History
This guide includes resources for the study and teaching of history.
Web Resources
Free Digital Libraries
The largest open-access (free) digital libraries are Google Books, the Hathi Trust Digital Library, and Europeana. Other major projects include the Library of Congress American Memory Project, Making of America (19th-century U.S. History), and the New York Public Library Digital Collections.
- HathiTrust Digital Library HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
Hundreds of smaller, regional digital libraries exist. For lists of the most significant resources, see:
- David Rumsey Map CollectionA great free resource for historical maps
- Louisiana Digital LibraryThe Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of more than 400,000 digital items from Louisiana archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories, making unique historical treasures accessible to students, researchers, and the general public in Louisiana and across the globe. The items in the Louisiana Digital Library are as diverse and interesting as the people and places in Louisiana, with photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more documenting the state’s history and culture.
News Resources
Newspapers and news broadcasts are excellent ways of experiencing and understanding history as it happened.
For an overview of available resources, see this database list: