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17th and 18th Century Burney Collection: Searchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817). This is the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.
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19th Century British Library Newspapers: 19th Century British Library Newspapers contains full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society. This collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as newspapers from established country or university towns; the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands; and Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. Penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also included.
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British Newspapers 1600-1900: The British Newspapers 1600-1900 is the most significant digital collection of British historic newspapers. New conservation and imaging techniques and a new cross-searchable platform adopted by the British Library offers unparalleled access and discoverability to this valuable historical and cultural archive. In addition one will find specially commissioned essays and contextual materials written by expert scholars intended to help non-specialist users with perspective and analysis.
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History Resource Center - World: Themes and trends from the history of ancient civilisations through to the 20th Century integrating reference sources along with full-text articles from more than 100 academic journals, and maps and images. Full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents.
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Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World.: This encyclopedia explores the many peoples of early European civilizations responsible for such accomplishments as the rise of farming in the Neolithic era and the building of Stonehenge. Coverage expands from prehistoric origins through the early Middle Ages (8000 BC to AD 1000) when tribal movements helped define the end of ancient culture and the rise of the modern European world. Illustrations, diagrams and maps. Ed. Peter Bogucki and Pam J. Crabtree. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.
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The Companion to British History: Published by Routledge, 2001. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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Concise Atlas of World History: Published by Cassell, 2002. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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A Dictionary of British History: Published by Oxford University Press, 2001 Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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Dictionary of British History: Published by HarperCollins, 1997. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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A Dictionary of Contemporary History - 1945 to the present: Published by Blackwell, 1999. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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A Dictionary of Contemporary World History: Published by Oxford University Press, 2003. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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A Dictionary of World History: Published by Oxford University Press, 2000. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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The encyclopedic dictionary of world history: Published by Blackwell, 2002. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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History @ Credo referenceplus: A collection of reference books covering History.
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History @ Oxford Reference Online: A collection of reference books covering History.
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The Kings and Queens of Britain: Published by Oxford University Press, 2001. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History: Published by Oxford University Press, 1997. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students: Entries on a range of topics, including Florence, Galileo, heraldry, Medici family, opera, piracy, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, and many others. Includes a master chronology with topical timelines, a bibliography with age-appropriate further reading sources, and a comprehensive index. Ed. Paul F. Grendler. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.
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Who's Who in The Roman World: Published by Routledge, c2002. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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1768 The voyage of the Endeavour: This multimedia exhibit explores Captain James Cook's voyage around the world in the Endeavour. From the Natural History Museum, London.
20th Century Timeline: From the Express & Star newspaper
American Memory Project: Library of Congress: Gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.�
BBC History games: Features a range of games and interactive challenges relating to historical events
BBC Online - History: Articles on a range of aspects about British history and pre-history. Search by topic, time, people and places.
CAIN Web Service (Conflict Archive on the INternet): Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland (1968 to the Present) - information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. There is also information on Northern Ireland society.
Captain Cook : voyages of discovery: From the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, includes images of artefacts collected during the voyages.
Cold War Museum: In 1996, Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and John C. Welch founded the Cold War Museum to preserve Cold War history and honor Cold War Veterans. Currently, a mobile exhibit of historical artifacts associated with the U-2 Incident of May 1960 is traveling around the world promoting interest in the creation of a permanent Cold War Museum facility.
Collect Britain: Showcases thousands of items from the British Library. Browse our collections, tours and exhibitions, or search the site in many different ways.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Documenting a Democracy: Australia's Story: National Archives of Australia presents 110 key documents that are the foundation of the nation.
The Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History: Peer reviewed journal on the history and culture of Australia and New Zealand, supported by the James Cook University.
Federation Gateway: The National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway has been created to assist you to locate a wide variety of materials like books, web sites, pictures and manuscripts relating to the Federation of Australia.
Gunpowder Plot in 1605: Before Guy Fawkes was caught red-handed, a chain of events and influences all over Europe led to the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. This website traces the background of the Plot using original material from the period held in the archives of the Houses of Parliament and in other archives, museums and libraries. Archivists and historians look back to the Reformation to find clues about those explosive times.
The Gunpowder Plot Society: Biographies, full-text documents and images related to this famous conspiracy to blow up the British Parliament.
H M Bark Endeavour: A sailing museum replica ship
Historic Figures: biographies of the movers and shakers of history, from BBCi History
History at PBS: A wide range of resources about people and events in history.
The History Channel: Find out what happened today in history.
The History Guide: The History Guide contains more than seventy lectures in European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989.
The History Net: Articles from a series of history magazines. Many of US focus but also European history.
History Now: History Now began as Historical News, in 1995, it was revamped into a magazine format and renamed History Now. Full text of volumes 7 - 11 are online.
History Today: The popular history magazine. Full-text articles online from 1980.
History World: Explore world history through timelines and tours.
The Influenza Epidemic of 1918: View 1918 flu epidemic documents and photos selected from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Internet History Sourcebooks Project: A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.
Internet Library of Early Journals: A digital library of 18th and 19th Century journals. Includes the Annual Register 1758 - 1778, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1843 - 1863, Gentleman's Magazine 1731 - 1751, Notes and Queries 1849 - 1869, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1757 - 1777 & The Builder 1843 - 1851
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Full text primary sources for the 16th century onwards.
Journal of the Australian War Memorial: The Journal of the Australian War Memorial is an occasional publication, for the purpose of advancing the Memorial's mission of remembering and interpreting the Australian experience of war and, more generally, in order to publicise research into Australian military history.
Learning Curve: Learning Curve is a free resource for teachers and students of the History National Curriculum from KS 2 to 5
London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes and Archive: The London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes are the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom. Several legal notices, including insolvency notices, are required by law to be published in the London , Belfast or Edinburgh Gazette. Search by multiple criteria to find exactly what you are looking for. This archive contains all London Gazette editions from first 80 years (1900 - 1979 ) of the 20th Century. All 20th Century Honours and Awards published in the London Gazette.
Papers of Sir Joseph Banks: approximately 10,000 manuscript pages and include correspondence, principally letters received, but also reports, invoices and accounts, journals, plus a small quantity of maps, charts and watercolours
Picture Australia: Primarily aimed at revealing Australia's cultural heritage through images, this site is also well worth using if searching for pictures of New Zealand's past. A single access point for searching the distributed image collections of many significant Australian cultural institutions.
The Roman Emperors: An on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453). Includes biographical essays on the emperors, family trees ("stemmata") of important imperial dynasties, an index of significant battles in the empire's history, a and maps of these battles, and maps of the empire at different times.
South seas: voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific (1760-1800)
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913: A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. A collaboration between the Open University, and the Universities of Hertfordshire and Sheffield
Timeframes: Timeframes includes selected New Zealand and Pacific images from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.
Titanic Newspaper archive: Search Newspaper Articles about Titanic in more than 15,000 Historical Newspaper Pages. From NewspaperARCHIVE.com
Tudor History: Biographical and chronological information of all the Tudor monarchs plus maps, portraits, castles and more.
A vision of Britain through time: A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Women in World History: These are short biographies of notable women in world history. There is good coverage of non-European women plus reviews of selected books. Catering for high school level.

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