History Gateways
Best History Websites - Links to hundreds of history related websites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness.
HDS - History Data Service - The UK National Centre for the preservation and supply of compter-readable historical data for research purposes. Access includes census data and statistics for the 19th and 20th centuries. Most of the reports are available at a charge. .
Historical Text Archive Web-links - Provides links to resources by region or by historical topic. Also includes a section on maps.
The History Channel - Web site offering access to TV films / clips and audio files, as well as general history resources: 'The History Channel examines the past with provocative, compelling programmes on the historic events and people who have shaped the world today... Programming spans a broad spectrum including Ancient, Medieval, Victorian, military tactics, as well as life in the Twentieth Century, mysteries and crimes and trials, with a commitment to giving the past a powerful, contemporary relevance. [They] do not cover current affairs'.
History Guide / InformationsWeiser Geschichte - A subject gateway to scholarly relevant websites in history maintained by a group of German academic institutions. The subject guide covers historiography, general world history and political, economioc, social and cultural history. The time periods are Ancient, Middle Ages, Early moderm, 19th and 20th centuries. Regions covered are the Ancient world, Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
History Online from the Institute for Historical Research - The HISTORY web site was established in 1993 with the aim of promoting the use of electronic networks by historians and history students and providing easy access to on-line resources. HISTORY provides high quality information about the history profession including books, articles, theses, seminars and historians (searchable as HISTORY On-Line). The site gives access to information about the IHR, its publications and affiliated organisations and acts as a gateway to internet resources under UK, European and World.
The site also includes History in Focus, giving access to topical sites such as:
- The Victorians
- What is history?
- War, Empire, Holocaust and Gender.
Intute: Arts and Humanities - History - Intute offers searchable access to a collection of some 18,000 high quality internet resources, selected by specialists for their academic quality and subject relevance.
Voice of the Shuttle - History pages - Perhaps the most comprehensive resource for the Humanities hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara.
WWW Virtual Library - History pages or WWW Virtual Library - History Central Catalogue - A wealth of resources on history organised by time period (eras/epochs), by regions, or by historical topic (e.g. Holocaust, women's history etc.)
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