History
For Canadian history in particular go to the Canada page and for American history go the the United States page
Portals (websites that give you links to many other websites worth checking out) AND General Resources (such as timelines and magazines) Ancient History Sourcebook (links to primary materials covering the origin of human civilization to early Christianity) AND Medieval History Sourcebook (links to primary materials covering early Christianity to the Reformation) AND Modern History Sourcebook (links to primary materials from the Reformation to the 20th century) - NOTE: all of these are no longer maintained and may contain broken links, but there are still lots of great resources here) Ancient Civilizations Ancient Civilizations for Kids Collections Canada - history page The Digital Librarian - history page - especially useful for American history topics The Digital Librarian - Classics and Ancient World page The Digital Librarian - Medieval and Renaissance Studies page The Digital Librarian - Oral History page The Digital Librarian - Religion and Philosophy page - see also Islam and Judaism pages The Digital Librarian - International Studies page - see also pages on Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Japan, and more Euro Docs: Online sources for European History The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (from Georgetown University History Magazine - has a North American focus BBC - Historical Biographies - short biographies of famous and important people from history from around the world BBC - History for Kids - covers many time periods and civilizations in short, easy-to-read segments with lots of visuals Voice of the Shuttle - a portal for humanities research (includes resources for subject like history, literature, anthropology, media studies, religion and more) Museumstuff.com - links to thousands of museums, searchable by country and type History by Country and/or Culture Euro Docs: Online sources for European History (click on country names) Euro Docs: The History of Europe as a Region (links to primary documents) Europa: History of the European Nations: 1945 to today BBC - British History in depth BBC - British History Timeline African History Sourcebook East Asian History Sourcebook India History Sourcebook Islam History Sourcebook Jewish History Sourcebook Women's History Sourcebook LGBT History Sourcebook History of Science Sourcebook Global History Sourcebook - links to documents and sites that explore the interaction between cultures and countries Western European Studies Collection - access to scholarly resources for a study of contemporary Europe as well as historical Europe World Digital Library - multicultural, multilingual collection (images, documents) from libraries around the world; search by country, by time period, by type, etc. |
Pre-history: Archaeology, Human Origins, Neolithic Civilizations, etc.
History timeline (in the Proquest database History Study Centre - you may be asked to log in) The Stone Pages - the archaelogoy of megalithic Europe, including Stonehenge; has an excellent glossary and also a thorough links page Ancient Civilizations (up to approximately 500 A.D.) Ancient Civilizations Ancient Civilizations for Kids Ancient History Sourcebook (links to primary materials covering the origin of human civilization to early Christianity BBC - Ancient History in depth The Digital Librarian - Classics and Ancient World page Euro Docs: Prehistoric and Ancient Europe The Dark Ages, Medieval Ages, Renaissance and Reformation years (up to approximately 1800) Euro Docs: Medieval and Renaissance Europe Tudor England - England 1485 - 1603 Medieval History Sourcebook (links to primary materials covering early Christianity to the Reformation) The Digital Librarian - Medieval and Renaissance Studies page The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (from Georgetown University Modern History (approximately 1800 to today) Biographies written for students - short and simple biographies - includes important historical figures Prime Ministers of Canada - biographical info, speeches, etc. BBC - World Wars in depth - covers WWI, WWII, the Holocaust and the Cold War (BBC is the British equivalent of our CBC so this site will have a British focus of course, but it still has excellent resources!) Modern History Sourcebook (links to primary materials from the Reformation to the 20th century) Trenches on the Web - Tons of info on World War I from an American point of view History Animated- "if a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. . . we decided to depict the key naval and land battles (U. S. Revolutionary War, U.S. Civil War, WWII in the Pacific and WWII in Europe) using animation technology". AP Archive (Associated Press Archive) on YouTube which is a searchable collection of more than 1.7 million news and entertainment film and video clips covering international topics going back all the way to 1895. 
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