USEFUL AND INTERESTING LINKS Surveys & Collections | References | Libraries | Cool Sites | Search Engines The most powerful feature of the WWW is the way it provides links toother sites. Imagine what it would be like to find your college library suddenly expandedto include materials from all over the world. That's what Web links do for you. Try surfing the Web to find materials that enrich a course's syllabus. Fortunately, a growingnumber of sites are useful for history students. Here are a few links to get you started. USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB Like any resource, the Internet should be used critically. Anybody can publish anything on the Web without a professional authority's approval. Web users must develop skills in evaluating Internet material. Here are a few guides: Check List for Evaluating Web Sources Searching the Internet [At Brooklyn College] Search Methods[At Brooklyn College] SURVEYS AND COLLECTIONS OF SOURCES: Ancient History Sourcebook, Paul's Halsall's collection Hanover College, documents in world history by region Brian's World Civ Materials Tenn Tech Electronic History Documents World History Texts World History Links SEARCH ENGINES: Develop skill in using these engines for finding specific materials.It takes practice! On-Line Searching (Halsall's CS4 site.) Yahoo AOL Alta Vista, most powerful but may produce too many hits Webcrawler LYCOS REFERENCES: Glossary prepared by Paul Halsall Finding Links (Halsall's CS4 site). Check List for Evaluating Web Sources Virtual History References Brian's Reference Tools Online Reference Works Index of history sources organized by world region Index of historians and philosophers since 1750 Images for History Teachers World Cultures Resources http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#ancient http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/ http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/dfg/jesu/jesu-top.htm http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/classics.htm LIBRARIES: Library of Congress Library of Congress Learning Page Duke University Library, varied sources from the collection The Virtual Library of Virginia New York Public Library CHECK OUT THESE COOL SITES: The History Channel A site for the TV History channel aimed at a general audience. Public Broadcasting Online  Has a growing number of educational sites. Valley of the Shadow, Outstanding archival site on the American Civil War Center for History and New Media Books & Journals Online Home Course description Course Objectives Course requirements Books to Purchase Topics & Reading Assignments E-Mail