» Virtual Reference: History
General History
- Academic Info World History Gateway
- Contains World History Resources, and information about Topical and Country and Regional Histories.
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- From Fordham University in New York.
- Links for the History Profession
- Maintained by the Organization of American Historians. Offers links to organizations and institutions, teaching and research sources, and publications.
- Historical Journals Online
- Links to online history journals. Some are available by subscription only, and many offer only the most recent issues online.
American History
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
- According to their website,"No serious study of the American Civil War is complete without consulting the Official Records. Affectionately known as the "OR," the 128 volumes of the Official Records provide the most comprehensive, authoritative, and voluminous reference on Civil War operations."
- AmericanPresident.org
- An informational website that includes two sections: The Presidency in Action (includes "personnel listings, organizational charts, office descriptions, and essays on the workings of the American Presidency") and The Presidency in History (includes "Biographies, Essays, Key Events, Personnel, and Multimedia Resources for all 43 Presidential Administrations").
- American Studies Web: Historical and Archival Sources
- "The largest bibliography of web-based resources in the field of American studies."
- An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
- From the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
- FirstGov
- Searchable information portal for the U.S. Federal Government.
- Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
- The Thomas web site offers the text of bills, congressional records, and committee reports, and provides status reports for public laws. There are also links for Executive and Judicial branches, through which you can find texts of Presidential speeches, policy papers from various agencies and all Supreme Court decisions since 1900. From the Library of Congress.
- Index to Congressional hearings, committee reports, and other documents.
- Access to many publications of the U.S. government, including the Budget, the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional publications, Economic Indicators, the U.S. Code, the Constitution, the Economic report of the President, the Federal Register, Public Papers of the Presidents and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Supreme Court decisions, and the U.S. Government Manual.
- American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
- From the Library of Congress.
- The Avalon Project
- Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. From Yale Law School.
- AmDocs
- Documents for the Study of American History. Many primary sources available.
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
- From the GPO.
- The Virtual Vietnam Archive
- From Texas Tech University, the "Virtual Vietnam Archive currently contains over 605,000 pages of scanned documents."
- Eurodocs
- Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe.
- Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
- From the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Historical Text Archive
- "The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects."
- National Archives and Records Administration (U.S.)
- From the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
- American Women's History: A Research Guide
- Includes over 2100 citations to print and Internet sources and hundreds of links to digitized primary sources.
Local History
- Cincinnati Historical Society Library
- This library, located in the Museum Center at Union Terminal, houses books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps, manuscripts and audiovisual materials.
- Greater Cincinnati Memory Project
- This is a cooperative project of members of the Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium. It has made nearly 6,000 local history images available on the Web.
- Kenton County Public Library, Local History Resources
- KCPL's collection of local history materials includes documents, maps, pictures, and an index to local newspapers, as well as resources for genealogical research.
- Kentuckiana Digital Library
- This project of the Kentucky Virtual Library offers access to shared digital archival collections in the state of Kentucky .
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- The state library of Kentucky offers historical materials such as Civil War records, U.S. Census records, birth, death and marriage records, and archival materials for the Commonwealth.
- Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County , History & Genealogy Department
- PLCH has a comprehensive collection of historical and genealogical materials, including newspapers, maps, government documents, and other resources. The department also offers programs in local history and genealogy.
- Steely Library Special Collections & Archives
- Location: First floor, Steely Library.
- The Special Collections and Archives Department houses the University archives as well as documents and artifacts related to Kentucky and Appalachian history and culture, the Civil War, the Ohio River, and other subjects.
Southern History
- The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Online Edition
- Cosponsored by the Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press, is the definitive and comprehensive reference work on the Volunteer State.
- Southern History.Net
- This site is dedicated to promoting knowledge of the history of the South.
Atlases and Maps
- Historical Maps - The Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection
- From The University of Texas at Austin.
- National Atlas
- This Web site displays an interactive map of the United States. Maps display airports, federal lands, urban areas, rivers, railroads, seismic events, terrain, seasonal vegetation growth, and more.
- Oddens' Bookmarks: The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping
- A comprehensive listing of cartographic sites, organized in categories. Searchable by keyword and/or location.
- Mapping the National Parks
- This collection documents the history, cultural aspects, and geological formations of four areas that eventually became National Parks. The maps date from the 17th century to the present for Acadia, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone. Acadia. Part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection.
Statistics, Data, and Facts
- Historical United States Census Data Browser 1790-1960
- Describes the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to 1960
- Peopling North America: Population Movements and Migration
- This tutorial presents an historical overview of migration to and within Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean from Europe, Asia and Africa. The "demographic, economic, cultural, and political nature of major movements" are examined. Produced by the Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary.
- University of California, Berkeley, Earth Sciences and Map Collection
- Links to map and geography sources.
- Geosource
- This annotated directory covers human geography, physical geography, planning, geoscience, and environmental science. Maintained by librarian Jeroen Bosman at the library at Utrecht University.
updated on 04/25/07