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History Resources on the World Wide Web
These are only a few of the best resources for history topics. If you don't see one that fits your research needs, try using an internet search engine to find others.
West Virginia History
http://www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/history/historyw.html
The West Virginia History Database contains timelines, links to West Virginia historical societies, and links to other West Virginia history sources.
General history and historical research sites
The American Memory web site contains a group of exhibits assembled by the the Library of Congress. It makes hard-to-find primary source documents available, and adds informative introductions and comments.
The Political Graveyard contains lots of information about, well, dead politicians.
World War II Resources contains many (over 1000) primary source documents.
The Making of America web site provides scanned images of books and magazines from the 19th century. A valuable source of primary sources for American social history!
The Scout Report for Social Sciences provides links to high-quality, scholarly web sites in all of the social sciences. If you don't find a topic that interests you, check the "Back Issues" link.
History magazines on the web
The History Net contains articles from several current history magazines. It also has a daily quiz and a "Today In History" feature.
History Today is a good history magazine for the non-specialist. It's published in the United Kingdom, but its focus is not limited to British history. Several articles from each issue are available via the web site; the rest are available through interlibrary loan.
"Day In History" sites
Need to know what happened in history on a specific day? These sites will tell you!
This Day In History, sponsored by The History Channel
Today in Black History has several historical facts for each day, and a list of links to additional black history sites.
Today in History, sponsored by the Library of Congress. It's just a small part of "The American Memory," an on-line museum and library of American history.
Hyperhistory
Hyperhistory has a chart format that lets you see what things were happening in a selected year or decade. It's interesting to see what things happened at the same time. The authors call this a "synchronoptic" concept.