Library Services: History Resources

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History Resources

Online World History Databases

The BEPress Digital Commons Network is an open source institutional repository which makes the scholarly output of several universities and institutions freely available
History subject area contains over 15,000 works from 191 institutions
A tutorial on using the Digital Commons Network can be found here

Brings together free resources from America’s archives libraries, archives, and museums
Striving to contain the full breadth of human expression, this portal currently provides access to over 5,000,000 resources
Use the bookshelf tab or the search bar to navigate to the search interface or find resources on a particular topic

“The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact”
Thousands of open access journals with full text articles
Select browse to find journals in a specific subject or use the search bar to find all journals or articles relevant to your search

“Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature”
Search articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites
Note that not all resources on Google Scholar are free. For free full-text versions of articles, look for items that have a PDF link on the right hand side of the page.

“ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment”
“Merged collections of resources from the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians’ Internet Index (LII) websites”
Provides a variety of online resources including some access to full-text articles

World History Websites

Developed for the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University
Provides access to open access data relevant to the study of the Ancient Near East and Ancient Mediterranean World
Search everything from blogs, books, journals and more
Also provides access to core texts and information about archaeological projects

From EdTechTeach, Inc.
Created for teachers but includes resources which should be useful to both high school and college students as well
Compiles links to a huge number of useful websites related to history, searchable by the subtopic menu

From George Mason University
Seeks to put current events into historical perspective by presenting news and research from historians or of historical interest

A particularly useful website from Fordham University’s History Department
Three major sourcebooks cover Ancient History, Medieval History, and Modern History
Other sourcebooks cover African History, East Asian History, Global History, Indian History, Islamic History, Jewish History, Lesbian and Gay History, Science History, and Women’s History
Designed to provide access to primary sources, copy-permitted materials and other teaching materials in history

Developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University
A portal to various web resources pertaining to history created by CHNM
Includes access to World History Sources resource center designed to help high school and college world history teachers and students locate, analyze, and learn from online primary sources

From the European University Institute History department
Somewhat outdated in appearance and not all links are of high enough quality to be used in college level research, but is nonetheless useful due to its comprehensive coverage of the world, arranged by country
Browse by country, era, topic or method of research

U.S. History

An online interactive textbook created for the University of Houston
Browse chronologically, by era, or by topic
Also includes reference materials, primary resources, historical multimedia and other useful material