General History
The purpose of this guide is to list relevant Internet sites, Library databases, electronic journals and printed reference sources relating to History. This is not a comprehensive guide or gateway but rather a starting point to broad-based electronic resources in the area:
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
• Electronic journals generally provide access to the full text of articles via the Internet.
Latest list of history ejournals, direct from the catalogue
• Current University of Sydney staff and students may access many of these from their home or office using an Extro Account or the Remote Access Service. In some cases, passwords may be available.
NB Remember, there may be printed copies of the journals, especially earlier issues, in Fisher Research Library.
Other relevant ejournals or lists of ejournals
D'Historia. El fil d'Ariadna: History Journals Index
An index of history journals with websites from Professor Anaclet Pons of the University of Valencia. Arranged alphabetically, it features annotations for each journal in the language in which it is published. The site also offers links to other history resources, arranged by subject, format and country.
eJIH: Electronic Journal of International History
Articles from 2000+ cover international history by examining how the politics, societies, economies and traditions of countries have shaped and influenced international relations since circa 1500.
History Journals Guide
An international directory of journals and discussion lists in the fields of history and archaeology. The HJG covers scientific and popular-scientific, current and ceased, frequently or irregularly appearing, and interdisciplinary periodicals and lists. Links to online content, publisher's websites and other information of interest are included. The site is searchable by keyword.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a fully-searchable database containing the back issues of a variety of scholarly journals in history.
Project Muse
A searchable index of more than 120 online journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with searching available for over 10,000 fulltext articles.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Atlases and time lines
OSSHE: historical & cultural atlas resource
Series of historical maps for Europe, Middle East, North Africa and
North America produced by the University of Oregon. Shockwave is required
to view some of the maps.
url: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/
Full Text Sites
English Server: History and Historiography
Currently available through the University of Washington, the EServer brings together a comprehensive yet diverse body of scholarship,art, journals, novels, and collections of texts. Over 31515 online documents are available in a range of humanities
topics which are searcgable by keyword and category.
url: http://eserver.org/history
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of electronic reference works. You can search across the entire collection or access the titles individually in the Online Catalogue.
url:
Gale Reference Library
Access is for current University of Sydney staff and students only.
Historical Text Archive
A diverse, keyword searchable site with texts and links available through broad categories.
url: http://historicaltextarchive.com/
NationMaster
A compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. You can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics. Topical essays are also available.
url: http://www.nationmaster.com/
Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of some 4600 websites containing information on holdings of primary sources for the research scholar. Indexed by country, state and province.
url: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
World History Archives
Documents for teaching and learning about world history from a
working-class and non-eurocentric perspective. Searchable by category.
url: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
World History Sources
A world history survey course on the Web produced by George Mason University. It provides links to online primary sources, methodology for analysing documents and evidence and teaching resources.
url: http://chnm.gmu.edu/whm/
Subject directories
Academic Info: World History Gateway
Academic info is an independent Internet site (owned by Michael Maidin) whose aim is to be a premier educational gateway to online university and research Internet resources. It is searchable by keywrd, subject or topic and is updated on a regular basis.
url: http://www.academicinfo.net/hist.html
BUBL LINK: Geography and History
Run out of the Centre for Digital Library Research at Strathclyde University, BUBL aims to be a national information service for the higher education community. It provides selected Internet resources in all subject areas. Searchable by keyword, as well as by a number of different categories, including subject, and Dewey classification. Updated regularly.
url: http://link:bubl.ac.uk/history
Humbul Humanities Hub: History
The Humbul Humanities Hub is part of the nationally-funded (UK) Resource Discovery Network and is a collaborative service of the Oxford University Computing Services and the Oxford Library Services. Searchable by keyword, subject, and category of materials. Updated regularly.
url: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/subout.php?subj=history/
Voice of the Shuttle: History
The work of Professor Alan Liu and his team from the English Department, University of California at Santa Barbera, VoS is one of the most comprehensive subject gateways on the Web. Searchable by keyword, by subject and by resources (including listservs and discussion groups), or follow the link to History. Updated regularly.
url: http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp
WWW Virtual Library - History
A large listing of Internet sites related to History.
url: http://vlib.org/History
Search Engines
As well as providing search boxes, the following search engines provide catagorized indexes (including History) which can be browsed in topical hierarchies:
About.com: History
Commercial site that provides links selected by professional indexers.
url: http://www.historynet.com/
Argus Clearinghouse: History
Although it is no longer being maintained, Argus' directory can still be accessed. Links are provided to scholarly, evaluated sites.
url: http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Arts___Humanities/history?kywd++
Yahoo!: History
Both a subject directory and a search engine.
url: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History
PRINTED SOURCES
Atlases and Chronologies
Chronology of world history / H.E.L. Mellersh.
Santa Barbara, Calif. ABC-CLIO, c1999. 4 vols.
Fisher Ref 902.02 50
International dictionary of historic places / editor, Trudy Ring
Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1994-1996. 5 vols.
Fisher Ref 909.09 22
The Times atlas of world history / edited by Geoffrey Barraclough.
Maplewood, N.J.: Hammond Incorporated, 1993.4th ed.
Fisher Ref 911 46 C
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
A dictionary of world history.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Encyclopedia of historians and historical writing / editor, Kelly Boyd.
London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. 2 vols.
Fisher Ref 907.2022 8
Encyclopedia of world history / compiled by Market House Books Ltd.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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The Europa world year book.
London, England: Europa Publications Limited, Current Year.
Fisher Ref 914 43
The Hutchinson dictionary of world history / [content editor: Jennifer Speake].
Oxford: Helicon, 1993.
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