• A Dictionary of Contemporary History - 1945 to the Present. Blackwell Publishers, 1999. netLibrary eBook
• The American Heritage encyclopedia of American history. New York: H. Holt, 1998. R973 A535
• Dictionary of historic documents. New York: Facts on File, 2003. R016.909 D53
• Encyclopedia of American history. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. R973.03 M833
• Encyclopedia of American military history. New York: Facts On File, 2003. R355 E63
• The Tennessee encyclopedia of history & culture. Nashville: Tennessee Historical Society: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998. R976.8 T5

Click here for Social Science databases (includes History).

Search E-Journals for History periodicals available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases. Under Subject Browse, select "History: General & Old World", "History: America (1)", or "History: America (2)".
Click on the Search button at the top of the page to do narrower subject-specific searches for journals.

GENERAL

• Avalon Project at Yale Law School
  Contains digital documents relevant to history, economics, politics, and government.
• Historical Text Archive
  Offers a selection of articles and e-books on historical topics.
• In the First Person
  Provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. Links to free full-text and audio files when available.
• LexisNexis U.S. Politics & World News
  Provides updated news stories on the Bush administration, notable political figures, Iraq, and more from over 4,000 U.S. and International news sources.
• Voice of the Shuttle
  Comprehensive selection of links to websites on many history topics.

ANCIENT HISTORY

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
  Course supplement for students and teachers of ancient and medieval worlds, covering Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Islam and Europe. Chapters include introductory essay, links to major literary and religious works, chronology, and may include quizzes.
• Eternal Egypt
  Exploring “over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization,” this multimedia presentation offers cultural highlights, maps, timelines, and libraries and museums of information.

WORLD HISTORY

• Early Modern Women Database
  Provides links to Web resources useful for study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. Focus is on the period from ca. 1500 to ca. 1800 but includes links to sites about the Medieval period and 19th Century as well.
• Encyclopedia of British History: 1500-1980
  This modern history encyclopaedia covers a wide range of topics in detail - from 1500 to 1980 - from poverty to the Trade Unions.
• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
  Archive of some of the most important documentary evidence from the French Revolution, including 338 texts, 245 images, and a number of maps and songs.
• The Jewish History Resource Center
  Project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. Over 6000 links to websites in more than 30 categories dealing with Jewish History.

U.S. HISTORY

• Archives.gov
  National Archives & Records Administration website includes hundreds of thousands of images of historical documents, figures, and events.
• E Pluribus Unum Project
  Site focuses on the question of nation building and how Americans have sought to create "one out of many."
• France in America
  Bilingual digital library explores history of the French presence in North America from the early 16th century to the end of the 19th century.
• Harvard Open Collections Program
  Digitized collections of primary sources from Harvard University Library include Women Working, 1800-1930 and Emigration and Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930.
• History of the Supreme Court
  Unlike other sites on the Court, this resource is teacher-authored and presents the institution's history thematically, in a way that corresponds to major thematic strands in the social studies curriculum.
• History Matters
  A critical and interactive multi-cultural guide and gateway to Web resources for students and teachers of U.S. History.
• Jewish Women's Archive
  Multimedia archive on history of Jewish women in America.
• Jews in America
  Devoted to the experience of American Jews from 1654 to the present day, site offers video minidocumentaries, short historical essays, and more.
• Library of Congress: American Memory Project (various exhibits)
• Literature and Culture of the American 1950's
  From the University of Pennsylvania, this site provides links to texts and other information on the literature and culture of the 1950's.
• Making of America
  Digital library of primary sources in American social history from antebellum period through reconstruction.
• National Archives and Records Administration Home Page
• New Deal Network
  Site from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI) is devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal.
• The Historic New York Times
  Digitized newspapers from 1860-1866.
• Women Working, 1800-1930
  Digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources from Harvard's collections. Explores women's roles in US economy between the Civil War and Great Depression.

African American

• African-American Migration Experience
  Site from New York Public Library Schomburg Center offers over 16,500 pages of essays, books, articles, and manuscripts, 8,300 illustrations, 100 lesson plans, and 60 maps to aid in understanding peoples, places, and events that shaped African America's migration over the past four hundred years.
• American Slave Narratives
  Narratives in this online anthology from the University of Virginia are transcribed verbatim from interviews collected by writers of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s.
• Gateway to African American History
  State Department site includes bibliographies, presidential speeches and full-text government reports, and articles on topics like the Amistad revolt, the Civil Rights movement and President Clinton's "National Conversation on Race."
• The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
  "A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture."
• Voices of Civil Rights
  Searchable online archive of selected stories submitted by people from every corner of the country. Includes essays, interviews, and special reports.

Cold War & Vietnam

• Cold War Hot Links
  Web sources relating to the Cold War.
• Cold War International History Project
  Offers new information and perspectives on Cold War history, in particular findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" - the former Communist world.
• The Wars for Viet Nam (Vassar College)
  Extensive information, including photographs and documents, on the Wars in Viet Nam. Includes translations of some documentss from Vietnamese archives on the war in Hanoi.

MIDDLE EAST

• History in the News: The Middle East
  Monitor recent events in the Middle East or gain a better appreciation for its diverse cultures.
• Middle East Studies Internet Resources
  A collection of important research resources related to the Middle East and North African studies.
• The Middle East, 1916-2001
  An extensive documentary collection of historical and legal documents for students of international law, history, and political science.

TENNESSEE & LOCAL HISTORY

• Documenting the American South
  Offers texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture, from the colonial period through the early 20th century.
• Memphis History & Facts
  Chronology of Memphis history and list of key Memphis facts compiled by the Memphis-Shelby County Public Library History Department.
• Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture
  From the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, TN.
• Tennessee Heritage Online
  Digital Collections from Tennessee Libraries, Archives, and Museums
• Tennessee History: A Guide to Primary Sources
  Extensive lists and links to primary sources in Tennessee history from Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University.