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Ancient
Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
The site is divided into ten chapters which address themes or topics
relevant to ancient Egypt. The ten chapters are presented on a menu
page where the user can choose a chapter by clicking on the word
or icon relating to that chapter. |
The
Ancient Egypt Site
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/
Explore more than 3.000 years of Ancient Egyptian history, from
the end of prehistory at around 3.000 BC to the closing of the last
Egyptian temple in 535/537 A.D. A time-line helps you navigate through
history and discover the formidable Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. |
Background
Notes. Reviewed: 14 March 2005
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
United States Department of State
Prepared by the regional bureaus of the U. S. Department of State,
Background Notes are factual publications about the land, people,
history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign
relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of
special sovereignty. They include excellent overviews of history
and economics for each country or region. Long available as a print
series, the web versions are easy to navigate and read. The Background
Notes are useful for those studying political science, economics,
current events, and business, and the sections on foreign relations
can be especially helpful for those studying international business.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2005
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
Become
a spice trader
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/spicetrade/ |
A
Boke of Gode Cookery Recipes
http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm
A compilation of medieval recipes from authentic sources adapted
for the 21st century kitchen, along with diverse facts on food &
feasting in the Middle Ages & Renaissance and other historical
culinary items. |
Cantaria
http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/
Cantaria is a library of "bardic" folk songs, mostly from
Ireland, Scotland and England. Cantaria is unique among lyric web
sites because almost every song in our archive has an accompanying
sound clip of the song being performed. The library currently contains
lyrics for over 160 songs. |
The
Cave of Chauvet
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/
A tour of a cave art site. |
The
Cave of Lascaux
http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
A tour of the famous cave. |
CountryReports.org
http://www.countryreports.org/
Search for information (anthems, flags, maps, history, weather,
geography, government and economic information) about countries. |
Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/sitendx/sitendxe.asp |
Conversations
with History
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
"In these lively and unedited interviews, distinguished men
and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their
work. They reminisce about their participation in great events,
and they share their perspectives on the past and reflect on what
the future may hold. Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers;
economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers
and foreign correspondents; activists and artists.” |
Dad's
War
http://members.aol.com/dadswar/index.htm
This interesting site helps you research story of your own relatives
who fought in WorldWar II; links to other internet resources are
featured. |
Eighteenth-Century
Resources
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/
This web site covers reliable Internet resources on the eighteenth
century--from Milton to Keats. It includes information on literature,
history, art, music, religion, economics, philosophy and home pages
of societies and people who work on eighteenth-century topics. Maintained
by Rutgers University. |
Encyclopedia
of 1848 Revolutions
http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/index.htm
Nineteenth-century Europe |
The
Encyclopedia of the Orient
http://i-cias.com/e.o/
An Encyclopedia of North Africa and the Middle East. |
EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe –Selected
Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
|
Exploring
the Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
An introduction to Ancient World Cultures on the world wide web. |
Frequently
Asked Questions about the Pearl Harbor Attack
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm
This site from the Department of the Navy offers an overview of
events leading up to the attack as well as links to other information. |
Geography
IQ
http://www.geographyiq.com/
Planning a trip? Preparing a school homework assignment? Perhaps
you're interested in current events or are just curious about exploring
the world around you. Welcome to GeographyIQ.com. GeographyIQ is
an online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political,
historical and cultural information. |
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/).
Getty Research Institute, Getty Vocabulary Program. Reviewed 27
Feb. 2003.
"A structured vocabulary of more than 1,000,000 geographic
names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, and
place types, focusing on places important for the study of art and
architecture," the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
is a gazetteer and much more. Searching for a place name yields
information such as a location "hierarchy," basic information
such as longitude and latitude, and where available, short descriptive
passages on the history and political, cultural, or commercial significance
of the location over time. Information is easy to locate and well-documented
(information comes from sources such as geographical dictionaries,
atlases, and encyclopedias), and while the amount of information
can be almost overwhelming, context sensitive help is available
oneach page. This is an excellent tool for detailed historical research
on place names."
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the reference and User
Services
Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
Global
Connections: The Middle East
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/index.html
Global Connections focuses on the Middle East. Visitors to the site
can explore the past 100 years of history, religion, economics,
and literature. Global Connections is the online home to a family
of sites created to help teachers, students, and the general public
learn more about events around the world through readings, lesson
plans, links, timelines, and maps. |
Greek
Jewellery: Five Thousand Years of Tradition
http://www.add.gr/jewel/elka/
History of Greek jewellery from the dawn of Hellenic civilization
to the present day. |
History
Central
http://www.historycentral.com/
Historycentral is dedicated to becoming History's Home on the web.
The core of the site is a timeline of world history. Culled from
one of MultiEductor's 21 history CD's this time line covers the
major events in world history from the dawn of civilization to 1999.
The second major section of the site is the part devoted to America's
Wars. That section includes the history of every major war in America's
history from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War. These sections
include photos and descriptions of the each major event. The site
also features a major section on the elections. This part includes
the history of each and every election. The history includes both
popular and electoral votes in each
election, turnout, as well as a map of the states carried by each
competing candidate. The section also includes updates on Election
2000. The site includes over 400 primary source documents in American
history. The biography section of the site includes biographies
of the 500 most important people of the 20th century. A major section
of the site is a sub-site NavyHistory.com. This site includes the
history of every US Attack Carrier,
Battleship, Destroyer and Cruiser. A further section of the site
includes the History of Aviation. The site also includes a section
on the History of Railroads. |
Internet
History Sourcebooks Project
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Paul Halsall, Fordham University.~ Reviewed 27 Feb. 2002.
According to the home page, the “Internet History Sourcebooks
Project [IHSP] is a world wide web project designed to provide easy
access to primary sources and other teaching materials in a non-commercial
environment." There are 3 main sourcebooks (Ancient, Medieval,
Modern) and 9 subsidiary sourcebooks (African, East Asian, Global,
Indian, Islamic, Jewish, History of Science, Women's History, and
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History). All the sourcebooks
are keyword searchable, and many include Internet and multimedia
resource listings. The site also includes a citation guide, related
links, and comprehensive bibliographies. This site is appropriate
for high
school and college students, as well as their teachers and professors.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002
Fourth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) |
Latitude:
the art and science of 15th century naviagaion
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/ |
Mesoweb
(very nifty views of a living dig, including Palenque!)
http://www.mesoweb.com |
Internet
medieval sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
A large site containing medieval information. Includes primary
sources. |
Mexico:
Splendors of Thirty Centuries
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/splendors/
Presented by the Texas Humanities Resource Center, this online exhibit
offers over 100 images with accompanying text examining the art
and culture of Mexico. Influenced in its philosophy of presentation
by Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz's reflections on the enduring
dual culture of Mexico --part native Central American, part Spanish
-- the exhibit offers thoughtful commentary on the architecture
and artifacts of these two cultures and explores the gradual, though
perpetually incomplete synthesis, of the two ways of being.
The exhibit can be navigated either from visual or textual links
and offers each image in a framed and macro-screen size. The reading
room also contains essays and articles about Mexican history and
culture in both English and Spanish, and an interactive game encourages
students to test their knowledge of the exhibit. The exhibit is
presented in collaboration with the San Antonio Museum of Fine Arts
and the Metropolitan Museum,and made possible by grants from The
Rockefeller Foundation and Texas Council for the
Humanities. [DC] Danielle Lotton-Barker suggested this web site. |
Middle
Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
What it was really like to live in the Middle Ages? A study of religion,
home life, clothing, health, arts, entertainment, town life and
other related sources. |
NationMaster.com.
Reviewed: 17 March 2005
http://www.nationmaster.com/
NationMaster.com; Luke Metcalfe, Manager / Developer
As described on the site, "NationMaster is a vast compilation
of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations,
World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute,
UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD" and a "handy way to graphically
compare nations." By using the available forms, the user "can
generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics." This
site aims "to be the web's one-stop resource for country statistics
on anything and everything, whether it be soldiers, Olympic medals,
tourists, English speakers or wall plug voltages. "Integrated
into these is a full encyclopedia with over 200,000 articles."
Aside from the Google ads at the top of each page, the data and
graphs are informative and compelling.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2005
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
Pearl
Harbor
http://library.louisville.edu/government/subjects/war/ww2/pearl.html
This site from the Library of the University of Louisville offers
a number of links specifically about the attack and its aftermath
as well as more general sites dealing with Roosevelt, Japan, World
War II in general. |
Perseus
Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Perseus Project, Department of the Classics, Tufts University.
Reviewed 7 Feb. 2003.
The Perseus Digital Library is "an evolving digital library
of resources for the study of the humanities." Though the Project
initially focused on texts relating to ancient Greece, the site's
contents gradually expanded to include Latin text and tools and
Renaissance-related materials. Further collaborations with the site's
host, Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives led to the
inclusion of Tufts University historical material, the Bolles Collection
on (19th century) London, and materials on the United States'westward
expansion and other materials of early American history including
the American Civil War. The site features powerful search tools
as well as access via tables of contents, subject, collection, and
material type browsing. The word study tool, one of the most valuable
tools for Classicists,generates a page of links to all the uses
of a particular Latin word in the Perseus online collection. The
site includes literally countless texts, images, maps, and facsimiles
from Ancient Egypt to the Civil War and 19th-century London.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the reference and User
Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
Portals
to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative,
in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted
into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by
Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress
selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all
the nations of the world. |
Quest
for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/egypt/index.htm
The National Gallery of Art presentation of Egyptian tomb artifacts
offers many stunning images that could enhance the study of Egypt
at any grade level. The accompanying narrated slide shows (you’ll
need a RealPlayer) turn the site into an on-screen lecture tour. |
Spartacus
Internet Encyclopedia: British History: 1500 - 1980
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.html
A comprehensive encyclopedia and resource for all students of
British history. The encyclopedia currently contains over 2,000
entries. |
Telling
Their Stories: Oral History of the Holocaust
http://www.tellingstories.org/
Read, watch and listen to interviews of Holocaust survivors conducted
by high school students in San Francisco. |
The
U.S. at War by Lara Maupin (grades 9-12)
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/war/index.html
Students will identify the factors that have historically led Americans
to war and the ways in which these factors have interacted to influence
the decision to go to war. |
Victorian
Research Web: Scholarly Resources for Victorian Research
http://victorianresearch.org/
This site is dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century
Britain, and to aiding researchers, teachers, and students in their
investigations of any and all aspects of this fascinating period. |
Wartime
Posters by Tish Raff (grades 6-12)
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/wartimeposters/index.html
Students will recognize that not everyone initially agreed that
America should be involved in World War II and how art was used
to encourage our involvement. |
World
Fact Book
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The World Fact Book has been updated and revised. Recent additions
include four new economic measures which frequently foretell changes
in a country's economic growth, welfare, and position relative to
the rest of the world: Current account balance, Investment (gross
fixed), Public debt, and Reserves of foreign exchange and gold. |
World
War I--Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/
These pages contain information on the people, places, and events
of World War I. |
World
War II: 1941-45
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog22/index.html
This site uses anecdotes to focus on key events from Pearl Harbor
to VE Day, including why soldiers fought, and the effect of the
war on American society. Maps of Japan and Germany, pictures of
about Japanese internment camps, and further links are included. |
WWW-VL
History: Central Catalogue
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html
This site is arranged by country and topic. |
Yale
University Library: Primary Sources Research
http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm |
