South Seattle Community College Library

"History Resources For Your Research Paper"

Reference Librarian Patricia Naylor, Instructor

 

 

Ancient History Sources

 

http://pomoerium.com/--The Pomoerium online text is filled with Classics articles in a number of different languages. Other links include Classics Journals, Resources, Books, and bibliographies on new media in the field.

 

http://www.historesearch.com/ancient.html--A list of links by Historesearch.com.

 

http://ancienthistory.about.com/--About.com's guide to Ancient History. For more links click here.

 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/Ancient_History/--Get information about Nubian, Greek, Mesopotamian, Etruscan, Egyptian, Carthaginian, Persian and Visogoth culture, as well as ancient military warfare, the seven wonders of the world and women in ancient times.

 

World History Sources

 

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html--Hyperhistory's guide to world history. Click on the links on the left or bottom of the page to navigate through this colorful page.

 

http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html--A list of hyperlinks from the World Wide Web Virtual Library.

 

http://www.historychannel.com/timeline/--This timeline from the History Channel allows you to pick a century in history and gives you highlights from that time period.

 

http://www.britannica.com/women--Britannica's guide to 300 women who have changed the world.

 

American History Sources

 

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/--A guide to primary documents, images, audio interviews, how to approach sources and web links about American History. This is a great place to start!

 

http://blackquest.com/link.htm--African-American History, Culture, and Black Studies Resources.

 

http://innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html--A chronological history of slavery. Notice how well the author cites sources in this paper.

 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/--A site by National Geographic covering the Underground Railroad.

 

http://www.brothermalcolm.net/--Malcolm X research site.

 

http://americanhistory.about.com/index.htm--an excellent source for U.S. History, including American wars, scandals, biography, immigration, colonial America, and the Industrial Revolution.

 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/--A good place to start for genealogy, journals, magazines, preservation, foreign diplomacy, etc.

 

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi--A great source from the library of congress.

 

Women in American History

 

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list_american.htm--Biographies of Notable American women from About.com

 

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html--A wonderful site from Middle Tennesee State University.

 

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/figures.htm--A list of biographies from Women In History, an Ohio organization.

 

 http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm--An excerpt from Compton's Encyclopedia.

 

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