The Internet Classics Archive

URL: http://classics.mit.edu

"A truly outstanding collection of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. (MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies)"

EuroDocs

URL: http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

An "[o]utstanding collection of links to Western European historical documents."

The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

URL: http://avalon.law.yale.edu

"The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

The Avalon Project will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors. They are included for the sake of completeness and balance and because in many cases they are by our definition a supporting document."

Sub-Saharan African History (University of Washington)

URL: http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/tm/africa.html

Websites categorized by country and region; online archives; visual sources.

The History Guide: Resources for Historian

URL: http://www.historyguide.org/resources.html

This extensive listing of online archives and document collections covers every period of European and "Western" history. This page is a subsection of The History Guide, a website created by Steven Kreis. The website also contains lectures, teaching resources and course syllabi. A real goldmine!!!

"Primary Documents

A Chronology of United States Historical Documents
A comprehensive site which gives pointers to important United States historical documents that can be found on the Internet. (Oklahoma)

American Memory
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library at the Library of Congress. Photographs, prints, documents, films, maps and sound recordings.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

"The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Medieval Sourcebook is both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online medieval texts. The Ancient and Modern Sourcebooks have a different role: since there are already ample online repositories of texts for these periods, the goal here is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations. Links to the larger online collections are provided for those who want to explore further. The distinctive feature of the Sourcebooks' layout remains here - the avoidance of images and multiple "clicking" to find texts. Unlike the Medieval and Modern History Sourcebooks, this section of the project did not involve much scanning of new material to begin with. At this stage, however, an increasing number of new etexts are available at this site. The Ancient History Sourcebook also includes links to visual and aural material, since art and archeology are far more important for the periods in question than for later history. The emphasis remains on access to primary source texts for educational purposes.

This site focuses on online texts, which, for the most part, means public domain texts translated more than 75 years ago. In many cases it is these older translations which are used in commercially available sourcebooks. But note that, for classroom use, in some cases the more modern translations are superior from a pedagogic viewpoint: this is less the case with historiography than with literature. In other words, use online resources well, but don't get carried away!"

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

"How are historians to remedy the silence about women in many traditional accounts of history? This question has received a number of distinct answers.

The first solution was to locate the great women of the past, following the lead of much popular historiography that focuses on "great men". The problem here is that just as the "great men" approach to history sidelines and ignores the lives of the mass of people, focusing on great women merely replicates the exclusionary historical approaches of the past.

The next solution was to examine and expose the history of oppression of women. This approach had the merit of addressing the life histories of the mass of women, but, since it has proved to be possible to find some degree of oppression everywhere, it tended to make women merely subjects of forces that they could not control. On the other hand, historians' focus on oppression revealed that investigating the structures of women's lives was crucial.