Humanities and Sciences Resources on the Web
1) Research, Writing, and Citation Guides
2) General Internet Reference Sources
3) Humanities, Social Sciences, Literature and Film Websites
b) Social Sciences and Culture
c) Literature
d) Film
4) Science Websites
b) Earth, Space, and Environmental
5) Special Topics in Humanities and Sciences
a) Seattle History: selected websites
See also Other H&S Resources (printed or online subscription, not websites)
1) Cornish Library’s Reference Collection of Books
2) Find Periodical and Newspaper Articles, or Digital Images
3) H&S Resources at Seattle Public Library
1. Research, Writing, and Citation Guide Websites
Research and Writing Guides
Bedford/St. Martin’s Research and Documentation Online
Ithaca College Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources
Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
Rice University Fondren Library’s Internet Searching Strategies
University of California at Berkeley Library Research Guides
University of Washington Library’s Guide to Researching History
Yale University Library Subject Guides and Online Tutorials
Citation guides for writing your bibliography
2. General Internet Reference Websites
and much more…
3. Humanities, Social Sciences, Literature and Film Websites
b) Social Sciences and Culture
c) Literature
d) Film
a) Humanities and History
Alameda County Library: Decades in 20th Century America
Information Please: Year by Year, 1900 - 2005
Internet Public Library: Arts and Humanities
Kingwood College Library: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
Library of Congress and its American Memory Project historical documents online, including its Timeline and American Women
New York Public Library and its Digital Collections of online exhibitions, e.g. their Utopia exhibit
Seattle History: selected websites
Smithsonian Institution and its History and Culture topics, including the “History Wired” project
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The NY Times: 100 Years of New York City
United States Historical Census Data Browser Covers population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960. Generate instant maps of selected data.
University of Michigan’s Index of Federal Government Historic Documents
University of Washington’s Directory of History Resources on the Web
Washington State History from the State Archives and State Library
Yahoo Directory: Humanities
b) Social Sciences and Culture
Bureau of Labor Statistics Includes wages by geographic area, occupational outlooks. Generate instant economic tables and graphs.
Homefair.com Cost of living calculator and other calculators for relocating.
International Database of Census Information
Internet Public Library: Social Sciences
Librarians’ Index to the Internet: Society and Social Issues
Postmodern Culture Online-only scholarly journal, good for contemporary cultural studies
Sperlings Best Places to Live Ranks and compares US cities by various factors.
University of Michigan’s Government Documents, including Political Science Related Disciplines (Minorities, Economy, Environment, etc.) Consumer Price Indexes (Compare the value of a dollar in different years)
Yahoo Directory: Society and Culture
c) Literature
Bartleby.com’s Great Books Online Full text online of selected fiction, nonfiction, verse and reference works.
Internet Public Library: Literature
Librarians’ Index to the Internet: Literature and Books
Sackner Archives of Visual Poetry
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature in English
See also the LitFinder and Literature Resource Center databases available through Seattle Public Library.
d) Film
Internet Public Library: Movies
Librarian’s Index to the Internet: Film, Movies, and Video
4. Science Websites
b) Earth, Space, and Environmental
a) General Science
Internet Public Library: Science and Technology
Librarian’s Index to the Internet: Science and Technology
Smithsonian Institution and its Science and Technology topics
Strangest Science Museums in the World (About.com)
b) Earth, Space, and Environmental
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Earth Guide - Earth Sciences, geology, etc.
Envirolink Directory of Environmental Resources
Fourmilab: Positions of the planets
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Library for the Environment
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
University of Colorado’s Directory of Environmental Resources
US Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications data
c) Medical and Life Sciences
Anomalies & Curiosities of Medicine
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
President’s Council on Bioethics
University of Basel research projects in conservation biology
