Arts & Humanities: History


General | World | British & U.S. | Virginia | UVA

    See also UVA Library's Databases for History.

    General

  1. WWW Virtual Library History : a portal to hundreds of resources.

  2. How to Distinguish between Primary and Seconday Sources
    From the University of California at Santa Cruz.

  3. Reading, Writing and Researching for History
    A guide for college students, from Bowdoin college.

    World

  4. Guide to World History Resources
    From George Mason University. Provides many full-text sources with images.

  5. World History Chronology
    15 detailed geographic- and cultural-based chronologies covering all areas. From the History Department at North Park University.

  6. Rulers of the World
    Lists of heads of state and heads of government, some back to the 18th century. Also lists changes in government heads and foreign ministers by month back to 1996 as well. Updated frequently.

  7. HyperHistory Online
    Historical encyclopedia covering 3,000 years of the history of the world. Categories include people, events, history, and maps.

    Britain and U.S

    History-British Isles Research Guide.
    From Rutgers University. See also the Yale's guide to British history.

  8. North American History Internet Resources
    Another excellent guide from Rutgers University. See also Yale's guide to American History and American Studies.

    Virginia

  9. Virginia History and Culture Resources on the Internet from the Library of Virginia.

  10. Virginia Historical Society. See also local Virginia historical societies.

  11. Virginia Heritage
    A full text database of guides and finding aids describing the archives and manuscripts of eleven repositories in Virginia.

  12. Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
    A wealth or resources: digital texts by and about Jefferson, annotated bibliograpies, a biography, a guide to the Jefferson Papers, and more.

    UVA

  13. Short History of U.VA
    From the UVA web site. Written by Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Charlottesvile author and Arts & Science graduate, '78.

  14. UVA Online Visual History
    From Small Special Collections, a database containing images from various sources throughout our collections. There are some major categories, most of which are related to the University of Virginia. These image categories are: The Rotunda Sports and Athletic Events Faculty and Students People--surnames A-C

  15. Holsinger Studio Collection of Photographs
    From UVA's Small Special Collections Library. Select the UVA Photographs link. The Holsinger Studio Collection constitutes a unique photographic record of life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, from before the turn of the century through World War I


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