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(More Info)	Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
A bibliographic essay which reviews important sources for the history, literature, political life, and other aspects of Canadian studies. Includes links to a wide variety important Internet resources. Frequently updated. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Cyberschoolbus
"Serves as a valuable resource for primary and secondary school educators developing curricula focused on global concerns." Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Digital History
This is an extensive and well-organized site featuring "high-quality historical resources for teachers and students for free and without advertising," a feat accomplished through partnerships with a variety of museums and archives. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Digital South Asia Library
A project of the Center for Research Libraries, providing digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Documenting the American South
A digital publishing initiative that provides images, texts, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture, from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Currently DocSouth includes seven thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Doing History: A Guide to Historical Research
A guide to doing historical research, with links to a variety of web sites covering various historical events and eras. Maintained by Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans
Evans Digital Edition (1639-1800) is a full-text collection of thousands of books and pamphlets printed in America from 1639-1800. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker
Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819) provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Early Canadiana Online
A digital library of primary sources in Canadian history from the first European contact to the early 20th century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of literature, women's history, travel and exploration, native studies and the history of French Canada. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains over 125,000 titles published prior to 1700. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
ECCO provides access to the digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 26 million pages, it gives researchers access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Ejournal Locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other non-journal education-related materials (policy papers, technical reports, etc.) and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives
Contains ABZU, a guide to the study of the ancient Near East; and CORE TEXTS - Classic (public domain) texts for teaching and research Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus incorporates the full text contents of some of the Europa World Year Book and the eight Europa regional surveys. This database provides authoritative and current analytical information about countries and international organizations. Country overviews include historic, economic, trade, and political information. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	H-Asia: Asian History and Studies
The primary purpose of H-ASIA is to enable historians and other Asia scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. Includes helpful links to a variety of resources. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	H-NET Reviews
H-Net Reviews is an online scholarly review source for books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. H-Net Reviews are published online via discussion networks and the H-Net web site. This format permits reviews to reach scholars with a speed unmatched in any other medium and makes possible discussion between reviewers, authors and readers. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Handbook of Latin American Studies
The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars and edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Each year approximately 130 scholars from around the world choose 5,000 works for inclusion alternating between the social sciences and the humanities. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	HarpWeek
HarpWeek provides online access to Harper’s Weekly, the 19th century "Journal of Civilization." Harper's Weekly is primary source material including the editorials, news stories, illustrations, cartoons, and advertisements that formed American public opinion of the era. Read the full annotation

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(More Info)	Historical Documents (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Includes primary documents in American history, the Federalist Papers, and from the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Historical Statistics of the United States
The standard source for statistical data on U. S. History, with over 37,000 data sets on topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America. Includes essays placing the data in historical context. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
An international bibliography of nearly 10,000 sources, with journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, and maps related to the history of science, technology, and medicine. Covers 1975 to the present. Read the full annotation

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Humanities Abstracts

(More Info)	IMB: International Medieval Bibliography
IMB surveys approximately 1000 journals, festschriften, collections of essays, conference proceedings and exhibition catalogs. IMB contains over 300,000 records with a focus on the European Middle Ages from 400-1500 AD. with some material realting to the Middle East and North Africa. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Internet Modern History Sourcebook
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Intute: Arts and Humanities
A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface. Read the full annotation

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ITER Gateway to the Middles Ages & Renaissance

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(More Info)	Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
A Web site sponsored by Georgetown University providing organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Making of America, Cornell University
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Making of America, U of M
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Medieval Feminist Index
The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Michigan Curricular Framework for Social Studies Education
This .pdf file contains the broader Michigan Curricular Framework. The section for Social Studies is found on pp. 34-57. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	NetSERF
A Web site which organizes available Medieval history web resources by category. Also contains a "Research Center" with links to associations, bibliographies, discussion lists, etc. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	ORB: On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Web site maintained by medieval scholars which contains the "Orb Encyclopedia," an index of original essays on medieval studies arranged by topic, a dictionary of medieval terms, online bibliographies and timelines, and links to medieval Internet resources. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection - Historical Maps of Europe
From the University of Texas online collection of maps. Most of the maps are in the public domain and can be downloaded. Read the full annotation

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RAMBI - Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

(More Info)	Repositories of Primary Sources
An international list for locating links to archival Web sites. Lists over 5000 archival sites with information on holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, and historical photographs. Organized geographically. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Royal Historical Society Bibliography (British and Irish history)
The Royal Historical Society bibliography is an authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day. The Bibliography is hosted by the Institute of Historical Research, which is part of the University of London. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet)
Provides links to online bibliographies, full-text resources, periodicals, and reference tools for the study of the history and cultures of South Asia. It also includes links to resources for individual countries. Edited and maintained by Dr. David Magier, Columbia University Libraries. Read the full annotation

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(More Info)	ACLS Humanities E-Book collection (American Council of Learned Societies)
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Humanities E-Book (HEB) collection offers 2,200 full-text e-book titles from 14 learned societies, nearly 100 contributing publishers, and the librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	America: History & Life
America: History and Life is the definitive index of research covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. It covers over 1,700 journal titles published worldwide and includes article citations and book/media reviews. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	American Memory
American Memory is the online resource compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. It is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Asian Studies Network Information Center (University of Texas)
Offers links to regional and country resources as well as online journals and newsletters. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies. Edited by T. Matthew Ciolek. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	ATLA Religion Database
Journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews on such topics as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Best of History Web Sites
Best of History Web Sites is portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more throughout its pages. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Best of History Web Sites Lesson Plans
For students and history educators, this source identifies sites that are useful for lesson plans, research, and multimedia. Read the full annotation

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