diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our
commitment as a nation to continue to strive to form a more
perfect union'". Beginning with the Lee Resolution of June
7th, 1776, the site will ultimately contains 100
primary documents and will include full-page scans of each
document.
Making of America
Cornell University, in conjunction with the University of
Michigan, maintains this "library of primary sources in
American social history from the antebellum period through
reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the
subject areas of education, psychology, American history,
sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site
provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal
articles with 19th century imprints." The multivolume monograph
"The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records
of the Union and Confederate Armies" may be of particular
interest..
The Best of History
An easy to use gateway to some interesting resources. The Center
For Teaching History With Technology has provided over 1000 links
to topically arranged web sites on this page. There are also
oral histories, map sources and lesson plans.
History Matters
Another useful gateway site designed for high school and college
instructors who teach survey courses. A variety of teaching
materials, primary documents and discussions on teaching US
history.
Not Even Past
A very interesting site that deals with a wide variety of world
history topics. It also has a link to a page dealing with Texas
history.
We're History
Professional and amateur historians contribute articles and
posts that are divided into five broad categories: History Behind
the News; Culture; Military & Maritime; Politics &
Economics; and This Day in History.
New Historian
Another site worth checking frequently. The New Historian
is an online magazine that offers news about recent historical
discoveries, reviews and analysis. The magazine covers a wide
variety of historical topics from around the world.
Resources
for Genealogists and Family Historians
The National Archives has a section called "Start Your Family
Research" which will help you begin research on your family's
history. The site includes tips on using other records to fine the
information you are looking for.
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