LibGuides: History: Web Resources

Disclaimer

Montgomery Library at Campbellsville University does not necessarily endorse all content found on third party websites.

Selected Websites

Explore these websites for further information:

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
Maintained by volunteers dedicated to providing quality materials for free public use.
America's Founders Online
Search through 120,000 documents from America's founders.
American Memory: The Library of Congress
Documents the American experience in multiple formats.
Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA)
Contains a wealth of language documentation materials: grammars, dictionaries, ethnographies, and field notes.
Archives Library Information Center
Offers researchers ready access to information in the U.S. National Archives including links to congressional collections, diplomacy documents, government documents and more.
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Contains digital documents maintained by Yale Law School.
British History Online
Digital library containing primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Census.gov
Offers federal census data.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America's newspapers from 1690-present using this Library of Congress resource.
Documenting the American South
Primary resources for the study of southern history and culture.
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Online sources for European history with selected transcriptions, facsimilies and translations.
Europeana 1914-1918
Explore films and historical materials about WWI.
Kentucky Digital Library
Newspapers, books, oral histories and more provided by the Kentucky Virtual Library.
National Archives
Explore U.S. history through documents, photos and records.
Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide
Open Educational Resources are openly licensed materials that are freely accessible for educational distribution. Examples of OER include textbooks, syllabi, lectures, assignments, games, etc.
Our Documents
Features 100 milestone documents of American history from the National Archives. Includes images of original primary source documents.
Presidential Libraries
Search Presidential Libraries' websites simultaneously.
THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Legislative information from the Library of Congress
U.S. Department of State: Office of the Historian
Provides access to the history of U.S. foreign policy.

Professional Associations

Check out these professional associations for more information:

American Association for State and Local History
Supports members who preserve and interpret state and local history.
American Historical Association
A professional association for all historians.
Appalachian Studies Association
Promotes research, scholarship and education among scholars, educators, students and institutions concerning Appalachia.
Filson Historical Society
Kentucky's oldest privately supported Historical Society.
Historical Society
Promotes a scholarly history that enriches public understanding.
Kentucky Historical Society
A leader in helping people understand and share Kentucky's stories.
National Coalition for History
Serves as the profession's national voice.
Organization of American Historians
Promotes the scholarship, presentation and apppreciation of American history.
Phi Alpha Theta
An American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history.
Southern Historical Association
Promotes research in and preservation of the history of the South.