Tom Glynn
History and Political Science Selector
glynn@rci.rutgers.edu
April 10, 2002

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: History - American and British:
Reference Resources

Maps

- Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Colombus to Lewis and Clark: - An Exhibition of Maps and Navigational Instruments, Alderman Library, University of Virginia
- Maps of Europe the United States and the World: - Perry Castaneda Map Collection, U-Texas
- Panoramic Maps 1847-1909 -- Library of Congress: - U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Railroad Maps (1828-1900) from the Library of Congress: - Illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States
- Rare Maps from the University of Georgia: - Hargrett Map Collection, Univ. of Georgia. New World, Colonial, Revolution, Union & Expansion, Nineteenth Century, Transportation & Others) PLEASE READ COPY WRITE STATEMENT

Statistics

- Atlas of United States Presidential Elections 1932-1996: - Statistics and graphics; from Klipsan Press; edited by Alan Miller
- Historical Demographic, Economic, and Social Data for the United States, 1790-1860 via Harvard University, Courtesy of ICPSR: - SThe data presented here describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1960
- Historical Data on the Foreign-Born Population in the United States from the United States Census Bureau: - Selected census data on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 1990
- Historical Data on U.S. Population from the Census Bureau
- Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities Research Reports: - Includes access to the sixth annual series of research reports, containing online textand graphics from an array of primary source online projects, e.g. Michael Levenson, "Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London", which in turn includes the full text ofLondon Mortality Statistics, and London Population Statistics
- International Database Population Pyramids--US Census Bureau: - Population pyramids (graphs that show the distribution of population by age and sex) for one country
- MEMDB-The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank by Prof. Rudolph M. Bell of Rutgers University and Prof. Martha C. Howell of Columbia University: - Several datasets dealing with Currency and prices in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 800-1815 C.E. The searchable web site was developed by the Scholarly Communication Center from the Rutgers University Libraries
- Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom): - The official UK statistics site.
- Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 (US Census Bureau Working Paper 27): - Apparently not available in any other single publication
- Scottish Economic History Database, 1550 - 1780
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics-- 25th Anniversary Edition: - Includes some recent historical information
- Statistical Resources on the Web from the Univ. of Michigan: - clustered by broad subject area, such as Foreign or Statistics, in order to facilitate research
- USA History - Stats (Daniel Reynolds): - Presidential election stats for presidential elections 1789-1980

American and British History Bibliographies

- American Studies Dissertations, 1986-1995
- Anarchy Bibliography: - By anarchist, events, and general information
- Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography: - An informal and transient document
- Anti-Semitism Bibliography Database: - Sassoon Int. Center for the Study of Antisemitism: Hebrew University of Jerusalem(***Once connected enter user name as SICSA***)
- Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine by Emily Lorraine de Montluzin: - "4,000 new or corrected attributions of authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine to the 13,000 items catalogued by James M. Kuist in The Nichols File of The Gentleman's Magazine Attributions of Authorship and Other Documentation in Editorial Papers at the Folger Library (Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1982)".
- Chartism Bibliography by Ursala Stange: - Chartism resources pertaining to the movement before 1844
- HISTLINE:: - National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Database; includes approximately 205,000 citations; At the main search screen, choose "Search other files" and select the HISTLINE button. Then click the "Change files" button.
- HISTORY ON-LINE from the Institute of Historical Research UK): - This is a major website and includes searchable access to a listing of books, articles(abstracts available for some), UK theses since 1900, teachers of history in the UK, current research and links to much more.
- ITER: The Bibliography of Renaissance Europe (1300-1700): - Full access requires a subscription
- Lakota Dakota Bibliography: - A bibliography of works published on Native American history
- Medieval Specialized bibliographies:: - Over 40 brief bibliographies on subjects ranging from Robin Hood to Medicine; Collectively a strong medieval bibliography
- Medieval Feminist Index
- The Men's Bibliography :A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities and sexualities: - 6th edition, Compiled by Michael Flood, First published in 1992, Updated 23/2/98, 6th edition published in 1998 by Michael Flood, PO Box 26 Ainslie, Canberra; ACT 2602 AUSTRALIA
- Moise's Bibliography of the Vietnam War
- NOEMA: The Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy
- New Books in Nineteenth-Century British Studies: - via the University of Southern California Dept. of English. Selected book descriptions and eventually original reviews are some of the features of this searchable database.
- Social Science Bibliography of Northern Ireland
- Texts and Calendars since 1982: a Survey: - via the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (HMC); lists materials published by numerous British record societies since 1982. Through 1981 use E L C Mullins, Texts and Calendars II: an Analytical Guide to Serial Publications 1957-1982 and its predecessor. HMC warns that this update "is not intended as a successor" to Mullins; "However, it is hoped that it will be kept up to date so that it will form the basis for a Texts and Calendars III."
- The Untimely Past: - Compiled by Jeffery Hearn, a PhD student at the University of Maryland, emphasizes historiography, related to linguistics (text, etc), poststructuralism, and post modernism
- "TOCS-IN" Table of Contents Index for journals dealing with CLASSICAL STUDIES: - Over 150 periodicals related to the classics covered in this volunteer project begun in 1992 by R. Morstein-Marx (Santa Barbara, California) and PMW Matheson (Toronto, Ontario)
- United States Naval History: A Bibliography
- ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History
- Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and America: - Compiled by Jeffrey Merrick, Univ. Wisc. Milwaukee

Electronic Journals

- American Heritage: - Full text of many of the regular columns, such as the TIME MACHINE plus tables of contents for a few years back.
- Art & Letters Daily
- Australian Humanities Review
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Congressional Quarterly Gopher
- Chronicon (Spring 1996+): an online, peer-reviewed history journal
- Comitatus: a Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- The Early America Review: - A Journal of Fact and Opinion On the People, Issues and Events Of 18th Century America
- Early Modern Literary Studies: A Journal of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century English Literature
- The Edith Wharton Review: - By subscription but the Index back to 1984 is readily available at this site by author, title, and year of article
- Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History
- Esoterica: The Journal of Esoteric Studies, 1999-: - History of "esoteric spiritual traditions", including mysticism.
- Essays in History: - Refereed by graduate students from the U. of Virginia
- Film & History
- THE HEROIC AGE: A JOURNAL OF EARLY MEDIEVAL NORTHWESTERN EUROPE
- Hydra: - World War I, articles written by patients of the Craig Lockhart War Hospital, among the contributors were the notes poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon
- ILEJ-Internet Library of Early Journals: - A collaborative effort of the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford to make available eighteenth and nineteenth-century periodicals on the WEB; targets include Gentleman's Magazine, Annual Register, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Notes & Queries, The Builder, and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
- Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities Research Reports: - Includes access to the sixth annual series of research reports, containing online textand graphics from an array of primary source online projects, e.g. Michael Levenson, "Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London", which in turn includes full-text of London: A Pilgrimage by Dore and Jerrold and Henry Mayew's London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. I and extracts from the London Times, London Mortality Statistics, and London Population Statistics
- Internet Resources Newsletter: - New sites of Interest
- Journal for MultiMedia History from The Department of History at the State University of New York at Albany
- Journal of Psychohistory: - Selection of articles form the New York Institute for Psychohistory; includes some book chapters
- JSTOR: - FULL TEXT of a growing number of journals from their first issue up through several years ago. AVAILABLE to members of this consortia (INCLUDING RUTGERS); includes many major history journals, including the American Historical Review, the Journal of Modern History, Speculum, William and Mary Quarterly, and Renaissance Quarterly. Replete with a powerful search engine.
- Journal of the Association for History and Computing, v.1 1998+: - Includes reviews of "electronic", "print", and "paper" resources as well as articles.
- The Medieval Review: - formerly the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review - (includes book reviews)
- The Napoleon Series:: - an electronic magazine dedicated to Napoleon and his times
- New E-Journals: announcements, summaries, and links
- NEWSPAPER LIBRARIES from Natalie Borisovets Rutgers University Libraries: - Excellent quick guide to major NJ, NY, PA, and major newspapers online throughout the USA, stating which offer free access, what years they offer access, and the prices for access.
- Perspectives: the newsletter of the American Historical Association
- Project Muse: - Growing database of scholarly publications made available in full-text online. Full-text of articles is available to the Rutgers Community. Powerful index is included. Journal titles include Henry James Review, Modern Fiction Studies, and Literature and Medicine.
- PubList: - Online directory of some 150,000 plus periodicals covered with bibliographic info and links to some publishers
- Renaissance Forum: - Early Modern English Literature and History from the University of Hull
- Salon Magazine
- Studies in Bibliography Online

Book Reviews

- American Historical Review: - Table of Contents including Book Reviews
- Art & Letters Daily
- BookWire: - Huge guide to book information including links to book reviews from the Boston Review and the Quarterly Black Review and other publications
- Booklist
- Cold War from CNN: - "classrom guide" included
- Comitatus: a Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Education Review_: A Journal of Book Reviews
- H-NET Review Project via the WEB
- History Reviews On-Line: Fall 1995+ (Book Reviews)
- History Today: - Click on Reviews
- The Medieval Review: - formerly the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review - (includes book reviews)
- New York Times Book Reviews Since 1980
- New Books in Nineteenth-Century British Studies via the University of Southern California Dept. of English: - Selected book descriptions and eventually original reviews are some of the features of this searchable database.
- Reference Books by James Rettig
- Reviews in History (Institute of Historical Research-UK): - British and European History from the Middle Ages to the Present
- Victoria Research Web book reviews
- Washington Post's Bookworld

Biographies

- 4000 Years of Women in Science
- The Biographical Dictionary -Links to other sites included
- Biographical Dictionary by Eric Tentarelli: - Over 25,000 brief entries, covering "notable" people from ancient times to now; searchable by keyword, names, dates, discoveries, inventions, movies, nicknames, literary works etc.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
- Biographical Profiles Related to the American West vis PBS
- Biographies of Historical Women from University of Maryland
- Biography: A&E Television Networks
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Britannia: - Biographies of Monarchs and Prime Ministers etc.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission -- Debt of Honour Register: - Information on British Commomwealth military personnel and civilians who were killed in Wordl War II
- The Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
- Women in American History from Britannica
- Mathematicians Early Modern: Biographies (University of Dublin)
- Medal of Honor Biographies from the Center for Military History
- Time Magazine's Most Influential People (Twentieth Century)
- Who's Who in American History from the online course: American History 102--Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History-- William P. Tishler, Producer, Shane Hamilton, Web Editor
- World War I History Commission Questionnaires: - Searchable database of some 14,900 responses to a questionairre filled out by Virginia WWI vets
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund - The Virtual Wall: - Will include oral histories and much more
- Vietnam War Era POW/MIA Database
- WWWVL History of Science, Technology and Medicine - Biographical Sources from the University of Melbourne

Curricula and Syllabi

- The African-American Journey from PBS: - "African-American a rts, culture, current events, and history." A virtual index, with annotations to PBS sites and docuemnts, realted to African-American Culture and History. Also includes many educational aids.
- American History 102: - Instructor, Prof. Stanley K. Schultz, Producer,William P. Tishler , University of Wisconsin
- American Social History Project fron CUNY
- Andrew Johnson Impeachment website: - Inludes articles from Harper's Weekly (1866-1868), descriptions of main characters, Thomas Nast cartoons, and teaching support materials.
- BBC Education - Modern World History
- CIVNET: Materials for teaching "civics
- COLLAGE, "An image database containing 20,000 works from the Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London. By the Corporation of London and iBase Image Systems.": - Include many historical images such as the Great Fire, Cades Rebellion (1450), the Gordon Riots (1780) and etc. In effect offersa visual history of London.
- CURRICULUM: Resources for Teachers and Administrators of American Studies Programs from Georgetown Crossroads American Studies Web
- Documents and Teaching Activities Related to Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Address via the National Archives
- Emory Women Writers Resource Project: - Good collection of writings, covering the 17th thru the 19th centuries. Texts are "unedited", since the purpose of this site is to give graduate students an opportunity to do editing. Support materials to aid the students, including previous edited works and bibliography are included.
- European Voyages of Exploration a "tutorial" from the Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary.
- History Matters: - Access to WEB materials for U.S. Survey teaching
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook from Fordham University (Paul Halsall): - Gateway to numerous documents and texts in all periods of history, designed to support deployment of the Internet in teaching.
- Library of Congress Learning Page: - Teaching Guide to History on the Net
- NARA--National Archives Education tools
- New York Times_ Learning Network
- PBS TeacherSource
- School Zone from the United Kingdom
- University at Albany, SUNY--History Department: - Great examples of course syllabi which offer links to readings available on the WEB
- U.S. WOMEN'S HISTORY WORKSHOP: - Collective project of Massachusetts teachers from middle schools through colleges. Their stated goal is to "make available primary sources in pedagogically imaginative formats for teachers who wish to use such materials in their own classrooms." Sponsored by Assumption College, the American Antiquarian Society, The Alliance for Education, and the Worcester Women's History Project.
- Whole Cloth: Discovering Science and Technology Through American Textile History --Society for the History of Technology (SHOT): - Curriculum for middle amf high school on the history of textiles
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930: - Created as a teaching too for high school and up--includes numerous primary documents
- World Lecture Hall (WLH): - links to pages form faculty making use of the WEB in their curriculum; includes syllabi, assignments, exams, assignments, etc.

- Abridged History of the United States
- American War Library: - Offers a great deal of information on veterans and U. S. involvement in war, as well as war statistics
- APA style for citing electronic resources: - Compiled by Janice Walker,English Departemnt, University of South Florida
- Bradford [England] Timeline: - "History (architecture and events) of Bradford related to National and International events, Monarchs, Prime Ministers, Presidents, Sports information, Inventions, "Firsts", Music, Books, Cinema, Television, Consumer products." And links to other information about Bradford.
- Citing Internet Sources
- Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities: - by Melvin Page, History Department East Tenn. State University. Information on how to cite internet sources for footnotes and bibliographies.
- Comparative Chronology of Money from Ancient Times
- Concordances of Great Books: - Includes historical text, such as the Federalist Papers, Gibbon (Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Grant's memoirs, and Thomas More, as well as literary texts
- Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia from the Cornell Law Library
- Curriculum Development Timeline Website (1780+) from Boston College Lynch School of Education
- Dictionary of Sensibility (Eighteenth Century Europe) via the University of Virginia English Department: - Text excerpts illustrate the meaning of terms associated with "sensibility".
- The Encyclopaedia of the Celts: - Compiled and edited by Knud Mariboe), c1994.
- Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms: - Covers over 2500 signs; graphic and word index available
- Federal Government Web Sites gateway vis LSU
- Historic Events and Birthdays: - You choose the date;From SCOPE SYSTEMS
- History of Time Keeping
- Hyper-History Online: - In effect a combination time line/encyclopedia of world history
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Philosophical Dictionary (Voltaire): - Selected and Translated by H.I. Woolf; New York: Knopf, 1924. Scanned by the Hanover College Department of History in 1995.
- Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia--British History: 1700-1920
- Time line of British History
- time lines Collection - George Emery
- This Day in History from the History Channel
- U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection from Columbia University Libraries Documents Service Center