Reference Collection

Web Resources by Discipline

The links below lead you to websites of academic interest in the following disciplines. Some have been gleaned from UW-Eau Claire faculty recommendations, others from reviews in the collection development literature. These are non-commercial sites.

History:

• African-Native Americans: We Are Still Here: Pictures and a short article focusing on the history of African Native Americans.
• American Indian Heritage Foundation (INDIAN.ORG): Current American Indian information, includes a tribal directory of Federally recognized tribes and links to programs for American Indians.
• American Memory, Historical Collections of the American Digital Library: A Library of Congress website, which links to the Library's historical collection of documents, arranged by subject time period, place and library division.
• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School, Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: A Yale Law School site, linking to full text documents from Pre-18th century to the 21st century, each contains links to supporting documents in law, history, economics , politics, diplomacy and government.
• Documenting the American South: A digital collection of primary sources on Southern History, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Historical documents, information, and teaching materials.
• GLI FW (Great Lakes Indian Fish And Wildlife Commission): The Commission's homepage includes information about the Commission, the fish and wildlife of the Great Lakes, treaties, agreements, regulations and more.
• History Wired (Smithsonian): A virtual tour of the Smithsonian, which allows the user to view and learn facts about selected objects at the Smithsonian, arranged by subject.
• Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties: A digital copy of volumes I-III of Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler.
• Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains: This online database highlights the photographic and visual record of current and former Indian groups from the Northern Great Plains.
• International Law An introduction to the vast amount of information on international law; particularly for readers not familiar with the subject.
• Internet Library of Early Journals Digitized 18th and 19th Century journals. Joint project by the universities of Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
• Making of America (MOA): A full-text digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Currently contains over 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles on all topics.
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Timeline dating from 1501 - 1865, a list of major players and contributors of the Underground Railroad Movement along with brief descriptions, and a list of related resources on each individual.
• ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies: an online peer reviewed library of scholarly medieval resources, including an encyclopedia, teaching materials, and resources for scholars as well as nonspecialists.
• "Red Scare": An American history image data base, created by Baruch College, CUNY, of original documents, dating from November 1918 to the mid 1920's.
• The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871: Created at Northwestern University Library, an image data base of documents, cir.1871, including caricatures, newspapers, films, books, pamphlets and posters.
• Turning Points in Wisconsin History: Eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects grouped by historical period.
• United States and its Territories, 1870-1925: Comprises full text of monographs and government documents published in the US, Spain & the Philippines.The primary focus of the material is the Spanish-American war and subsequent governance. Text collection is complemented by digitized images.
• University Of Wisconsin Student History Network: A University of Wisconsin System network for History students, including information on APUSH, discussion lists, projects and on-line documentation.
• WestWeb: A subject-organized website for the study of history of the American West, created by Catherine Lavender, City University of New York.
• Wisconsin Electronic Reader A Wisconsin history site the resulted from a cooperative digital imaging project of the UW-Madison General Library System and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The site contains digitized "stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals, and tidbits from Wisconsin history."