History
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History (general)
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Academic
Info (Resource Directory)
A directory of useful links and resources sorted by specific
subject areas. Most links include both printed reference works and
electronic resources.
Archive of Women's
Political Communication (Document Archive)
An online archives of women's political communication
including present and past speeches of women political
leaders.
Avalon
Project (Document Archive)
Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History,
Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Digital
Book Index
Links to thousands of full-text digital books from commercial and
non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites.
Most of these books, texts, and documents are free.
Directory of Open Access
Journals
Full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals,
covering all subjects and many languages.
Hathi Trust Digital
Library
Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright
and public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet
Archive, and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.
Internet History
Sourcebooks (Document Archive)
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical
texts.
Open Library
An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for
every book ever published.
Perseus Digital
Library
An online library that covers the history, literature and culture
of the Greco-Roman world.
Project Gutenberg
(Document Archive)
Thousands of public domain ebooks (copyright free).
Woman Suffrage
Resources (Resource Directory)
The collected speeches of Abigail Scottt Duniway (1834-1915)
American History
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American Memory
at Library of Congress
Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving
images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document and chronicle
historical events, people, places, and ideas of the Unites States
of America.
Best of History
Websites (Resource Directory)
Annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to
hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher
guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and
more,
Columbia Anthology (Journal)
Articles from COLUMBIA magazine focused on Washington history.
Common-Place
(Journal)
Text and articles with discussions and insightful analysis of early
American history (before 1900).
Digital
Book Index
Links to thousands of full-text digital books from commercial and
non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites.
Most of these books, texts, and documents are free.
Du
Bois Central (Document Archive)
An online repository of primary materials for the study of African
American history and culture. Digitized papers of W.E.B. Du
Bois including correspondence, essays, lectures, and notes.
Electronic Texts
in American Studies (Document Archive)
PDF electronic texts of documents, primary texts, and
literature associated with the history and culture of the United
States.
Harvard Web
Collections
Web-accessible resources on a wide variety of topics available from
Harvard University, including historical texts
and pictures.
Hathi Trust Digital
Library
Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright and
public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive,
and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.
Making of
America (Document Archive)
Primary sources in American social history from the antebellum
period through reconstruction. Especially strong in the subject
areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology,
religion, and science and technology.
Open Library
An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for
every book ever published.
Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts,
archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary
sources for the research scholar.
UMDL Text Collections (Document Archives)
Electronic books and journals provided by the University of
Michigan Digital Library Production Service. (wide variety of
topics)
U Penn
Online Books Page
A listing of free books, definitive collections, and serials.
Yale
University Library
Results from over 500,000 images in selected Library Digital
Collections.
19th Century
Schoolbooks (Document Archive)
Full-Text Collection contains 141 schoolbooks from the Nietz Old
Textbook Collection and two works by Dr. John Nietz which survey
historic American schoolbooks in the context of the history of
education.
Canadian History
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Athabasca University
Digitization Portal
Digital information resources for teaching, learning and
research.
Atlantic
Canada Portal (Document Archive)
A virtual archive of primary source material relating to the
Atlantic Provinces. Each collection features digitized documents
and images, accompanied by learning activities and commentary.
Canadian
Letters (Document Archive)
A permanent online archive which preserves Canada's wartime
correspondence, photographs, and other personal materials, from the
battlefront and from the homefront.
Library and Archives Canada -
Historical Booklets
Access to full text documents on the history of Canada.
Library and Archives Canada -
Ethnic Groups Booklets
Access to full text documents on various ethinc groups living in
Canada.
Digital
Book Index
Links to thousands of full-text digital books from commercial and
non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites.
Most of these books, texts, and documents are free.
Hathi Trust Digital
Library
Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright and
public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive,
and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.
Open Library
An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for
every book ever published.
Our Roots
(Document Archive - Local Histories)
A collection of Canadian local histories in French and
English.
Peel's
Prairie Provinces (Document Archive)
An online bibliography of books, pamphlets, and other
materials related to the settlement and development of the
Prairies, as well as a searchable full-text collection of many of
these items. (both text and images)
Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts,
archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary
sources for the research scholar.
Socialist
History Project (Document Archive)
Writings on the experiences, ideas, analyses and insights of a
century of socialism in Canada and Québec.
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Digital access to a number of digital collections separated by
topic.
UBC
Library Digital Collections
Locally-created digital collections developed and maintained by
the University of British Columbia Library.
Working
Histories (Resource Directory)
A portal for labour and working-class history resources in
Canada. The site also includes links to selected international
labour history resources.
Native Studies
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First Nations
Collection at Southern Oregon University (Document
Archive)
Documents, books, and articles relating to the indigenous peoples
of Southern Oregon including the Coos, Hupa, Karuk, Klamath,
Modoc, Takelma, Shasta, Siuslaw, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua,
Yahooskin, and Yurok nations.
Galileo
Education Network - Aboriginal Resources
Documents, books, and articles available to read online (full
text).
Hathi Trust Digital
Library
Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright and
public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive,
and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.
Indigenous Studies
Portal
Electronic resources (books, articles, theses, documents,
photographs, archival resources, maps, etc.) compiled for
Indigenous Studies by the University of Saskatchewan.
Northern
Review (Journal)
A multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed discussion of human experience
in the Circumpolar North. Ranging from issues of social policy
and northern politics to questions of Indigenous cultures in
transition and the historical experience of newcomers.
Open Library
An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for
every book ever published.
History of Christianity
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Book of Abraham Project
(Document Archive - Mormonism)
Documents about The Church of Latter Day Saints: history, important
people, publications etc.
Canadian
Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity
Articles that locate Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in a
number of contexts including Canadian religious history, North
American Pentecostalism, and global society.
Christian Classics Ethereal
Library (Document Archive)
A digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books. (html and
pdf)
Digital
Book Index
Links to thousands of full-text digital books from commercial and
non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites.
Most of these books, texts, and documents are free.
Directory of Open Access
Journals
Full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals,
covering all subjects and many languages.
French and
Spanish Missions in NA (Maps and Documents)
An online interactive book including maps, historical overview, the
bibliography, and web links.
Hathi Trust Digital
Library
Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright and
public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive,
and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.
Internet History
Sourcebooks (Document Archive)
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical
texts.
Journal of Southern
Religion
A free scholarly journal devoted to the study of religion in the
American South.
Open Library
An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for
every book ever published.
Post-Reformation Digital
Library (Document Archive)
A database of digital books relating to the development of theology
and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early
Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.). Some Late medieval and patristic
works are also included.
Project Gutenberg
(Document Archive)
Thousands of public domain ebooks (copyright free).
Project
Wittenberg (Document Archive)
Texts (from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements
of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links) by
and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans.
History of Islam
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Al-Quantara (note: page may load in Spanish. Look for ENGLISH
link on centre right of page.)
Journal published twice a year, devoted to the study of classical
Islamic civilization up to the 17th century, with special emphasis
on Western Islam.
Hathi Trust Digital
Library
Digitized book and journal content including both in copyright and
public domain materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive,
and Microsoft, as well as various public libraries.
Internet History
Sourcebooks (Document Archive)
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical
texts.
Open Library
An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for
every book ever published.