Fall 2002
Journalism History Sites
1. Media History Project (http://www.mediahistory.com): Provides hot links to museum, archives and data bases; people; key documents in U.S. press history; copyright laws; issues; and indices, organizations and publications. The site examines early media, print media, mass media and digital media.
2. WWW Virtual Library History Index (http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL): This site provides links to historical research materials, historical topics and the history of nations around the world. This is a general history site, not one specifically for journalism historians.
3. Historical Text Archive (http://geocities.com/djmabry/index.html) This site will give you access to numerous documents, electronic books and links to other sites. It is organized by geography and topic directories.
4. The Smithsonian (http://www.si.edu/start.htm): Allows you to search the Smithsonian's museums, galleries and research center.
5. History Net (http://www.thehistorynet.com): Features world history, American history, eyewitness accounts of historical events, personality profiles and interviews.
6. Net Guide (http://www.netguide.com/News/Journalism)--This is a guide to fine newpaper archives online. It also provides a guide on how to use newspaper archives.
7. History Buff (http://www.historybuff.com)--This is a site devoted to media coverge of events in American history.
8. American Memory (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html): The American History Project gives you access to all historical information in the Library of Congress that has been put in digital form.
9. ABC-CLIO (http://sb1.abc-clio.com): This site gives you access to two of the major historical databases: America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts.
10. Harry Amana's Home Page (http://www.unc.edu/~haman)--The website of this University of North Carolina journalism professor has more than 150 links to various minority sites, many dealing with historical topics.