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Maps

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/index.html 
Geography, Cartography and History come together in this, which provides a multitude of historical maps published as early as the sixteenth century. Many focus on the Americas; however, there are maps of Europe, Africa and Asia too. These maps are copyrighted, so please cite them if you use them.   

Courtesy of Bedford St. Martin, below are a number of blank maps to help you study history.  Studying maps help us to understand events in their time (when) and space (where). 
Africa.

Americas:

Asia:

Europe:

General:

Middle East:

Primary Source Documents

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The Avalon Project at Yale University has documents centered on law and diplomacy from the Western perspective.  While the selects between ancient and the sixteenth century are useful, this site offers a strong collection of documents starting with the seventeenth century.  Numerous charters, acts, state constitutions and treaties highlight this website.

The library at University of Virginia offers a collection of free E-books in three different formats.  Students have the capability to look at these documents in the traditional web format, or they may download these documents to their Palm or into Microsoft Reader.  While there are some literary masterpieces and European sources available here, the primary focus of this website is American History. 

Bartleby.com has electronically published many of the Harvard Classics, and many of their translations come from other academic institutions or publishing companies. Including historical works, poetry and literature for all disciplines, these sources are public domain, meaning that the translations or publications are quite dated.  However, access is free.   

Paul Halsall has compiled several links to formulate three separate history source books: Ancient, Medieval and Modern.  Housed under Fordham University, the Internet History Sourcesbooks Project has expanded their sources books to include fields of study, some of which include Byzantine, African, Islamic, Jewish and Women's Studies.  Many of the sources are public domain.  Granted, while many of the translations are dated, these sourcebooks offer students a wonderful opportunity to either start or further their research, or to buttress their studies in your courses.

Bibliography Resources

Citing Examples from the Chicago Manual of Style, Sixteenth Edition.  

Reference Books

An American Heritage Dictionary or an Oxford English Dictionary (found in the library), a Roget’s Thesaurus and the Chicago Manual of Style are references every history student needs for writing.  You will find these references in the Writing Center or the Library.  

Other Materials 

  • Barzun, Jacques and Henry F. Graff. The Modern Researcher: 6th Edition. Belmont, CA: 
         Wadsworth/Thompson, 2004.
  • Lunsford, Andrea A. The Everyday Writer: Third Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2005.
  • Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide To Writing In History: Sixth Edition. Boston: 
         Bedford/St. Martin, 2010.
  • Strunk Jr., William and E.B. White. The Elements of Style: Fourth Edition. Boston: 
         Allyn and Bacon,2000.
  • Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: 
         Sixth Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Bedford St. Martin History

  • Electronic References at Bedford St. Martin
    This electronic reference has links to help students conduct research: Historical Dictionaries, Statistics, Public Documents and much more. 
  • Make History at Bedford St. Martin
    Here are some study aids, such as images, maps, documents, and web links to content, that will help reinforce the course material.
  • Research and Documentation
    This cite covers how to find sources, how to cite using the Chicago Manual of Style (APA, MLA and CSE are also illustrated) and how citation looks in a sample research paper. 

The below sites are companion sites for the some of our history texts.  You will find study guides, online quizzes, maps and other study activities to help you prepare for the course.