World Civilization Online and World Wide Web Resources

 

Online Full-text Databases (14 digit library card barcode required to access)

http://www.linccweb.org click on Electronic Resources

·        Academic Search Premiere

·        First Search Full-Text

 

World Wide Web Resources

·          EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs

“These links connect to Western European (mainly primary) historical documents
that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.

They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries
(and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history).”

 

·          The History Guide

http://www.historyguide.org

“The History Guide contains the complete content of three undergraduate courses in European history which will certainly be of use to those of you studying such topics at the college level or in A.P. European history classes. The History Guide contains ninety lectures in European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989. In essence, what is presented here is an online textbook in western civilization, with special reference to the western intellectual tradition.”

 

·          History On-Line

http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/search

“History On-Line provides high-quality information resources for the teaching and learning of history. There are currently over 40,000 records providing details of books and articles, UK university lecturers, UK current and past research, and evaluated links to web sites and on-line resources.”

 

·          Best of History Web Sites

http://www.besthistorysites.net

“Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History.”

 

 

·          University of Oxford Discussion Papers in Economic & Social History

http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Economics/History

Mostly full-text articles discussing world economic and social history. Provided by Oxford University and available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

 

·          The Artist’s View of World History and Western Civilization

http://history.evansville.net/index.html

World history resources organized in “two sections of links for the time period. The first section lists the historical links dealing with the people, places, events and resources of the time. The second section contains links for the Art, Music, Drama, Literature, Daily life and Culture of the period.”

 

·          Hyper History Online

http://www.hyperhistory.com

“3000 years of world history timelines, biographical lifelines and many colorful maps.”

 

·          Modern World History from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern

“This site makes extensive use of Shockwave technology to bring you interactive animations and exercises to learn about the key events that have shaped the 20th century.”

 

·          Academic Info: History Gateway

http://www.academicinfo.net/hist.html

“Academic Info selects, organizes, and reviews quality educational websites to make the increasing amount of information on the Internet accessible to students, educators and researchers . . .” The resources provided are organized by geographic region and subject.

 

·          History World

http://www.historyworld.net

“World History consists of some 400 separate Histories AND 4000 tagged events. Choose HISTORIES to read a chosen subject, and to move seamlessly from one History to another. Try TOURS to travel through time on your own selection of interconnecting trails. Use WHATWHENWHERE to discover what was going on at any moment.”

 

 

Dixie Yeager 2/05