General History Websites & Research Guides
- Primary Sources on the Web
Finding and evaluating history-related websites.
- History Guide
History web sites organized by broad subject (includes georgraphical breakdown) and type of resource. Also includes a search feature. Sponsored by the State and University Library at Gottingen, Germany.
- History Matters
"Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history." A project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
- History WWW-VL
Comprehensive listing of websites, part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library. Organized by era and topic/region. Maintained by the European University Institute.
- H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLIne
"An interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web." A collection of more than 100 scholarly discussion groups.
- Intute: History
Annotated list of links covering all aspects of history created by a consortium of British universities.
- Internet for Historians
Tutorial created by the Humbul Humanities Hub based at Oxford. The tutorial has links to key sites and information about searching for and evaluating sites.
- The Historian's Toolbox: Skills for History Majors
Tutorial introduces basic historical concepts and research methods to history majors.
- Learning Historical Research
"Basic introduction to historical research for anyone and everyone who is interested in exploring the past."
- A Student's Guide to the Study of History
"Guide as an aid to high
school and college students who are either taking history classes or who intend to major in history as undergraduates." Includes sections on
taking notes, writing exams, choosing a topic and researching and writing papers.
- Reading, Writing and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
Site created by a professor at Bowdoin. Includes sections on reading primary and secondary sources and writing research papers.
- Library Research Tutorial
British site that "provides training in the skills needed to conduct library-based research in the arts, humanities and social sciences."
- Doing Cold War History: A Practical Guide
Professor Trachtenberg's guide covers topic selection and research strategies and tools with a strong focus on primary sources dealing with the Cold War.
- Research and Documentation Online
Bedford Books provides electronic version to its guide, includes a section on history research.
- Primary Sources
Site created to support a colloquium offered by Yale University Library. Includes extensive bibliographies.
Image: 1874 sketch of Seattle by Charles Nordhoff. Courtesy of Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection.