Websites - HIS 101/HIS 101HC - Northwest - Introduction to Western Civilization I - Research Guides at Pima Community College

Selected Websites

Some of these websites contain scholarly writings and links to primary documents. Others are gateways linking to additional sites useful to your research.

Ancient World Mapping Center
The Center promotes cartography, historical geography, and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies.
Avalon Project
Primary documents in law, history & diplomacy from Yale
Best of History Websites
Annotated links to over 1000 history websites
British History Online
Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
EAWC is an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds, hosted by the University of Evansville. It features its own essays and primary texts as well as an index of internet sites.
Eurodocs: Online Sources for European History
Extensive list of links to websites and primary documents, categorized by time period and country.
Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebooks
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Also see links to specific sourcebooks below.
Fordham's Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Fordham's Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Fordham's Internet Modern History Sourcebook
The early modern world, including the Reformation and the Age of Discovery, are included here.
Greek and Roman Literature
Excellent list leading to primary sources in Greek and Roman Literature from professor John Paul Adams, California State University Northridge.
Library of Congress - Classical and Medieval History
This "virtual alcove" of the LOC Main Reading Room is a collection of websites selected and annotated by Humanities and Social Sciences Division subject specialists.
Oxford Digital Library
Central access to digital collections at Oxford University, ranging from ancient texts on papyrus to Medieval and early modern manuscripts.
Perseus Digital Library
Tufts University project covering the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
WWW-VL: World History Index and History Central Catalogue | The World Wide Virtual Library
Links to over 1700 sites, organized by subject.
World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world from 8000 BCE to the present.

Evaluating Websites

Websites listed on this page are credible sources, but what if you find a different site? How do you know it is credible?

Consider the following five criteria:

1. Accuracy - Is the information correct?

2. Authority - What are the author's credentials?

3. Coverage - Is the content covered comprehensively?

4. Currency - Is the information current?

5. Purpose - Is the content biased?

Download a CRAAP test worksheet here.

If you're not certain, ask a librarian!

HIS 101/HIS 101HC - Northwest - Introduction to Western Civilization I: Websites

Selected Websites

Evaluating Websites