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(More Info)	ORB: On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Web site maintained by medieval scholars which contains the "Orb Encyclopedia," an index of original essays on medieval studies arranged by topic, a dictionary of medieval terms, online bibliographies and timelines, and links to medieval Internet resources. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed.
An authoritative one-volume guide to all aspects of the ancient classical world, with 6250 entries which include bibliographies useful for the specialist as well as non-specialist. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, 2nd ed.
Concise information on Greek and Roman writers, subjects, literary genres, and individual works. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Covers all aspects of Byzantine history and civilization from the 4th to 15th centuries in three volumes, with bibliographies for each entry. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
The standard one-volume reference work on Christianity, with over 6000 entries, covering biography, church history, and theology, with bibliographies for most entries. Edited by F. L. Cross, updated 3rd edition by E. A. Livingstone. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Contains 600 articles covering political, religious, economic, social, and intellectual topics from the predynastic era to the period of Roman rule. Good cross-references, index, and bibliographies. Available in print and online. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Ancient Near East
A 5-volume encyclopedia prepared under the auspices of the American Schools of Oriental Research, edited by Eric M. Meyers. The geographic coverage is from pre-history through the Crusades, covering the eastern Mediterranean to Iran, the Anatolian peninsula to the Arabian peninsula, and Egypt, Cyprus, and parts of North and East Africa. Read the full annotation

Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America

(More Info)	Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Covers all aspects of the Reformation: political, social, intellectual and theological. Includes good, though dated (pre-1996) bibliography. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Latin Dictionary
The standard reference for Classical Latin from its beginnings to the end of the 2d century AD. Includes words for literary and non-literary sources with brief etymological notes and quotations illustrating usage. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora since 1787
This collection brings together Pan-Africanist thinkers and activists from the Anglophone and Francophone worlds of the past two-hundred years. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Pan-African Perspective
Resources for topics relating to Pan-Africanism. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Patristic Greek Lexicon
Includes theological and ecclesiastical vocabulary of the Greek Christian authors from Clement of Rome (ca. 100) to Theodore of Studium (d. 826). Read the full annotation

Patrologia Latina Database

(More Info)	Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection - Historical Maps of Europe
From the University of Texas online collection of maps. Most of the maps are in the public domain and can be downloaded. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Perseus Project
The Classics Collection of the (now) broader Perseus Project contains extensive and diverse resources including primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps related to the Greek and Roman world. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Reference Guide to Latin American History
Presents a chronology of significant events in Latin American history, including 300 biographical essays. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide, 2d ed.
An introduction to major historical reference works for all time periods of history and all geographical areas (primary focus on English-language materials). Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Repositories of Primary Sources
An international list for locating links to archival Web sites. Lists over 5000 archival sites with information on holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, and historical photographs. Organized geographically. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	SARAI (South Asia Resource Access on the Internet)
Provides links to online bibliographies, full-text resources, periodicals, and reference tools for the study of the history and cultures of South Asia. It also includes links to resources for individual countries. Edited and maintained by Dr. David Magier, Columbia University Libraries. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art
The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art website provides lists of high quality and content-rich internet resources from thousands of educational web sites. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Social Education
Social Education is the official journal of the National Council for Social Studies. In addition to the print back issues, Hekman Library has digital access to the journal from September 2000 to the present. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	South Asian Civilizations: A Bibliographic Synthesis
Extensive bibliography of South Asia, covering prehistory through the twentieth century. Read the full annotation

Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa

Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists

(More Info)	Textkit: Greek and Latin Learning Tools
Textkit is the Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers. With currently 146 free books to choose from, Greek and Latin learners have downloaded 648,431 grammars, readers and classical e-books. There are also many other areas of Textkit which can help you learn Greek and Latin. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
A collection of approximately 1,200 images selected from a wide range of sources dating from the period of slavery. Read the full annotation

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (ABRIDGED) - Create profile (free) before using

(More Info)	Times Atlas of European History
Covers over 3000 years of European history, with text and color maps which depict historically significant changes. Read the full annotation

Useful Print Bibliographies for Medieval Studies -

(More Info)	UT-LANIC History (University of Texas - Latin American Network Information Center)
Provides links to Web sites of historical information for specific countries as well as general Latin American subject matter. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Voice of the Shuttle - U.S. History
Meta-index of U.S. history Web sites. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	WessWeb
Regional and historical resources for European studies, compiled by the Western Europe Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries Read the full annotation

(More Info)	WestWeb
A topically organized Web site about the study of the American West created and maintained by Catherine Lavender, Prof. of History at CUNY. Read the full annotation

World Heritage Sites: Africa

(More Info)	World History Connected
An e-journal about the teaching and learning of world history, designed for high school and college teachers. Provides classroom-ready scholarship and teaching resources. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Yale Subject Guide for European History
One of the finest Web-based research guides and bibliographies of European History, maintained by Susanne Roberts, librarian for European History at Yale University. There are bibliographies for British, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish history, each with tables of contents and detailed coverage by type of material. Read the full annotation

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