General Sources: American History
Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts -- By Michael Plunkett. Published by the University of Virginia. The guide is a descriptive listing of manuscripts in collections throughout Virginia.
American Studies -- Electronic Texts project by the University of Virginia. Includes classic texts (e.g., Democracy in America by Alexis DeTocqueville and America in the 1930s).
American Civil War Homepage -- Multitude of sources including links to documentary records, histories, bibliographies,state and local studies, specific battles, and rosters and regimental histories
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) -- National Archives and Records Administration's holdings in Washington, DC, the regional archives, and the Presidential libraries.
Archives of the West -- Images and full-text of selected items, produced as a supplement to a PBS series.
Archiving Early America -- Explore the world of early America through newspapers, maps, magazines and writings of the period. Included are the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the Whiskey Rebellion, and more. The Digital Library contains thumb-nail images of portraits, places, maps, documents, early-day ads, and other images.
Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals -- Current bibliography of articles about women's and gender history. Articles published in English, French, German, and Dutch are selected from more than ninety European, American, and Indian journals.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present -- A search engine that locates by name, state or position.
The Center for Electronic Text and Image at the University of Pennsylvania -- Text, audio and graphic resources related to a variety of topics.
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 -- Library of Congress: Annals of Congress; Journals of the Continental Congress; Elliot's Debates; Statutes at Large; House Journal; Senate Journal; Senate Executive Journal; Maclay's Journal; and Register of Debates.
Chronology of US Historical Documents -- An assortment of documents beginning with the Magna Carta (1215) and ending with Clinton's 1998 State of the Union Address. via University of Oklahoma Law Center
Civil War Information Available on the Internet -- A Meta-index (over 6,000 sites) of networked resources. Includes pointers to bibliographies, images, and organizations. Compiled by the U.S. Civil War Center, Louisiana State University.
Constitution of the U.S. -- Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Site prepared by the Congressional Research Service.
Constitution of the U.S. -- National Archives and Records Administration page features the biographies of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention and a transcription of the complete text of the Constitution. This page also provides hyperlinks to biographies of each of the 39 delegates who signed the Constitution.
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy -- Avalon Project at the Yale Law School. Supported by the University Of Pennsylvania. An assortment of documents primary from early U.S. History.
• Pre 18th Century Documents
•18th Century Documents
•19th Century Documents
•20th Century Documents
Electronic Texts from the University of Virginia Library -- Interesting collection of ull-text documents, some illustrated, related to the history of the United States and the South.
H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online:Content Gateway -- H-Net creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Gateways include: Arinet, Migration and Ethnicity, and Film as History.
Historical United States Census Browser -- Instructional Computing Group of Harvard University, in cooperation with Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan, has made a subset of historical data from U.S. decennial censuses from 1790 to 1970 available for forms-based querying on the web.
Making of America -- Collaborative project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University to select and scan approximately 5,000 primary materials with imprints between 1850 - 1877 documenting American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Nineteenth Century Documents Project -- Collection of nineteenth century United States primary source material, including documents, editorials, speeches, and articles. Sections include: Early National Politics; Slavery and Sectionalism; Nebraska Bill; Sumner's Caning; Dred Scott Decision; John Brown and Harper's Ferry; 1850s Statistical Almanac; 1860 election; Secession and War; and Post Civil War.
Presidents of the United States -- Background information, election results, cabinet members, and notable events,interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.
See also: Presidents and First Ladies via the White House
Selected Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court -- Cornell Law Legal Information Institute
Supreme Court Decisions -- FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text.
University of Virginia Hypertexts Project -- Hypertexts include literature, political writings, and WPA slave narratives.
Virtual Library -- Links to full text books, pamphlets, newspapers and historical documents on the World Wide Web. via National Archives and Records Administration
Witchcraft in Salem Village -- Complete 1692 Salem Witchcraft Papers and related documents. Created by the Danvers Archival Center, the local history, rare book and manuscript department of the Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, Massachusetts, with the support of the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia.
American Women's History: A Research Guide -- Middle Tennessee State University Library provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections.
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General Sources: European History
ARTFL -- American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language. Resources in French language, literature, and culture. ARTFL, a cooperative project of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) and the University of Chicago, offers a full-text database of nearly 2,000 works in French dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Included are works of literature, literary criticism, history, philosophy, and economics.
Byzantine Studies -- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection research links and publications. Includes information on Pre-Columbian Studies.
Electronic Resources for Medieval Studies -- Internet Resources via The Electronic Text Center, Rice University. Includes links to journals, texts, projects, and dictionaries.
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe -- Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations organized by nations and then chronologically. via Brigham Young University Library
European Studies - Regional and Historical Resources -- The Western European Specialists Section of the American Libraries Association's Association of College and Research Libraries have developed comprehensive links to internet resources that include:
French Studies
Medieval and Renaissance Web
Internet History Sourcebooks -- collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Other sources include: African, East Asian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, LGBT, Women's, Global and Science.
History -- Institute Of Historical Research - London University links for Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Europe and the world.
Labyrinth: A World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies -- A clearinghouse for materials from around the Internet. Includes electronic texts, bibliographies, lectures, and professional information. Source materials in Latin, French, Italian, and Middle English.
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Meta-Indexes
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century -- Interactive atlas showing:Cities, Government, War, International Relations, Living Conditions and Economics for specific places and events. Includes links to 20th century historical maps on other sites.
History Departments Around the World -- A searchable database of academic History departments around the world.
History Guide -- Browse over 1,200 links by Historiography; Auxiliary Sciences; and Regional History (Europe, America, Asia, Africa Australia). Sites are rated for content and clarity by the Lower Saxony State- and University Library, Göttingen (Germany). Special emphasis on Anglo-American History.
Resources of Scholarly Societies - History -- Links to websites of scholarly societies in History and rated with the "URL-Stability Index" by the University of Waterloo Library.
WWW Services for Historians -- From the Association for History and Computing, an international organization which aims to promote and develop interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every level, in both teaching and research.
History files at Yahoo.
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Discussion Groups
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online -- H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web". Includes listings for Discussion Networks and a Job Guide.
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Electronic Periodicals
History Journals -- A selection of from the Yahoo index.
Essays in History -- A Publication of the Corcoran Department of History, the University of Virginia. The journal is published annually and is peer reviewed.
History Journals Guide - A gateway to electronic articles and e-journals related to history.
Medieval Review -- Formerly the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review has been publishing reviews of current work in all areas of Medieval Studies since 1993.
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