VARIOUS REFERENCE SOURCES FOR HISTORY


Using Primary Sources on the Web

Historical Text Archive

Best of History Web Sites (Thomas Daccord)

Hansard (UK House of Commons Daily Debates) (1988-present)

Encyclopaedia Britannica

1911 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Internet for Historians (RDN Virtual Training Site, University of Bristol, UK)

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Galenet)

Facts.com (Facts on File News Services)

Research and Documentation Online (Diana Hacker) (includes documenting sources in history)

Style Guides for History

A Compendium of Style Guides Online (Karla Tonella - University of Iowa)

Citation Styles for Online Sources



Gregorian-Julian Calendar Conversion Utility

A Primer on Calendar Conversion Using Emacs on Liberty

Today's Calendar and Clock Page

Calendar Zone



Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Oxford Reference Online (searches many reference volumes in history)



Historical Newspapers - Washington Post (20th century)

Virginia Newspaper Project Electronic Newspaper Collections (Dick Grefe - W&L)

Resources in History on Stanford's YAHOO server Digital Librarian: History (a large number of good links)

Library of Congress WWW server

Documents Throughout the World

The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913 edition) The Canadian Encyclopedia

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

The List of Popes

Directory of Digitized Collections (International Federation of Library Associations)



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