History and Geography
Best Subscription Databases for History and Geography
Additional Databases
Free-Web Sites for History
- U.S. History Collection (Curated clips of trusted PBS programs and a diverse array of other media and other resources develop thinking skills and appreciation of history's multiple perspectives and complexity.)
- Those Were the Days (Events, birthdays, and chart toppers from selected years.)
- The Food Timeline (A history of food in timeline format.)
- Eyewitness History: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It (Includes a variety of historical events from 331 BC to 1974.)
- Shmoop ("Entertain your brain while studying U.S. History.")
- History Matters (Annotated list of the best sites on U.S. history.)
- Ad*Access (Images and information for over 7,000 ads printed in the U.S. and Canada between 1911 and 1955.)
Free-Web Sites for Geography
- Mapquest
- World Atlas (World atlas of maps, flags, and geography facts and figures.)
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
- Geography Quizzes (How much do you know about countries, states, capitals, landmarks, etc.?)
- Ilike2learn.com (Test your knowledge of geography by taking this site's map quizzes.)
- Flags of the World (Includes more than 185,000 images of flags. Click inside any map to get a GIF image on a page by itself.)
- CIA World Factbook (Most recent edition.)
- Country Studies (Detailed studies of over 80 countries--written by teams of social scientists and sponsored by the Department of the Army.)
- 50states.com (State information as well as numerous city, college, and government links.)
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Directory (Links to state and local Chambers of Commerce throughout the country.)
- City-Data.com (Profiles of thousands of U.S. cities--geographical data, crime data, weather, etc.)
- State and County Quick Facts (Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography by state or by county--2019 data.
Page last revised on August 10, 2023.