Academic Resources

The following academic resources provide history students these resources.

 

Understanding the Nature of Historical Writing

• 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.
• University of Maryland Effective Writing Center

Library/Book Calatogs

• 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.

Historical Journals/Periodicals

• Ebsco Research Database
  • Linked to Grossmont College Library; find articles and other research items; need student login.
• 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 Collections—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

 

Historical Associations

• American Historical Association
• World History Association
• Organization of American Historians