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Ancient History
Part of the Librarians' Internet Index.
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean
An online atlas of the ancient Mediterranean world designed to support the instruction of the
classics, ancient history, archaeology, and related disciplines.
Deutsche Datenquellen: Alte
Geschichte
German Virtual Library: Ancient History. In German.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
An interdisciplinary resource focusing on patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean. It includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography (with an emphasis on recent work), and links to many online articles, book reviews, databases, and images.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
An introduction to ancient world cultures on the World-Wide Web, under the general editorship of Anthony F. Beavers, The University of Evansville, Indiana.
Gnomon Online
Bibliographic database, “international information system for classical antiquity.” A selection from the Gnomon CD-ROM 1998, which contains articles from the print journal Gnomon. Unavailable after 15 December 1999 in its present form. From 15 January 2000, it will again be available, but with fewer titles. Partially in German.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
An online encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman Empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453).
Okeanos
An interdisciplinary resource for the study of the Ancient, Biblical, Classical, and Late Antique Near East.
Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet
Created by Paul Halsall, Fordham University.
Labyrinth: A World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies
Sponsored by Georgetown University.
Medieval and Renaissance Web
Presented by the Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, this site is designed to provide access to scholarly resources in all aspects of the Western Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Middle Ages
Part of the Librarians' Internet Index.
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
Maintained by Beau A.C. Harbin, Department of History, Catholic University of America.
The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
A cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the internet to establish an online
textbook source for medieval studies on the World Wide Web.
Research Materials for Medieval Studies: Starting Points
Maintained by Emily Horning, Yale University Libraries.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
The goal of Iter is to increase access to all published materials pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and, eventually, to the Middle Ages (400-1500), by creating online bibliographies.
Medieval and Renaissance
Web
Presented by the Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, this site is designed to provide access to scholarly resources in all aspects of the Western Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Le Poulet Gauche
A guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France, “designed to be a resource for historical recreation.” Maintained by The Society for Creative Anachronism, a group
dedicated to historical recreation of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
18th Century History
“Your guide to some of the most informative and useful Web sites that cover the 18th century in all its glory.”
Eighteenth-Century Resources
A collection of Internet resources related to the 18th century, including literature, art, history, and the history of science. Also includes a complete catalog of electronic texts from the 18th century, roughly from Milton to Keats. Maintained “as a labor of love” by Jack Lynch, Assistant Professor, English Department, Rutgers University, Newark Campus.
Victoria Research Web
An offshoot of the VICTORIA discussion list and hosted by Indiana University, this site is designed to assist researchers, teachers, and students studying nineteenth century Britain. Users will find a number of
helpful items such as a guide to Victorian holdings in selected archives, book reviews on-line, bibliographies, a guide to using the new British Library, tips on planning a research trip, sample syllabi, and a guide to major journals in the field.
The Victorian Web
“Literature, History & Culture in the Age of Victoria.”
First World War.com
Includes vintage photographs, propaganda posters, sound files, maps, and other primary documents. “It is not recommended that this site be used for academic reference purposes for school or university papers. ... [M]aterial on the site has not been submitted for formal peer review.”
The Great War: 80 Years On
This site from the BBC commemorates the war and offers users a number of interesting resources. Multimedia offerings include a ten-minute video collage of photos and newsreel footage produced by the Imperial War Museum and a selection of fascinating and poignant audio interviews of veterans, including one man who was just fourteen when he left to fight in France. The site also contains a selection of soldiers' letters home, overviews of four major battles (Gallipoli, Verdun, the Somme, and Passchendaele), and a number of topical articles.
World War II Resources
Primary documents, including the Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings, speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British, French, and German documents. Maintained by the Pearl Harbor Working Group.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook is one of series of history primary sourcebooks by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. It is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures. Although this part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project began as a way to access texts that were already available on the Internet, it now contains hundreds of texts made available locally. Divided into these rubrics: Early Modern World; The Transformation of the West: Scientific, Political, and Industrial Revolution; the 19th Century and Western Hegemony; World Wars and the End of Western Dominance; the World since 1945.