Online Resources for Historians

Compiled by Beth Terhune
Revised by Brian W. Ogilvie

This page is intended only as an entry to the wide range of historical material on the World Wide Web and to provide links of local interest. See the first few items for more comprehensive history web guides. If a link no longer works, please inform Brian Ogilvie (ogilvie@history.umass.edu).

Starting Points...

• History News Network, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
• Index of Resources for History, University of Kansas
• WWW Services for Historians, AHC
• Edsitement: The Best of Humanities on the Web, National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of Great City Schools, MCI Communications Corp., National Trust for the Humanities
• H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online (includes discussion lists and job postings)
• Links to History Departments Elsewhere, George Mason University

Resources for writing history

• Now on a separate history writing page.

Search Engines and Web Portals (a brief selection)

• Google (recommended)
• Yahoo!
• AltaVista
• Infoseek
• Web Crawler
• Lycos

Sampling of Archival Resources

• American Memory Project, Library of Congress
• Index of Archival Links, Yahoo
• Digital Classroom, National Archives and Records Administration
• Five Colleges Digital Archive Project (particularly focused on women's history), Five Colleges, Inc.
• The Making of America: Primary Sources in American Social History, University of Michigan
• The Making of America (Cornell University contributions) - digitized 19th-century books and magazines
• New Deal Network (FDR and Depression Era Programs), The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
• Online Exhibit Hall, National Archives and Records Administration
• The Perseus Project: Exploring the Ancient World, Classics Department, Tufts University
• United States Federal Court System & Decisions, Guide to Law Online, Library of Congress
• Virtual Exhibits, Ministry of Culture and Communication, France
• WWW Primary Source Workshop Pages, History Institute, University of Massachusetts/Amherst

Cartographic and Demographic Resources

• UMass Map Library (including digitized maps and GIS data)
• Map Libraries on the World Wide Web, University of Minnesota
• U.S. Historical Map Collection, University of Texas
• U.S. Census Data, U.S. Census Bureau
• Online Data Archive: Social Science Research Datasets, Data & Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Curriculum Development Ideas (syllabi, projects, etc.)

• WebCT Web Server (teaching with technology projects currently in place), UMass/Amherst
• Web-enhanced Courses, UMass/Amherst
• Sample syllabi, American Crossroads Project, Georgetown University
• Engines of Inquiry: A Practical Guide for Using Technology to Teach American Culture, American Crossroads Project, Georgetown University
• Classroom Resources, New Media Classroom, American Social History Project
• History Matters: Teaching the U.S. History Survey Course, American Social History Project/ Center for Media and Learning, City University of New York, Center for History and New Media/George Mason University

Local Historical Organizations

• Historic Deerfield
• Historic Northampton
• Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke
• Old Sturbridge Village
• Hancock Shaker Village
• Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (including digital museum)

Local Academic Programs and Departments

• Amherst College Department of History
• Hampshire College (Hampshire does not have departments)
• Mount Holyoke College Department of History
• Smith College Department of History
• Five College Center for Crossroads in the Study of the Americas
• Warring States project, UMass Amherst
• Medieval Studies at UMass
  

Professional Organizations & Electronic Journals

• American Association for History and Computing
• American Historical Association
• American Historical Review
• JSTOR (Journal storage project) - NOTE: off-campus users need their OITUnix account and password to connect to JSTOR