American FactFinder
U.S. Census Bureau website provides population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Historical Census Browser
Browsing tool from the University of Virginia allows for easy searching and viewing of U.S. census data from 1790 to the present.
National Statistics Online
Provides free access to data produced by the Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom.
Online Sources of International Statistics
Webpage from the University of Maryland Libraries contains links to sites presenting statistical data collected by governments and organizations around the world. Some of the sites are behind the University of Maryland's paywall; most are free.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
African History
African Studies - Columbia University
Vast collection of internet resources on Africa from Columbia University.
Africa South of the Sahara - Stanford University
Site maintained by Stanford University features large selection of web resources pertaining to Sub-Saharan Africa.
African American History
Historical Text Archive
Rich collection of links to sites with content relating to all aspects of African-American history and culture.
LSU Libraries African Americana Subject Guide
LSU subject guide to resources in African American history, literature, culture, and art.
Slavery, Abolition, and Social Justice, 1490-2007
Bringing together digitized documents and collections from libraries and archives throughout the Atlantic world, this resource is a vast portal for slavery and abolition studies.
Asian History
Digital South Asia Library - University of Chicago
Features digitized historical materials for research on South Asia.
Portal to Asian Internet Resources - University of Wisconsin
Offers more than six thousand professionally selected, cataloged, and annotated resources concerning Asia present and past.
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Site based at the Australian National University features numerous hyperlinks to resources dealing with all aspects of Asian history and culture.
China
Classical Historiography for Chinese History
Materials compiled by Benjamin Elman of Princeton University concern Chinese history generally, with a special focus on the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.
Chinese Digital Archive
Site maintained by Australian National University features digitized materials dating from the Chinese Cultural Revolution period (1966-1976).
East Asian Collection
Collection of images documenting early 20th century China including the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1937-1945).
LSU Libraries China Studies Subject Guide
Comprehensive subject guide to resources pertaining to Chinese culture, business, society, and history.
Japan
Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912
Newly revised edition of a bibliography compiled by Peter Kornicki of Cambridge University covering Japanese history up to the end of the Meiji period.
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
Digital database documenting Japan's relations in Asia and elsewhere provides access to official documents dating from the Meiji era through 1945.
National Archives of Japan Digital Archive
Features digitized images of manuscripts, maps, documents, and cultural properties from all eras of Japanese history.
India
Internet Indian History Sourcebook
A collection of links to public domain and copy-permitted texts concerning Indian history.
India and Its Neighbors
Site created by Vinay Lal of the Department of History at UCLA contains essays, profiles, and bibliographies pertaining to Indian history, politics, and culture.
Vietnam
Virtual Vietnam Archive
Comprises over three million pages of scanned materials documenting the Vietnam War.
East European and Russian History
Guide to Slavonic and East European Internet Resources
Webpage of the British Library features large collection of links to Slavonic and East European websites of interest to researchers in East European history.
Internet Resources on Russia and the CIS
Maintained by the University College London's Slavonic and East European Resources Library, this site contains an abundance of links to sites on Russian history, culture, journalism, and government.
Jewish History
Jewish History Resource Center
Comprehensive collection of weblinks to over 4500 sites in 25 categories dealing with Jewish history.
Latin American and Caribbean History
Latin American Network Information Center
Rich collection of web links to information about Latin American and Caribbean history and culture from the University of Texas at Austin.
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection
Digitized pamphlets housed at the Widener Library at Harvard University document the emergence of Latin American colonies as independent states. They describe boundary disputes, territorial expansion, the description of unexplored territories, and the relationship between Church and State.
Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
Provides statistical series for a wide assortment of economic and social indicators for twenty Latin American countries for the period 1900-2000.
Biblioteca Digital Hispanica
This online archive of digital collections of the National Library of Spain contains hundreds of early books and other materials on Latin America.
Carribean
Cuban Heritage Collection
A vast collection of digital manuscripts, photographs, letters, maps, and other resources pertaining to Cuban history and culture at the University of Miami Libraries.
Digital Library of the Caribbean
Provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical, and research materials held in archives, libraries, and private collections.
South America
Memoria Chilena
A collection of digitized books pertaining to Chilean history and culture.
Middle Eastern History
Middle East Studies Internet Resources
Comprehensive collection of hypertext links to websites covering Middle Eastern history and culture. Features links to news sources, graphics and images, bibliographies, journal articles, organizations, etc.
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