Hanover College: Duggan Library
Weblinks by Subject: Humanities
Classics:
ABZU Bibliography (http://www.etana.org/abzu/)
A high quality online bibliography to information specific to the study of the Ancient
Near East on the Internet. Both search and browse modes available.
Ancient World Web (http://www.julen.net/ancient/)
A meta-index to links in catagories ranging from Daily Life to Law and Philsophy.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
(http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
This site is designed as an interdisciplinary resource for those interested in gender in the
ancient world. It includes course materials, a searchable bibliography, and external links
to images, databases, book reviews, and the like. Also includes an anthology of translated
primary texts.
Electronic Resources for Classicists (http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/resources.html)
A portal to internet resources for classicists. Links are organized by 20 categories,
including bibliographical indexes and bibliographies, images, fonts and software, on-line
seminars, and databases.
Greek Mythology Link (http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML)
This site provides definitions, articles, images, maps, and other information (for example, biographies) regarding
Greek mythology. Because of the extensive listings and links, the search engine comes in handy.
Internet Classics Archive (http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html)
Around since 1994, this direct link to the browse index function allows one to select full
text writings from 52 Greco-Roman authors, from Aeschines to Xenophon.
Perseus (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html)
Primary and secondary sources for Greek and Roman materials from the touted Perseus
Project web site.
English:
American Authors (http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/aufram.html)
A nice site with useful links and information regarding primarily 19th century American
authors. Also included is a timeline, literary movements, and external links to other
American literature sites.
American Studies@ The University of Virginia
(http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html)
Access online primary text to American Studies works ranging from Jane Addams (My
Twenty Years at Hull House) to WPA American Slave Narratives.
American Verse Project (http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/)
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
Bartelby.com (http://www.bartleby.com/)
Well-known web publisher of literature (fiction and non-fiction), reference, and verse.
All content is free. Hint; scan the Indexes to get an idea of available content.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/)
As the site title provides, access all of the Bard's works online. Includes a link to the "Mr.
Shakespeare and the Internet" site for other Shakespeare-related stuff.
Foklore and Mythology Electronic Texts (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html)
A collection that is international in scope with a rich selection of Nordic/Germanic
pieces. Main complaint is the lack of an internal search engine which would be useful
since arrangement is a bit haphazard (sometimes by theme, other times by author,
location, or culture.
Literary History.com: Changing the Status Quo of Academia
(http://www.literaryhistory.com/)
More than 2,000 high quality literary criticism citations to more than 250 nineteenth and
twentieth century writers.
Literary Resources on the Net (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/)
This site contains links to English literature pages, although one of the sixteen categories
is "Other National Literatures". The page contains a simple search engine (one word
entry) to facilitate navigation across the categories. Not particularly well organized,
nonetheless, a decent place to begin searching for web sites devoted to specific authors,
movements, and collections. Coverage extends from the Classical period to the Twentieth
century.
Luminarium (http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm)
A handsome web site that provides quality access to Middle English, Renaissance, and
17th century literature. Information about, as well as works by, the included authors are
about as comprehensive as one can get on the web.
New Chaucer Society (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~chaucer/linksto.htm)
Links to various Chaucer homepages, E-texts, and bibliography as well as other Medieval
sites.
Oxford Text Archive (http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/)
Digital texts of several thousand classic works available for free download, from
Leviathan to Paradise Lost and a lot more in between.
Project Gutenberg (http://gutenberg.net/)
Free electronic text of books in public domain from this well established site.
History/
Medieval-Renaissance Studies:
Academic Guide to Jewish History: Major Print & Internet Scholarly Resources
(http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/)
A meta-web site to Jewish history on the Internet. Includes "information gateway" links
as well as to encyclopedias & biographies, libraries & archives, indexes & bibliographies,
primary documents, and more. One can also search by subjects such as Jewish women's
history or th Holocaust.
American Journeys (http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp)
Full text accounts of early American exploration and settlement through the eyes of explorers, Indians,
missionaries, traders and settlers. Documents range from 1000 AD (The Saga of Eric the Red) to George
Catlin’s North American Indian portfolio.
American Memory (http://memory.loc.gov/)
Access primary source materials from historical collections, including photos, maps, and
sound recordings. Hosted by the Library of Congress. This is a superb site.
American Women's History: A Research Guide
(http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html)
This web site provides more than 2,100 citations to print and Internet sources, more than
1,200 external links, including almost 500 to digital collections of primary resources, all
dealing with some aspect of women's history in America. The subject index includes
diverse topics such as Peace Movement and Diplomats, along with the expected areas
such as Suffrage, Motherhood, and Feminism.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)
Full text documents to a wealth of documents from the 18th century and on. Some
examples: The American Crisis by Thomas Paine, Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789, Communist Manifesto, Great Britain-Treaty with the United States for the
Suppression of the Slave Trade - April 7, 1862, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du
Bois - 1903, and the Executive Order Establishing the Office of Homeland Security October 8, 2001, among many, many other documents. A real treasure trove.
Center for History and New Media (http://chnm.gmu.edu/)
Geared toward students and teachers, this site is a treasure trove of historical materials, especially via the History
Matters, and World History Matters links from the Projects page. In addition to content-rich information, free
tools and resources for historians are also provided.
Cold War International History Project
(http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409)
Search the virtual archives, the CWIHP Bulletin, or explore other links for information
and access to materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Collected Works of
Abraham Lincoln http://www.hti.umich.edu/l/lincoln/ Search the complete writings of
Abraham Lincoln, including correspondence, speeches, and other writings. Produced by
the Abraham Lincoln Association
Documenting the American South (http://docsouth.unc.edu/)
Content-rich, this site provides online access to printed resources that help to depict
Southern history, literature, and culture spanning the colonial period through the first part
of the 20th century.
Documents in Military History (http://www.hillsdale.edu/personal/stewart/war/)
A growing collection of selected full text documents of military history through the 19th
century.
Early Modern Women Database
(http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3)
A database covering c. 1500-1800, resources include bibliographic databases, full-text
resources, and web links. Search multiple indexes (title, time period, subject, etc.) or
browse categories. Advance search allows limit option to free-access materials only.
Encyclopaedia of British History, 1500-1950
(http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/industry.htm)
More than 2,000 entries are included in this resource that is especially strong in
biographies. Use of narratives, primary sources, illustrations, and some data help to make
this a nice first stop on the information superhighway for those involved in British
studies.
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
(http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/)
Access to primary historical documents that have been either transcribed, translated, or
reporduced in facsimile. Items are listed in chronological order. Browse content via
individual country links.
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
(http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/index.html)
Explore a wealth of information concerning the Atlantic slave system and its destruction.
Features source documents, bibliographies, related links, and more. A great place to
begin exploration of slavery in America.
Hanover Historical Text Project (http://history.hanover.edu/project.html)
Courtesy of our very own Hanover History Department and Hanover students is this page
devoted to primary texts. Particularly useful for those in humanities and history courses.
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
(http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/)
Part of the venerable Virtual Library, this is as good as any place on the web to being
exploration of Native American resources.
Internet History of Science Sourcebook
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html)
A terrific site that organizes web links to history of science pages on the Internet. Has
links to our own Hanover Historical Texts Project!
Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/)
Civil War, Coal Mining, and Tobacco are just some of the topics covered from the
perspective of Kentuckiana life through audio, photos, oral histories and more. An
outstanding regional resource.
Making of America (www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp)
Access primary sources in American social history from the antebellum era through
reconstruction.
NARA: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(http://www.archives.gov/index.html)
Chock-full of information, be sure to especially check out the Research Room
(particularly the Research Topics link) to access a wealth of primary documents and
suggested links for further information.
Ohio River Resources (http://www.gclc-lib.org/resources/ohio-river-guide.htm)
A collection guide from the Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium to Ohio River
Reources. The guide is divided into four parts: selected bibliography, web sites,
organizations, and finally, resources by subject.
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
(http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/)
Links to mainly primary documents that have been transcribed, reproduced in facsimile,
or translated.
U.S. Historical Documents (http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/)
If you can't find it in the Avalon Project, try checking this site.
Valley of the Shadow (http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/)
A look at one northern, and one southern community, before, during, and after the Civil
War. Read letters, diaries, dossiers, and much more.
Victorian Web (http://65.107.211.206/victov.html)
A treasure trove of information concerning Victorian studies. Authoratative articles,
bibliographies, and more await the curious mind.
Women Working, 1870-1930 (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
Selected from Harvard's library and museum collections, access digitized historical, manuscript, and image
resources in this online collection exploring women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the
Great Depression.
Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse (http://www.hti.umich.edu/c/cme/)
Sixty-one Middle English texts used in the Middle English Dictionary
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
(http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html)
This web-based resource (index only) offers access to journal articles, book reviews, and
essays about women, sexuality and gender during the Middle Ages. The database does
not include single-authored books. When the contribution is available online a link is
provided. Currently, more than 8,000 records in English, German, and French, from 1992
to the present, are included.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html)
Provided by Fordham University, this is a well-known Medieval Studies site. Access full
text and other info by country, era, or specific aspects such as Sex & Gender.
Labyrinth: Resources in Medieval Studies (http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu)
Browse or search by catagories (from Armor to Magic and Alchemy, among others) to
Medieval Studies web links.
New Chaucer Society (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~chaucer/)
Provides great links to other Chaucer and Medieval studies Internet sites as well as an
online Chaucer Bibliography.
Online Medieval and Classical Library (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/)
Another quality site providing online access to important texts from the
Medieval/Classical eras. Saga, Epic, and Romance materials in a number of languages
(Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, among others.)
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (http://the-orb.net)
An impressive site that is full of content, from the encyclopedia containing essays
(arranged topically) to the textbook library (copyrighted material by scholar-teachers but
made available for classroom use. Bibliographies are also a main staple of this site, as are
translatations of primary sources.
TEAMS Middle English Texts
(http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams//tmsmenu.htm)
Offers web access to around 300 (and growing) texts of Middle English literature. An
outstanding site to texts not readily availble in printed student editions.
Modern Languages:
Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature
(http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html)
Online links to literary texts in Western European languages other than English.
French Connection (http://www.howard.edu/Library/Subjects/French_Connection.htm)
A wide range of French-related resources are available from this site. Interdisciplinary in
nature, offers useful links for beginners and the more advanced francophile.
WessWeb: Western European Studies Section
(http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wessweb/index.html)
From the Association of College and Research Libraries, this is a real treasure trove of
information for students of Western European culture and language. Links to French,
German, Iberian, Italian, and Scandinavian studies as well as European news sources, text
collections, library resources, book reviews, and more, are provided.
Philosophy:
EpistemeLinks (http://www.epistemelinks.com/)
Access over 13,000 categorized philosophy links including primary texts, bibliographies,
and online encyclopedia entries.
Philosophical Dictionary (http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/index.htm)
Clear and concise definitions likely to be encountered by undergraduate students. Many
entries include suggested readings. A timeline and survey of the history of Western
philosophy are among the value-added components.
Philosophy Research Base (http://www.erraticimpact.com/)
A meta-index site covering mostly Western philosophy. A good starting place for
locating virtual philosophy resources.
PhilSci (http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/)
Browse or search for high quality preprint articles on the only preprint server devoted to
philosophy of science.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/)
A continually growing site of scholarly entries on philosophical concepts.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/)
This site includes a Keywords dictionary, and access to articles via a timeline (or one can
go directly to the search box).
Theology:
American Religion Data Archive (http://www.thearda.com)
An initiative funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc., download data on churches and
church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups. ATLA Digital
Resources www.atla.com/digitalresources/ Digitized images on the study of religion,
includes woodcuts, papyri, maps, and manuscripts.
Bible: King James Version (http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/kjv/)
Browse individual books or search for words, phrases, or verses.
Book of Mormon (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/mormon/)
Browse individual books or search for words and phrases.
Catholic Encyclopedia (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/)
E-text from the 1913 edition (later editions are still protected by copyright). More than
11,000 articles of information spanning the realm of Catholic interests, action, and
doctrine.
Full Text Theology Journals Online
(http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/subject/theology/theoejrn.htm)
An alphabetical list of theology journal titles that have online full text available.
Essentially, this link is included to bring attention to the free sites, though fee sites are
also included on this page.
Guide to Early Church Documents (http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christianhistory.html)
Includes hypertext links to full text of New Testament Canonical Information, Writings
of the Apostolic Fathers, Patristic Texts, Creeds and Canons, and related documents.
Internet Sacred Text Archive (http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm)
Access to online texts devoted to religon, mythology, folklore, the occult, and esoteric
topics. Global in scope.
Internet Theology Resources (http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/theosubj.html)
Links to many theology-based and theology-related sites, including access to online
primary texts throughout the history of Christianity.
Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic and Religion (http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/)
Links on this site are limited to primary sources (sacred texts, official documents, and the
like) and scholarly secondary sources.
Jewish Encyclopedia.com (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp)
As stated on the front page, this site contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia which
was originally published between 1901-1906. As such, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish
History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.), nonetheless, the information provided is both meaningful
and authorative.
Koran (http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran/)
Search or browse this electronic version of The Holy Qur'an, translated by M.H. Shakir
and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in 1983.
Religious Movements Page
(http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/profiles/listalpha.htm)
An alphabetical list of numerous religious movements. Each profile contains, at a
minimum, an overview of the movement, links to other sources, and a bibliography.
Virtual Religion Index ( http://virtualreligion.net/vri/)
Hosted by the Rutgers University Religion Department, this guide features a selective
mix of links to docume nts, indexes, and other home pages.Western and World Religions
are covered as are tangential aspects such as archaeology.
Wabash Center: Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in
Theology and Religion (http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm)
An annotated guide to a large variety of electronic resources for religion/theology,
including e-texts, bibliographies, reference sources, litergies, and more. Includes World
Religion links.