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History

Table of Contents:

Archives & Special Collections	Electronic Courses	Journal Indexes
Electronic Text Archives	Resources for Teaching	Comprehensive Classified Resource Directories
Digital Images	Organizations & Societies	Specialized Classified Resource Directories
Wisconsin History	Electronic Conferences	Style Guides
Maps	Electronic Journals	User Guides
Departments & Institutes

Archives & Special Collections

• Archives and Manuscript Collections - (Columbia University)
  
• Area Research Center - (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
  
• National Archives and Records Administration: Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
  
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) - (Library of Congress)
  
• Ready, 'Net, Go!: Archival Internet Resources - (Tulane University)
  
• Wisconsin Historical Society: Archives : The Archives Online Catalog (ArCat)
  

Electronic Text Archives

• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries -
  The largest collection of British and Irish women's diaries and correspondence ever assembled. Spanning more than 300 years, it offers the personal experiences of more than 1,000 women and will eventually include approximately 100,000 pages of published letters and diaries from individuals writing from 1500 to 1900.
• Early Canadiana Online
  A full text online database of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history. Collections accessible without a subscription include Canadian women's history, colonial government journals, English Canadian literature, history of French Canada, history of the Hudson's Bay Company, Jesuit relations, and Native studies.
• Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Culture and the Environment -
  A collection assembled from hundreds of sources, Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment documents the relationships among peoples and the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850. The collection focuses on personal accounts and provides unique perspectives from all of the protagonists, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women. 
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) -
  This database provides access to the full text of thousands of books published during the 18th Century, particularly in the United Kingdom. Subject collections currently included are history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science and technology; and literature and language. By late spring of 2004, three more collections will be added: philosophy and religion, law, and general reference. 
• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History - (Brigham Young University)
  
• Historical Text Archive
  
• Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties - (compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler)  
  
• Making of America: University of Michigan - (University of Michigan)
  
• Making of America: Cornell University - (Cornell University)
  
• North American Immigrant Letters and Diaries and Oral Histories: 1800-1850  -
  This collection includes 71 authors and approximately 10,000 pages of information which provides a personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. It is composed of letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews and other personal narratives.
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 -
  This collection includes one of the most comprehensive bibliographies of women's diaries and letters yet published. It lists over 2,000 published and unpublished items from a variety of sources, including online resources and microform. Drawn from more than 1,000 sources, including journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings, much of the material is still in copyright.

Digital Images

• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library - (Library of Congress)
  
• The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - (University of Virginia)
  

Wisconsin History

• Area Research Center - (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
  
• University of Wisconsin Digital Collections - The UWDC includes digital collections from University of Wisconsin libraries for use by faculty, staff, students, Wisconsin citizens, and anyone else interested in learning about the state of Wisconsin. Also includes links to local library digital collections.
  
  • Belgian-American Research Collection - (Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay) Information on Belgian-Americans in northeastern Wisconsin, including photographs, oral history tapes and abstracts, and select publications from the Belgian American Resource Collection at Cofrin Library.
    
  • Ecology and Natural Resources Collection - (University of Wisconsin Libraries) Includes writings about research in ecology and natural resources conducted by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff, titles in these fields held by the UW Libraries, photographs, and maps.
    
  • The State of Wisconsin Collection - Books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and more are found on this site. Materials about the state of Wisconsin or related to its history and ongoing development are included.
    
  • Wisconsin Pioneer Experience - (Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries and Wisconsin Historical Society) View diaries, letters, speeches, and other writings of people in 19th century Wisconsin. Papers were drawn from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society and its Area Research Centers around the state.
    
• Wisconsin Historical Society: Archives : The Archives Online Catalog (ArCat)
  

Maps

• John R. Borchert Map Library - (University of Minnesota)
  
• The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - (University of Texas at Austin)
  

Departments & Institutes

• Guide to History Departments Around the World - (George Mason University)
  

Electronic Courses

• World Lecture Hall - (University of Texas at Austin) Browse by area to find course web sites in History, or search to find a course on a specific topic.
  

Resources for Teaching

• American Journeys - (Wisconsin Historical Society and National History Day) Contains accounts of North American exploration, including the words of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders, and settlers. Rare books, original manuscripts, and images are some of the resources found here. Resources for teachers are included under the Teachers link. Examples are suggested topics, lesson plans, and nomenclature.
• History Matters - (George Mason University) This site features an annotated guide to history websites divided by topic and time period, annotated syllabi for teaching history courses, examples of web-based assignments, and more. Teachers as well as students of U.S. History courses will find this site useful.
  

Organizations & Societies

• American Historical Association
  
• Association for History and Computing
  
• Organization of American Historians
  
• Scholarly Societies Project: History - (University of Waterloo)
  

Electronic Conferences

• H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online - (Michigan State University)
  

Electronic Journals

• The American Historical Review - (History Cooperative)
  104.3 (June 1999)-109.5 (December 2004)
  
• Essays in History33 (1990-1991)-42 (2000)
  
• The Journal of American History - (History Cooperative)
  86.1 (June 1999)-91.3 (December 2004)
  
• The William and Mary Quarterly - (History Cooperative)
  58.1 (January 2001)-61.4 (October 2004)
• JSTOR - (University of Michigan)
  For additional History journals, open the JSTOR database, click on Search, and under Select Discipline or Journal, click Expand Journal List.
  
  • The American Historical Review 1 (1895)-104 (1999)
    
  • American Quarterly 1 (1949)-47 (1995) (plus links to recent content 1996-2003 in Project Muse)
    
  • Eighteenth-Century Studies 1 (1967)-28 (1995) (plus links to recent content Autumn 1995-2003 in Project Muse)
    
  • The Journal of American History 51 (1964)-85 (1999) continues The Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1 (1914)-50 (1964)
    
  • The Journal of Economic History 1 (1941)-57 (1997)
    
  • The Journal of Military History 53 (1989)-63 (1999) continues Military Affairs 5 (1941)-52 (1988) continues The Journal of the American Military Institute 3 (1939)-4 (1940) continues The Journal of the American Military History Foundation1 (1937)-2 (1938)
    
  • The Journal of Modern History 1 (1929)-71 (1999)
    
  • Journal of Negro History 1 (1916)-84 (1999)
    
  • The Journal of Southern History 1 (1935)-63 (1997)
    
  • Journal of the History of Ideas 1 (1940)-56 (1995) (plus links to recent content 1996-2003 in Project Muse)
    
  • Renaissance Quarterly 20 (1967)-52 (1999) continues Renaissance News 1 (1948)-19 (1966) and contains Studies in the Renaissance 1 (1954)-21 (1974)
    
  • Reviews in American History 1 (1973)-22 (1994) (plus links to recent content 1995-2003 in Project Muse)
    
  • Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies 1 (1926)-72 (1997)
    
  • William and Mary Quarterly Series 1 1 (1892)-27 (1919) Series 2 1 (1921)-23 (1943) Series 3 1 (1944)-57 (2000)
    
• Project Muse - (Johns Hopkins University)
  
  • American Jewish History 84 (1996)-90 (2002)
    
  • American Literary History 12 (2000)-15 (2003)
    
  • The Americas (TAm) 57.2 (2000-2001)-60 (2003)
    
  • Book History 1 (1998)-5 (2002)
    
  • Bulletin of the History of Medicine 70 (1996)-77 (2003)
    
  • The Catholic Historical Review 86.3 (2000)-89 (2003)
    
  • Civil War History 46.4 (2000)-49 (2003)
    
  • Eighteenth-Century Life 20 (1996)-27 (2003)
    
  • Eighteenth-Century Studies 29 (1995-1996)-36 (2002-2003)
    
  • Essays in Medieval Studies 18 (2001)-19 (2002)
    
  • Ethnohistory 46.4 (1999)-50 (2003)
    
  • French Colonial History 3 (2003)-4 (2003)
    
  • French Historical Studies 22.4 (1999)-26 (2003)
    
  • Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 22 (2001)-24 (2003)
    
  • Hispanic American Historical Review (HAHR) 79.3 (1999)-83 (2003)
    
  • History & Memory 11 (1999)-15 (2003)
    
  • History of Political Economy 31.3 (1999)-35 (2003)
    
  • Holocaust and Genocide Studies 17 (2003)
    
  • Israel Studies 4 (1999)-8 (2003)
    
  • Jewish Social Studies: American Jewish History and Culture 5 (1999)-9 (2002-2003)
    
  • Journal of Cold War Studies 1 (1999)-5 (2003)
    
  • Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History 1 (2000)-4 (2003)
    
  • The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 30 (1999-2000)-34 (2003)
    
  • The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 27.1 (1997); 30 (2000)-33 (2003)
    
  • Journal of Military History 67 (2003)
    
  • Journal of Modern Greek Studies 14 (1996)-21 (2003)
    
  • Journal of Policy History 11.3 (1999)-15 (2003)
    
  • Journal of Social History 33 (1999-2000)-36 (2002-2003)
    
  • Journal of the History of Ideas 57 (1996)-64 (2003)
    
  • Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 55 (2000)-58 (2003)
    
  • Journal of the History of Sexuality 10 (2001)-12 (2003)
    
  • Journal of Women's History 11.2 (1999-2000)-15 (2003)
    
  • Journal of World History 10.2 (1999)-14 (2003)
    
  • Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 3 (2002)-4 (2003)
    
  • Late Imperial China 17 (1996)-23 (2002)
    
  • Latin American Research Review 38 (2003)
    
  • New Hibernia Review: A Quarterly Record of Irish Studies 5 (2001)-7 (2003)
    
  • NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture 9 (2000-2001)-12 (2003)
    
  • Radical History Review 79 (2001)-86 (2003)
    
  • Reviews in American History 23 (1995)-31 (2003)
    
  • Social Science History 23.4 (1999)-27 (2003)
    
  • Southern Cultures 6.4 (2000)-3.3 (2003)
    
  • Technology and Culture 39.3 (1998)-44 (2003)
    
  • Victorian Studies 42.2 (1999-2000)-45 (2002)
    

Journal Indexes

• America: History and Life - (ABC CLIO)
  America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Links to some full-text articles in JSTOR, Project Muse, and the History Cooperative journals are provided; other articles are not full text. 
• International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) (Brepols) -
  A renowned database in its field, the IMB contains citations for articles in both periodicals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, etc.) published worldwide. All subjects related to the Middle Ages, within the date range 300-1500 AD, are included. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Comprehensive Classified Resource Directories

• Voice of the Shuttle: History - (University of California-Santa Barbara)
  
• World Wide Web Virtual Library History: Central Catalogue - (European University Institute, Florence, Italy)
  
• Yahoo: History
  

Specialized Classified Resource Directories

• History - British Isles - (Rutgers University Libraries)
  
• History - North America - (Rutgers University Libraries)
  
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies - (Georgetown University)
  

Style Guides

• Citing Electronic Information in History Papers by Maurice Crouse - (Department of History, The University of Memphis)
  
• University Library Citation Guides - (University Library, UW-Whitewater) Guides for APA, MLA, and Turabian citation styles as well as information on citing Internet resources.
  

User Guides

• Finding Primary Source Materials for History - (University Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) A guide to finding historical primary source materials in UW-Whitewater's University Library.
  
• Finding Secondary Source Materials for History - (University Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) A guide to finding historical secondary source materials in UW-Whitewater's University Library.

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