Research Guides: History: World in the 20th Century: Websites

Websites for World History

The 1916 Rising: Personalities & Perspectives from the National Library of Ireland
Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy A collection of documents in history and law from ancient civilizations to the present.
Background Notes Information on countries provided by the U.S. Department of State.
Best History Websites: 20th Century A selection from the 'best history websites' site for sources on the 20th Century.
Cold War International History Project from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ebooks. In-depth analyses of 85 countries including history, put out by the Library of Congress.
H-Net Reviews Online scholarly book review resource
Internet History Sourcebooks Project Full text historical documents and links for ancient, medieval and modern history.
Main Page - EuroDocs Primary source documents from European history.
Newspapers of the World - AJR Newslink Newspapers from around the world.
PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements
Reviews in History Institute of Historical Research's online journal featuring over 900 reviews of books and electronic resources from across the discipline.
Turning the Pages: Digitized Books at the British Library
World Bank’s annual World Development Report (WDR)
World Digital Library Manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings from around the world.
World History Connected Open access journal. published by the University of Illinois Press, and its institutional home is Hawaii Pacific University.
Yearbook of the United Nations

Maps Online

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps
American Memory Maps Collection The focus of Map Collections is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress.
CountryWatch Map Gallery
Layers of London - London through the ages