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• American Studies Web
  A guide to American Studies resources on the Internet.

• Best of History Web Sites
  For history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. Annotated links to over 1000 history Web sites.

• Digital History
  A collaborative partnership among the University of Houston, the Chicago Historical Society, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Park Service, and the Project for the Active Teaching of American History. It features resources—documents, exhibits, guides, etc.—to “enhance teaching and research.”

• Digital Librarian
  A Librarian’s Choice of the Best of the Web: History.

• Guide to History on the Web
  Searchable and indexed database of more than 5,000 US and world history sites.

• History - American and British
  An outstanding collection of links, probably the most comprehensive for American history on the Internet. Assembled by Stan Nash and William Vincenti, Rutgers University Library.

• History Guide
  From the State and University Library in Göttingen, Germany. From the main screen, you can either browse by subject or source type or else search in simple or advanced mode. Each record has lines for source type, keywords, URL, and level of audience as well as one to five ratings for contents, clarity, index, and links.

• History Matters
  Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site is maintained by 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. It serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history, primarily the period 1876 to 1946.

• The History Place
  Not a comprehensive list of links to history sites, but a good starting place for students to begin exploring. Has a tie-in to Amazon.com for online book ordering.

• HistoryWorld
  Consists of some 400 separate histories and 4000 “tagged events.”

• H-Net Search
  Search for H-Net discussion list logs, H-Net web pages, and other H-Net areas. H-Net began as a small consortium of scholarly e-mail lists for historians. This original group has grown to include over eighty academic discussion networks spanning a variety of disciplines and fields of study.

• United States - History
  Part of the Librarians' Internet Index site.

• Voice of the Shuttle: History Page
  Maintained by Alan Liu, University of California at Santa Barbara. Extensive directory of history resources. The United States section is part of a larger site which covers general history, prehistory, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and Mexico, and North America.

• World History Compass
  Includes links to U.S. history.

• WWW-VL History: United States
  Part of the WWW-VL History Central Catalogue, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

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History by Period

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History by Area

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• American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States

• American Women's History: A Research Guide
  Created by Ken Middleton, reference librarian and graduate student in American Women's History at Middle Tennessee State University, this site is an excellent resource for researchers, especially graduate students or advanced undergraduates, interested in US women's history. At the site, users will find a large number of citations of print and online reference materials and primary resources. These are grouped into three sections: General Reference and Biographical Sources, Subject Index to Research Sources (currently containing resources in 27 topical areas), and State and Regional History Sources.

• DoHistory
  This experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale, both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard, allows you to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past.

• Gateway to African-American History
  This site, created by the State Department's International Information Programs, features well-annotated links to Internet sites devoted to African-American literature and historical studies or involved with African-American issues. The links are to bibliographies, archival and research sites, presidential speeches, and full-text versions of government reports and articles.

• Disability Social History Project
  The Project preserves, examines, and shares the history and culture of disabled persons.

• Oral History Online
  “Exemplary Oral History sites, Oral History guides, tips for Evaluating Oral History Online.”

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• History.com
  Maintained by A & E Television Networks.

• History Guide (discoverychannel.com)

• The History Net
  “Where history lives on the Web.” Sponsored by the National Historical Society.

• HistoryWiz
  “For students, teachers and lovers of history.”

• The People's Vote: The Most Influential Documents in American History

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• AlternaTime
  A collection of timelines on the Web.

• HyperHistory Online
  Timelines of people, areas, and events.

• Revolutionary War Timeline
  Describes 125 battles, incidents, and other developments during the Revolutionary War. Descriptions are brief and there are many links to additional resources.

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Text, Image, Sound, and Archival Databases

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Museums

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Libraries and Archives

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Exhibits

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Societies, Associations, and Other Organizations

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• Guide to History Departments Around the World
  Initially developed by Andrew McMichael, now maintained by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University.

• Immigration History Research Center (University of Minnesota)

• The Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia

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• History News Network
  From the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, this site provides information about history and historians in the news: “Among the many duties we assume are these: To expose politicians who misrepresent history. To point out bogus analogies. To deflate beguiling myths. To remind Americans of the irony of history. To put events in context. To remind us all of the complexity of history.” Visitors to the site can leave comments about articles.

• H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
  An international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. H-Net sponsors scores of history-related electronic discussion groups.

• NCH Washington Update (National Coalition for History)
  A weekly newsletter for those interested in history and archives issues. To subscribe to the “NCH Washington Update,” send an e-mail message to listserv@h-net.msu.edu according to the following model: SUBSCRIBE H-NCH firstname lastname, institution. To unsubscribe send an e-mail message to: listserv@h-net.msu.edu according to the following model: SIGNOFF H-NCH.

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Regional Resources

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Other Sites of Interest

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