History

Social Studies

GEOGRAPHY & MAPS:

Historical by Region - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html 

Perry Castaneda Library at the University of Texas, one of the finest collections of maps on the internet - global and historical.

Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html 

Maps dating from 1500.  Subjects include: cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, and transportation and communication.

 COUNTRY PROFILES:

Country Reports - http://www.countryreports.org

Country information including government, economy, geography, flag, defense, people, history, and maps.

CIA World Fact Book -  Explore all countries of the world.  A great start to get basic information for country study projects.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES:

Globalization Studies - http://www.globalization101.org 

This site contains information about  globalization and all of its issues.

Center for Strategic and International Studies - http://www.csis.org 

The World Wide Web Virtual Library for African Studies - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl

This site is invaluable for all studies on Africa: includes resources by regions and states,  bibliographies, research centers, electronic journals and media.

Open Library of Humanities  - www.openlibhums.org/   This site is dedicated to publishing open access scholarship. The platform supports academic journals from across humanities disciplines.

THE UNITED NATIONS:

Home Page of the United Nations Organization - http://www.un.org

Rulers of the World - http://rulers.org 

New and historical rulers by name and age under any state.

Latin American Network Information Center - http://www.lanic.utexas.edu

This site from the University of Texas is a major source for all Latin issues.

AMERICAN HISTORY:

American Memory at the Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov   

Collections include many text documents, photographs, and images.

Historical Documents of Great Britain - http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_the_United_Kingdom:_Primary_Documents 

Collection of primary source historical documents from the British Isles, from the earliest times through the present.

African American Struggle for Freedom and Human Rights - http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html 

Documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.

The American South - http://docsouth.unc.edu 

This database presents primary source materials documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners.

Library of Southern Literature: Beginnings to 1920 - http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/texts.html 

Full-text of literature from the American South.

Post-Bellum America: The National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/index.html 

A digital collection of documents and images related to the U.S. government.  Primary source documents.

U.S GOVERNMENT:

USA.gov - www.usa.gov/Agencies/federal.shtml

Official information and services from the U.S. government

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIONS:

Philosophy Pages - http://www.philosophypages.com 

A concise site including dictionary, philosophers, study guide, a discussion on logic and a collection of annotated links.