History Resources on the Web

• History
• Citations
• Researching History using the Internet
  • Research Methods on the Web
  • Research Materials at Holy Cross
• Libraries, Archives, and Online Collections
  • Area Libraries
  • Archival Collections and Repositories
  • Online History Directories
  • Online Historical Document Collections
  • Topical and Chronological Categories
• Life after the History Major
  • Careers in History
  • Employment for History Graduates
• Historical Organizations and Journals
  

History

Why Study History? By Peter Stearns

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Citations

Paul Prucha, Research Papers in History (Marquette, 2004)
[accessible online only to Holy Cross community]

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Researching History using the Internet

Research Methods on the Web

• Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
• Power Searching 101 Tutorial
•  ResearchBuzz! -- Great Internet Research News and Information.

Research Materials at Holy Cross

• Holy Cross History Research Guide from Dinand

Libraries, Archives, and Online Collections

Area Libraries

• Library of Congress
• Widener Library, Harvard University
• Worcester Consortium
• Clark University
• WPI
• Yale University
• University of Connecticut
• Five Colleges of Western Mass.
• Boston College
• Boston University
• Princeton University Library

Archival Collections and Repositories

• US National Archives
• Department of State - International Information Programs
•  Smithsonian Institution

Online History Directories

• Web Sites for the History Profession
• Yahoo's Directory to History Web Pages
• Virtual Library History Network
• History-Network
• History Library

Online Historical Document Collections

• History Sourcebook
• World History Archives

Topical and Chronological Categories

• U.S. Historical Studies
  • History Matters
  • African-American Studies
  • CAAAS-The University of Texas at Austin
• European Studies
  • Exploring the French Revolution
  • Imaging the French Revolution
• Latin American Studies
• Advanced Research in Latin American History

Life after the History Major

Careers in History

• Career Guide for History Grads

Employment for History Graduates

• Public Sector Employment for History Grads

Historical Organizations and Journals

• The American Historical Association
• The American Historical Review
• Historical Geography Specialty Group
• H-Net--Humanities and Social Sciences Online
• Center for History and New Media
• Organization of American Historians
• Historical Network News

   

Publishers and Presses

• The Association of American University Presses Online Catalog
• Publishers' Catalogues Home Page