Digital Library

History, Biography, & Ancestry

• Wilson Biography Reference Bank
  Biographies, obituaries, and photographs of thousands of individuals, both living and deceased. Contains the full text from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, plus thousands of profiles licensed from other respected publishers. Updated monthly. Provided by OPLIN.
• Biography Resource Center
  Biographies of more than 320,000 people.
• Columbus in Photographs
  Database containing pictures from the Columbus Circulating Visuals Collection. Useful for genealogical and historical research.
• Ohio Death Certificate Index
• Ohio Historical Society Searchable Databases
  Includes Ohio-based information, Ohio Fundamental Documents, Ohio Newspaper Index, Death Certificate Index, and more.
• Social Security Death Index
  Extensive History Sites

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• History Channel.com
  Wide range of historical information.
• The History Net
  Selected articles, interviews, and military history.
• HyperHistory Online
  Interactive chronological chart of world history.
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook 
  Links to history sites by time period & major topic.
• Worldwide Virtual Library Index of Resources for Historians
  University of Kansas directory of history-related websites.

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• American Memory (Library of Congress)
  Collection of digitized primary source materials documenting American history.
• Facts on File World News Digest
  U.S. and world news from 1940 to present. Includes maps, photos, and historical documents.
• EyeWitness
  Primary source documents.
• Historical Text Archive
  Links to personal letters & accounts, plus articles & papers.
• Making of America Project
  Primary sources from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
• Nineteenth Century Documents Project
• Our Documents
  PDF files & transcripts of important American documents.
• U.S. History Out Loud (Real Audio)

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General United States History

• American History: From Revolution to Reconstruction
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress
  Permanent exhibition of the "rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past". Divided into history, philosophy, and fine arts sections.
• Cold War International History Project
  Includes new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War
• The History Place
  Overviews of U.S. History for students, especially World War II.
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Outline of American History
  Outlines American history from first inhabitance.
• New Deal Network (Columbia)
  A guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
• States and Capitals
  Facts about state history, state birds & flowers, lists of museums, populationa, and presidential birthplaces.

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• African American History Resources
• The African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress)
• African American Odyssey
• AFRO-Americ@: The Black History Museum
  Includes interactive exhibits.
• Black History Quest

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• Civil Rights Memorial
  Timeline of events in the Civil Rights struggle.
• Civil Rights Movement Veterans
  Personal narratives from those involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
• Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
  Interactive map & list of places of importance in the Civil Rights Movement.
• History Makers
  Timeline by year & by category, plus oral history interviews & more.
• Martin Luther King, Jr.Day / Black History Month
• National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture
• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS series)
• Toward Racial Equality
  Harpers Weekly reports on black America 1857-1874.

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• American Indian History and Related Issues
• First Nations Histories
• National NAGPRA (National Park Service)
  Links & information related to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
• Native American Nations
  Index of individual native nations.
• NativeWeb
  News, links, and other resources about & for indigenous cultures worldwide.

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• Africaresource.com
• Africa South of the Sahara (Stanford University)
  Includes chronology of African history.
• African Studies Center from UPenn
• Africa Studies Internet Resources from Columbia
• Index on Africa

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• Asia Source
• Asian History and Studies
• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
  Comprehensive online resource since 1994.
• East & Southeast Asia
  An annotated directory of Internet resources.
• Japan Information Network

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• British History
• British Monarchy
• Encyclopedia of British History: 1700-1950
  Contains more than 2,000 entries on British people, places.
• History: British Isles
• Meeting of Frontiers
  Comparison of American experience in the Alaskan frontier to Russian settlement in Siberia through a historical narrative & a digital library.
• Russian and East European Network Information Center (University of Texas)

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• Conquistadors (PBS)
  Follows the paths of conquistadors Hernn Corts in Aztecan Mexico, Francisco Pizarro in the Incan Empire, Cabeza de Vaca in Texas, and Francisco de Orellana on the Amazon River.
• Latin American History Resources (University of Texas)
• Latin World
• Mexico History Directory

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• Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide
• MidEast Web
  A history of the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Provides texts in context from 1915 to present.
• Middle East Network Information Center (University of Texas)
• Jewish History Resource Center
  Directory by an academic team at the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History.

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• Ancient Japan
• Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
• Development of Western Civilization: Greece
• Egyptology Resources
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures (University of Evansville)
  An introduction to ancient world cultures.
• The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
• Perseus Project (Tufts University)
  An evolving digital library of ancient Greece.

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• Grover Furr's Medieval History and Literature Page
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Labyrinth Sources for Medieval Study (Georgetown University)
  Index of links for further study.
• Medieval History
• Online Medieval & Classical Library
  Includes good search engine.

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• Eighteenth Century Resources

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• The Victorian Web
  Collection of essays from many contributors about all aspects of Victorian life & culture.

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• Simon Wiesenthal Center
  A comprehensive resource on the Holocaust and World War II, with more than 3,000 text files and tens of thousands of photos.
• Children of the Holocaust
• The Holocaust Chronicle
  Full text & images of the book of the same name. Provides a detailed history of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II.
• The Nizkor Project
• Timeline (NAAF Holocaust project)
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

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• National Society of Sons of the American Revolution
• Revolutionary Era from the WWW Virtual Library
• The World of Benjamin Franklin

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• The American Civil War
  Balanced, substantive coverage of the Civil War, including its causes, famous battles, and leaders. Appropriate for secondary level students.
• American Civil War Collection (University of Virginia)
  Includes letters, diaries, newspapers, and other primary source documents.
• American Civil War Homepage (University of Tennessee)
• Civil War Battles by State (National Park Service)
• CivilWar.com
  Information about battles & soldiers, plus photographs.
• Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (National Park Service)
• Confederate Regimental History Links
  Index of regimental histories of artillery, cavalry, infantry, and other units of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
• Historical New York Times
  Chapter 2: The Civil War Years 1860-1866. Full-text articles from the New York Times.
• Selected Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress)

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• Encyclopedia of the First World War
  Includes timeline, brief biographies, and narrative.
• First World War
  Many multimedia presentations.
• World War I Document Archive
• World War I: Trenches on the Web
• Wars & Conflict
  BBC's World War I coverage includes a timeline, history, and analysis.

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• Institute on World War II and the Human Experience (Florida State University)
• Normandy:1944
• Voices of World War II
  Experiences from the front and at home. Audio clips from radio programs that aired from the late 1930s to the mid 1940s. Project by the Truman Presidential Museum and Library and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• World War II Resources
  Primary resource materials on the Web.

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• Korean War 50th Anniversary (Army)
  Contains timelines & facts.

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• Battles and Operations of the Viet Nam War
• Vietnam Studies
  Full text of publications produced by the Army Center for Military History.
• Vietnam War Internet Project (University of Texas)
• Wars for Viet Nam (Vassar College)

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• Gulf War (PBS)
  Frontline story with resources.

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• Biography.com (A&E network)
  Profiles more than 25,000 individuals.
• The List of Popes
  Biographies of all 265 Popes of the Roman Catholic Church.
• American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)
  Includes biographical facts, administration events, and Presidential places.
• POTUS
  Provides election results, cabinet members, notable events, and short biographies.
• The Presidents of the United States (White House)
• Biographical Directory of the United States (US Congress)
  Profiles U.S. legislators, justices, and Presidents from 1774 to present.
• Political Graveyard
• Uncle Sam: Who's Who in the Federal Government
• Astronaut Biographies (NASA)
  Biographies of current astronauts, former astronauts, astronaut candidates, and payload specialists.
• The National Inventors Hall of Fame
• Women Mathematicians

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• American Women's History
  A research guide including bibliographies.
• Explorations: Guided Modules in American History: Women
  Includes primary sources.
• Women in American History (Brittanica)
• Women in Social Movements in the United States (SUNY Binghamton)
  Nine hundred documents relating to the role of women in movements throughout American history.

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