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Modern History

  • Modern History Sourcebook
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
    A primary sourcebook designed to "present a diversity of source material in modern European, American, and Latin American history, as well as a significant amount of material pertinent to world cultures and global studies. A number of other online source collections emphasize legal and political documents. Here efforts have been made to include contemporary narrative accounts, personal memoirs, songs, newspaper reports, as well as cultural, philosophical, religious and scientific documents. Although the history of social and cultural elite groups remains important to historians, the lives of non-elite women, people of color, lesbians and gays are also well represented here."

  • Armenian Genocide
    Summary of events, quotes, articles of the time, first-hand accounts, suggested readings and pictures.  Armenian Genocide Google Search

Ancient History 

  • Ancient History Sourcebook
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
    Documents and links to other web sites presented in a structured manner. The primary subject areas include Human Origins, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, the Hellenistic world, Rome, Late Antiquity, and Christian Origins.

  • E-Museum Prehistory
    http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/
    Rich informational site maintained at Minnesota State University with sections on Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia and much more.

  • Exploring Ancient World Cultures
    http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
    "The EAWC Internet Index tracks a variety of resources that are relevant to ancient and medieval times and that might prove useful to students and teachers who are engaged in serious study. It is divided into five sub-indices: a chronology, an essay index, an image index, an internet site index and a primary text index. Each of these is further divided into sections, one for each of the cultures represented: the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe."

  • The Ancient World Wide Web
    http://www.julen.net/ancient/
    A regularly updated guide to all things ancient on the web. Includes a directory and a search feature. Has a useful section on "daily life" in ancient cultures.

Medieval History

  • Internet Medieval Sourcebook
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
    Site is organized as three main index pages (Selected Sources, Full Text Sources, Saints Lives) and a number of supplementary documents. From the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.

  • Medieval Review
    http://www.hti.umich.edu/b/bmr/tmr.html
    "Since 1993, The Medieval Review (TMR; formerly the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review) has been publishing reviews of current work in all areas of Medieval Studies, a field it interprets as broadly as possible. The electronic medium allows for very rapid publication of reviews, and provides a computer searchable archive of past reviews, both of which are of great utility to scholars and students around the world."

  • ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
    http://orb.rhodes.edu/
    An "academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers." Includes an online encyclopedia arranged by topic, full length texts, and resources for teaching.
  • Facts on File LAUSD Net user Only  Go to Landmark Documents in American History for Timelines, biographies, and pictures.

Historical Documents

Primary Source Documents

  • AmDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
    http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
    A treasure trove of full-text primary sources spanning 500 years of American History. Speeches, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, declarations of war, and other key documents are arranged chronologically in a simple list, making it easy to find the primary source you need.

  • Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
    http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
    Yale University's Project Avalon makes available in digital format full text documents in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. This phenomenal resource includes documents as varied as the ancient Code of Hammurabi, the Communist Manifesto, and the Treaty of Versailles.

  • Internet History Sourcebooks Project
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
    Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use. Find primary sources in ancient, medieval and modern history as well as African, East Asian, Islamic, Jewish, Lesbian and Gay, Science, and Women's history. This is a wonderful site for primary sources on the Internet.

  • Making of America - Cornell University
    http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
    Cornell University's contributions to the digital library of primary sources in American social history. The MOA is a collaborative effort of Cornell University and the University of Michigan to preserve and provide electronic access to historical texts covering the period from the antebellum through reconstruction. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints from Cornell's collections.

  • Making of America - University of Michigan
    http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
    The University of Michigan's contributions to MOA. This site provides access to approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints from the university's collections.

  • National Archives and Records Administration
    http://www.nara.gov/
    The National Archives "ensures, for citizens and federal officials, ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience." This incomparable site provides access to millions of documentary treasures including the Charters of Freedom, the Apollo 11 Flight Plan, photographs spanning a century of life in America, and posters from World War II, to name just a few.