The following website links provides
history students these resources:
a) Nature of historical writing
b) Features and aspects of historical term papers/essays
c) Library catalogs and research engines
d) Historical journal articles/magazines
e) Primary documents collections and resources
f) History on Television
g) Historical Associations
Navigate as many sites as possible to become
familiar with available source material and learn about the nature of
historical writing.
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF HISTORICAL WRITING
Guide to Writing
History Papers
Boston University
Guide to Writing History Papers
Lawrence University History Department Guide
The History
Guide: A Student's Guide to the Study of History
Purdue University's Writing Lab on How to Write Research Papers
Clear, Accessible and Easy to Navigate Site.
University of North Carolina - Historical Writing
Easy to follow and informative site.
Writing in College: A Short Guide to College Writing
University of Maryland Effective Writing Center
LIBRARY/BOOK CATALOGS
Home Page
of Grossmont College Library
San
Diego Public Library
San Diego County
Library
Grossmont College Link to Other Libraries
Includes San Diego State and UCSD catalogs.
Google Books
Find available books and titles.
Google Advanced
Book Search
HISTORICAL JOURNALS/PERIODICALS
Ebsco Research
Database
Linked to Grossmont College Library; find articles
and other research items; need student login.
Historical Journals Online
Invaluable, voluminous links to all kinds of
historical journals; some are free to view others require subscription.
National
Geographic Home Page
Archives of many historically based articles;
subscription usually required
The History Net
World's largest history magazine publisher.
PRIMARY DOCUMENT COLLECTIONS - WORLD
The Avalon
Project
Documents on law, history and government; run by
Yale Law School.
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook - Home Page
Best known historical primary document resource;
run by Fordham University; covers many fields of history.
World
History Sources
Documents and Information on Historical Approaches
and Methodology.
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook
Covers Greece, ancient Rome and the Near East.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Medieval texts.
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook
European and modern civilization. Access to North
American and Latin American primary documents.
Internet
Modern Source History - War, Conflict, and Progress
University of Washington Primary Sources:
Abundant links, documents, maps, digitized
sources.
European Sources
Asian History Sources
Latin American History Sources
Digitized World History Sources
Links, maps and resources for World History.
World
History Archives
Documents, articles, links.
Resources for
the Study of Western Civilization
PRIMARY DOCUMENT COLLECTION - U.S. HISTORY
Digitized American Primary Document Sources
Numerous and invaluable links to many archives including National
Archives.
Authentic
History Center
Media, Sound Files from U.S. History
American History Primary Documents
Outstanding variety of American primary documents.
American
Colonial Documents
The American Civil
War Home Page
HISTORY ON TELEVISION
History on PBS
Historical programming information and lists of noted documentaries.
History Channel
Program Guide/Media Clips/Documentary Information.
Discovery
Channel History
History Program information and articles.
Discovery Times
Home Page
Supplementary programming to Discovery Channel;
additional history documentaries.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
American
Historical Association
World History
Association
Organization of American
Historians
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