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world history

This collection of links will help students locate information about topics in World History.  Most of the sites listed below are large and comprehensive, and they offer additional links to information about more specialized topics.  To simplify the search process, the links are organized by categories.

Libraries
Reference Works
Guides to Art and Architecture
Guides to World Religions
Global History
Ancient History
African History
Asian History
Islamic History
The History of Science
Women's History

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History Departments

History Departments around the World
http://history.gmu.edu/chnm/departments.php

Libraries

UNC Pembroke's Livermore Library
Guide to Electronic Resources for the Study of History

Reference Works

Voice of the Shuttle — History
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Gateway to World History
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/gateway/index.html

The World Civilization Virtual Library (Dr. Deborah Vess at Georgia College & State University)
http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/dvess.shtml

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: History Index
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history/index.html

The World's History
http://www.prenhall.com/spodek/

The Hanover Historical Texts Project (A Library of Scanned Texts)
http://history.hanover.edu/project.html

The Avalon Project at Yale University
(A Collection of Treaties, Legal Documents, and Other Sources)
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

History on Public Television
http://www.pbs.org/history/

Index of Resources for History
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/history/index.html

The Urban Past: An International Urban Bibliography
http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/urban/citybib.html

Guides to Art and Architecture

The National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
http://www.nga.gov/home.htm

The Collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (Russia)
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

Art History Links Pages
http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/

Art History with Pippin Michelli
http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli/

Arts and the Humanities on the World Wide Web (Prentice-Hall)
http://www.prenhallart.com/

Gateway to Art History (Keyed to Gardner's Art Through the Ages)
http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/

Guides to World Religions

Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/

The Ecole Initiative (A Hypertext Encyclopedia of the Early Christian Church)
http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb/

Exploring Five World Religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
http://august.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/

Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html

Internet  Jewish History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

Global History

Internet Global History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/global/globalsbook.html

Ancient History

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
http://rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu/

African History

Internet African History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html

Asian History

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html

Internet Indian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html

Guide to Harappa (Ancient Indian Civilizations)
http://www.harappa.com/welcome.html

The Culture and History of India
http://india.indiagov.org/culture/overview.htm

Islamic History

Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html

The History of Science

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online - Science & Technology
http://chnm.gmu.edu/echo

Internet History of Science Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html

Women's History

Internet Women's History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

Updated: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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