Databases
Web Resources
History in General
- Archive Grid - find primary source locations and online collections.
- History Matters: Making Sense of Evidence (Primary Sources) - provides strategies for analyzing online primary materials. Has audio clips by leading scholars interpreting the document and discussing strategies for overall analysis.
- Best of History Websites - created by EdTechTeachers, Inc.
- Internet History Sourcebooks Project - a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use.
- Smithsonian Digital Library: History & Culture
- World History Encyclopedia - general history resource covering all time periods of human history.
Iowa History
- Websites
- Magazines/Journals
- Museums & History Centers/Societies
- African American Museum of Iowa
- Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
- Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
- Iowa Hall of Pride
- Iowa History Center at Simpson College
- Iowa Jewish Historical Society
- Iowa Rural Schools Museum
- Living History Farms
- Museum of Danish America
- National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library
- Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation
- State Historical Museum
- Henry Wallace Centers of Iowa
- General Dodge House
- Union Pacific Railroad Museum
- Iowa Labor History Society
U.S. History
- American Heritage
- American History Research Guide - by the Smithsonian Libraries
- Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers
- Small Town Newspapers
- Encyclopedia of American Studies - Leading reference work for American Studies.
- American Women's History Online
- Digital Public Library of America
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Transatlantic Slave Voyages Database
Western Civilization
- Ancient History Encyclopedia
- Ancient World History (BBC) - provides introductory information about the Near East, India, China, Greece, Rome, Islam, and Medieval Europe.
- Best of History Websites - created by EdTechTeachers, Inc.
- Finding World History - breaks down topics by region and time period.
- History Extra - official website for BBC History Magazine.
- Internet History Sourcebooks Project - a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use. Includes ancient, medieval, and modern sourcebooks.
- Italian Renaissance - created by History.com. Includes videos, articles, pictures, and historical features.
- Library of Congress - World History & Cultures
- Making the History of 1989 - about the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989.
- World Digital Library - easily-accessible collection of the world's cultural riches that would tell the stories and highlight the achievements of all countries and cultures. A project of the U.S. Library of Congress with support from UNESCO.