History resources

Abstracts/Indexes
See History Databases http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/MWUC/browse/facets/subject/1021

America: History and Life
http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/america-history-and-life
Covers material about Canada and the United States only.

Historical Abstracts
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada).

Online Guides/Pathfinders
General
History – General on the Web
http://libguides.uwinnipeg.ca/cat.php?cid=1421
Additional guides for Canada, Europe, US and World.

BUBL Link: 900 Geography and History
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=11367
Internet resources selected by UK librarians.

Canada’s SchoolNet Learning Resources: Social Studies
http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/browse_results.asp?SECTION=0&SUBJECT=46&LangID1&SEARCH=index.asp

History Resources
https://web.archive.org/web/20130103060229/http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sp/subjects/hist
This resource, from Louisiana State University, contains pointers to bibliographies, catalogs, electronic images, electronic texts, electronic journals, electronic discussion groups, and indexes.

The Internet Public Library: History
http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=6945&parent=6925

Internet Subject Guides: History. Mount Royal College, Calgary http://libguides.mtroyal.ca/history

Kwantlen University College Library Internet Subject Guides: History http://libguides.kwantlen.ca/history

WWW-VL The World Wide Virtual Library History: Central Catalogue http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html

Canadian
Canada Online: Canadian History
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/history/
From “about.com”. Links to general Canadian history resources and Canadian history maps.

Canadian History on the Web
http://www.oupcanada.com/higher_education/humanities/history.html
Links compiled by Oxford University Press Canada.

Canadiana: The Canadian Resources Page
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/clamen/misc/Canadiana/README.html
An extensive gateway to Internet sites on a wide range of subjects relating to Canada. There are subject headings for history and politics, science and education, news and information, facts and figures and much more. Last updated 2000.

H-Canada: Canadian History and Studies
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~canada/
A discussion group for scholars including publication reviews, calls for papers and resource links.

Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/discover/index-e.html
Provides access to the full list of selected topics available for browsing on the Library and Archives Canada Website.

Genealogy
Genealogy Links
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/onlineresources/internet/genealogy.asp

Genealogy http://web.archive.org/web/20021218033212/http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/dafoe/internetres/genealogy.html

Our roots/Nos Racines
http://www.ourroots.ca/
Canada’s local histories online.

Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org/
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) website. Links to 1881 Canadian and British census and 1880 U.S. Census.

1901 Census for England and Wales
http://www.1901censusonline.com/

Census of Canada, 1901
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/about-census.aspx

Geography
Encarta Encyclopedia. “Geography”. http://web.archive.org/web/20091028095632/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761552030/Geography.html

Geography on the Web
http://libguides.uwinnipeg.ca/cat.php?cid=1456

Maps
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Collection of current and historical maps provided by the University of Texas at Austin.