Explore academic content on JSTOR that is open to everyone, everywhere. Search thousands of free journal articles and open access book chapters.

AskRI.org is designed to be a comprehensive reference resource for Rhode Island residents. Students, jobseekers, librarians and educators, and the curious can all reach the information they need – with a librarian’s help, by exploring our services, or through carefully curated links to other online resources.

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents.

"The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.

Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching a historical topic that interests you. "

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. Discover 36,687,547 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

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The WDL makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures and significant historical documents on one site, in a variety of ways. Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films

Search 19,147 items about 193 countries between 8000 BCE and 2000

View historic speeches and debates about an array of topics.

The British Library has a collection of over 170 million items from every age of written civilisation. They keep the nation’s archive of printed and digital publications, adding around three million new items to our collection every year.

The Library subscribes to a variety of database and other electronic resources. Some are freely available but some are not.

History and culture articles.

An encyclopedia. It also features a citation builder!

Hundred's of innovative and interactive resources about American history.

"The Museum’s National Institute for Holocaust Documentation houses an unparalleled repository of Holocaust evidence that documents the fate of victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others. Our comprehensive collection contains millions of documents, artifacts, photos, films, books, and testimonies."

Resources and articles centered around WWII and its effects.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial's online collections database allows you to search digital records of our global collection that began in 1920.

A database created by the University of Houston. Developed to help K-12 learn about American history.

The Smithsonian presents a cultural journey across America.

A collection of over 75,000 items that cover over 500 years of American history.

Texts centered around the ancient world.

Facts and literature about ancient Rome.

The Roman Society was founded in 1910 to advance the understanding of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire.

Ancient Roman Art.

Articles about the ancient world written by historians and archeologists.

Art of Ancient Greece and Rome.

"Explore 901,944 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections."

"A digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction."

A collection fo TED talks and articles about the ancient world.

"DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals."

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Data, tools, and resources that can be used for research or data design.

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30 Quests for students to celebrate, explore and connect with nature and the world.

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Research and Information on the ancient Greeks.

Tutorials and practice activities created for students to improve social studies skills.

Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture.

Educational content, courses and textbooks provided by MIT.

A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented for educational use. Primary sources are available here

Europeana provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material. Europeana gives you access to access to millions of cultural heritage items from institutions across Europe. Discover artworks, books, music, and videos on art, newspapers, archaeology, fashion, science, sport, and much more.

A directory of resources, including images, used for teaching and understanding world history. Sorted by location and subject this site is easy to use and browse.