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Finding History Sites and Articles

For those who may be new to searching history, hopefully this little info will save you time.

Again, send your suggestions for this page to ej0c@raex.com


Directories

Looksmart.com seems to have the most entries directly related to historical topics. Looksmart has categories you can browse at Library > Humanities > History
      
The open directory project (www.dmoz.org) also has a large number of sites.
      
Sometimes you can find unique sites at about.com. They too have moderators. The site has some browsing, but it's easiest to start with a search.
      

Of course, Metacrawer always gives results, both good and not so good.
      

Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth edition, 1993) is fully online at infoplease.com.

        

Encyclopedia Britannica now has free access, and includes links to other sites and articles.
      


Catholic Encyclopedia (www.newadvent.org) is also fully online, and has entries for on many people and topics not mentioned elsewhere. Note that this is the 1917 version, which is a mixed blessing (why).

      
Encyclopedia.com This is the Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition.
      


More Online Resources

Sites That Provide Original Source Materials


A few big sites specialize in original source material.

The Internet Classics Archive at MIT.
Perseus Project at Tufts. Ancient Greek and other periods.
Online Reference Book
    The ORB Encyclopedia: A Topical Index
    Reference Shelf A Guide to Online Textual Resources
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Netserf.org
WWW-VL History Central Catalogue
Ancient History Sourcebook
Byzantine Studies Page
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
Primary Source Documents
An Online Library of Literature
Mostly fiction
Hanover Historical Texts Project

But don't forget to search elsewhere; it may be hidden on some universities servers.

U.S

American Memory Collection Finder Search Library of Congress
American Studies Web: Historical and Archival
American Religion Links--Key Figures

Military

Military History Institute Digital Library U.S. Army Center for Military History

Defense Visual Information Project
    War and Conflict - 1765-1970
    Korea

Naval Historical Center

Military ClipArt Library
Ft. Sill, OK

The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
Global Access to Educational Sources - Wars of the 20th Century


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