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Disciplines & Professions: HistoryWeb SitesAcademic Info's History Gateway Choose from a main subject menu of world history resources, country and regional histories, and topical histories. Contains extensive links to European histories by both period and country. Education Planet History Directory Directory of links to education-related sites on history. Open Directory's History Directory Offers a varied selection of historical categories and features selected sites with annotations on the opening page. Research and Documentation Online: History Guidelines for finding and documenting historical research sources. Search Engine Guide's History Links Provides 16 annotated links to general history guides and directories. World Wide Web Virtual Library: History The central catalogue of the main network provides direct links to other network sites through its index. Select from the following main categories: research methods and materials, eras and epochs, historical topics, or countries and regions. Contains an extensive index of African American history. Yahoo!'s History Directory Search by region, country, time period, or choose from a menu of history-related links. Some of the more unusual links available include genealogy, psychohistory, oral history, photographic collections, and “this week in history.” DatabasesAmerica: History and Life (ABC-Clio) A bibliographic reference to American and Canadian history. Almost 400,000 entries including articles from more than 2,000 leading journals, as well as some citations for articles in related fields and for dissertations. Historical Abstracts (ABC-Clio) More than 500,000 entries on the history of the world excluding Canada and the United States. Includes sources from 2,000 journals worldwide. Print ResourcesBenjamin, Jules R. Student's Guide to History. 8th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1994. Covers a wide range of historical topics. Presents basic concepts and methods for the study of history. Appendices include general information and a list of reference sources. Cameron, Averil, and Peter Garnsey, eds. The Cambridge Ancient History. 14 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. Articles by historians on chronologically arranged topics covering only ancient history. A bibliography and a subject index are included. Commager, Henry Steele, and Milton Cantor, eds. 10th ed. Documents of American History. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988. Compiles primary resources from American history. Sources include letters, speeches, memoirs, poetry, newspapers articles, sermons, and more. Brief introductory notes for each entry. A subject index included. Morris, Richard B., and Jeffery B. Morris, eds.Encyclopedia of American History. 7th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Entries are arranged in chronological order and by subject. Includes a separate section of biographies and a basic chronology of American history. Subject index provided. O'Brien, Patrick K., ed. Encyclopedia of World History. New York: George Philip, 2000. More than 6,500 articles on all areas of world history. Arranged alphabetically. Includes a general chronology of people, dates, and events spanning 17,000 years. Norton, Mary Beth, ed. American Historical Association Guide to Historical Literature. 3rd ed. 2 vols. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. Arranged by culture/geographical location and chronologically. Offers brief overviews of the subject area. Each chapter includes bibliography and annotations. Index of subjects and authors included. Slavens, Thomas P. Sources of Information for Historical Research. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1994. Covers all areas of history. Provides bibliographic information for all types of reference sources including online databases. All entries are annotated. Uses geographical and genre headings. |
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