History Guides

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library Consists of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history.

American Slave Narratives
Includes transcripts and some sound recordings of slave narratives recorded in the late 1930's by the WPA.

Ancient World Web
The History Index

Best of History Sites
an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts.

DoHistory 
Interactive site that invites users to piece together the life and world of eighteenth-century midwife and healer Martha Ballard, whose diary was the basis for both a Pulitzer Prize winning book and the PBS film A Midwife's Tale.

Famous American Speeches

Gale Group's Free Resources
Information on black history, Hispanic heritage, and women's history.

Guidelines for Writing Papers in History Courses
From the University of Colorado at Boulder History Department.

HyperHistory Online 
HyperHistory presents 3000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.

Internet African History Sourcebook

National Archives Exhibit Hall
Features A New Deal for the Arts, Portrait of Black Chicago, Poster Art From World War II and more.

Peopling North America: Population Movements and Migration

Reference and User Services Association - History Section
using primary sources on the web

The History Guide
Contains the complete content of three undergraduate courses in European history.

TimeRef 
History of medieval Britain

Yale Law School's Project Avalon
Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.