Internet sites useful for History Papers

 

I.  How to evaluate web sites

Using Primary sources on the web: http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/

 

Evaluating Public History Sites: http://www.publichistory.org/evaluation/

 

How to cite internet sources in your papers: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/refdesk/

 

Evaluating web pages: Techniques to apply and Questions to ask: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

 

Evaluating web sites: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/evaluation/evallist.html

 

II. Sites that contain sources, bibliographies, or other material

Best of History Websites: (some too basic) http://www.besthistorysites.net/

 

Organization of American Historians (has links to teaching and research sources) http://www.oah.org/announce/links.html

 

National Library of Medicine site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html

 

History On-Line (arranged by topics): http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Resources/Historical/index.html

 

University of Washington Ancient History website: http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/ancient.html

 

Other web sites of interest to historians: http://history.hanover.edu/links.html

 

Also useful is the publication: Trinkle, Dennis A. and Meriman, Scott A. eds. The History Highway 3.0: A Guide to Internet Resources. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, NY, 2002