Strongverb - Mr Buchanan's Site for Hastings-on-Hudson HS Formatting Bibliographies/Papers
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RefWorks.com
Using Chicago Manual of Style
- Online documentation for creating a bibliography and footnoting in CMS.
- Test your knowledge of using CMS.
Writing Papers
- Writing Essays (links to several different sites on writing, formatting, etc.)
Image Libraries
Timelines
- HyperHistory Online (great interactive timeline)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline
History Websites by Subject Area
US History
- Immigration to the US (PBS)
- Civil War soldier lookup (maintained by the Parks Service)
English Monarchy
- Official website of the British Monarchy
- History of the British Monarchy (same as above, but focuses on monarchs down through the ages)
Peter the Great
- History Learning Site: Peter the Great
- Modern History Sourcebook: Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia
- Geographia
- PBS: The Face of Russia
- Images from St. Petersburg
- Personality of Peter the Great (Western New England College)
Women's History
- WWW Virtual Library: Women's History (general site; good departure point)
- Researching History Online: Women (another very good general site)
- Not for ourselves alone (excellent PBS site based on the documentary about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony)
- Women's History Resources (from Montgomery County Public Schools)
- Women's History Sourcebook (primary sources on women's topics)
US History and Government
- Outraged Citizen! (my webquest for discovering governmental resources and current public officials)
World History
- The Ottoman Empire (Present-day Turkey; covers 13th c. through World War I)
- Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War, and Faith (from the British Library)
- Face of Russia (PBS site based on documentary; covers early to modern day)
- Ancient History Vikings (BBC site)
Primary Sources
The following websites contain primary sources on a number of different topics. They also reference good secondary sources, too.
- Internet History Sourcebooks Project (edited by Paul Halsall)
- Ancient History Sourcebook
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook (also Byzantine)
- Modern History Sourcebook
- African History Sourcebook
- East Asian History Sourcebook
- Indian (as in South Asia) History Sourcebook
- Islamic History Sourcebook
- Jewish History Sourcebook
- Women's History Sourcebook
- Global History Sourcebook
- LGBT History Sourcebook
- Science History Sourcebook
- Avalon Project at Yale Law School (collection of primary source documents primarily about laws, constitutions, and rights; Euro-American-centric)
Newspapers
- Google News
- Internet Public Library (this page points to newspaper resources)
- World Newspapers (lists newspapers around the world)
- New York Times (requires registration)
- Washington Post (requires registration)
- NPR (National Public Radio)
- BBC News (Great Britain)
- Financial Times of London
- Deutsche Welle (German; also contains English version)
- Die Welt (German)
- Die Presse (German; from Vienna, Austria)
- El Pais (Spanish)
- Le Figaro (French)
- Le Monde (French)
Regents Review
- Regents Prep Online (Oswego)
- Previous Regents Exams (from NY State Education Department)
