Contents -- Part I.Getting Started -- Part II.Internet Sites for Historians -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Getting Started -- Chapter 1 The Basics -- History of the Internet -- Uses of the Internet -- Sending and Receiving E-mail -- E-mail Addresses -- E-mail Security -- Reading and Posting Messages on Newsgroups -- Reading and Posting Messages on Discussion Lists -- Word of Warning About Discussion Lists -- Blogging -- Logging Onto a Remote Computer With Telnet -- Transferring Files With File Transfer Protocol (FTP) -- Browsing the World Wide Web -- Chapter 2 Signing On -- Getting on the Internet -- Hardware -- Software -- Web Browsers and E-mail Programs -- Netiquette and Copyright -- General Netiquette -- Rules for Newsgroups and Discussion Lists and Blog Posts -- Copyright -- Evaluating Online Resources Tools,Tips,and Terms -- The Web Today -- Information Literacy and Peer Review -- The Democratization of Information -- Evaluating Web Sites:What to Look For -- The Questions -- Bringing It All Together -- Searching the Web -- When in Doubt....ASK! -- Part II Internet Sites for Historians -- Chapter 3 Futuring Methods, Practitioners,and Organizations -- Chapter 4 Future Issues -- The Hydrogen Economy and Alternative Energy -- The Internet and Communications -- Demographic and Environmental Trends -- Terrorism and Security -- Nanotechnology -- Biotechnology -- Intellectual Property -- Chapter 5 General History -- Metasites (General and Speci .c History Categories) -- Topic-Specific Sites -- Resources for Historians and Students of History -- Chapter 6 Canadian History -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 7 Latin and South American History -- Metasites -- General History -- Pre-Columbian Latin America -- Colonial Latin America -- Central America and the Caribbean -- Argentina -- Argentine History:General -- Bolivia -- Brazil.

Chile -- Colombia -- Ecuador -- Mexico -- Peru -- Venezuela -- Selected Library Catalogs With Major Latin American Holdings -- Chapter 8 United States History -- General United States History -- General Sites -- State Histories -- Publishing Companies 'Web Sites -- Chapter 9 African-American History -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 10 Native American History -- Native American History -General Links -- Native American History -Topical -- Chapter 11 American West -- General Resources -- The American West -Topical -- Chapter 12 Mexican-American History -- Chapter 13 Asian-American History -- General Asian American Studies Resources -- Chinese-Americans -- Japanese-Americans -- Korean-Americans -- Philippine-American Links -- South Asian -Americans -- Southeast Asian -Americans -- Chapter 14 Colonial American History (1492 -1763) -- Metasites -- Institutions (Museums,Libraries,Historical Societies,and Online Organizations) -- Topical Histories -- Documents and Images -- Chapter 15 Revolutionary America -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 16 Early United States History (1783 -1860) -- Metasites -- Institutions (Museums,Libraries,Historical Societies,and Online Organizations) -- Topical Histories -- Documents and Images -- Chapter 17 American Civil War History -- Metasites -- Library of Congress -- National Park Service (NPS) -- NPS Battlefields and Historic Sites -- General Sites -- Chapter 18 Gilded Age and Progressive Era History -- Metasites and Directories -- Presidents -- Activists,Authors,Businessmen,and Inventors -- Consumerism and Popular Culture -- Industrialization and Urbanization -- Politics and Government -- Race,Class,and Gender Issues -- War and Imperialism -- Chapter 19 The Age of Franklin D.Roosevelt -- Metasites -- Historical Figures -- Herbert C.Hoover -- Huey P.Long -- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -- Franklin D.Roosevelt.

The Great Depression -- Chapter 20 World War II -- Home Front -- Military History -- Chapter 21 The Cold War -- Chapter 22 General Twentieth-Century United States History -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 23 Women 's History -- Chapter 24 Modern Military History -- The Best of the List -- Archives,Documents,and Primary Research -- Spanish American War (1898 -1902) -- Boer War (1899 -1902) -- Russo-Japanese War (1904 -1905) -- World War I (1914 -1918) -- Russian Civil War (1917 -1922) -- Chaco Wars (1927 -1929,1932 -1935) -- Spanish Civil War (1936 -1939) -- World War II in Europe (1939 -1945) -- World War II in the Paci .c (1939 -1945) -- Chinese Civil War (1945 -1949) -- Cold War -U.S.Versus USSR -- The Korean War (1950 -1953) -- French Indochina (1945 -1954) -- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) -- The United States in Vietnam (1954 -1975) -- The Arab-Israeli Wars (1948 -1981) -- The Falklands War (1982) -- Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury)(1983) -- The Persian Gulf War I (1990 -1991) -- Gulf War II -Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present) -- Overviews:Air Power -- Overviews:Army -- Overviews:Defense -- Overviews:Navy -- Museum Locators -- Chapter 25 Historiography -- Metasites -- General Web Sites -- Digital Libraries -- Major Figures -- Aspects of Historiography -- Journals -- Chapter 26 Historic Preservation and Conservation -- Chapter 27 Living History and Historic Reenactment -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 28 Genealogy -- Most Useful Sites -- Additional Sites -- Chapter 29 Environmental History -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 30 Immigration History -- Chapter 31 State and Provincial Historical Societies Canada and United States -- Metasite -- Canada -- United States -- Chapter 32 History Book Sources on the Internet -- Book Search Networks -- Independent Book Sellers -- Chapter 33 History and Social Studies Organizations.

Chapter 34 Maps and Images -- Maps -Metasites -- Selected Map Sites -- Images -Metasites -- Selected Image Sites -- Chapter 35 Resources for Teachers of History K -12 and College -- Metasites -- The Ten Best Sites -- WWW Resources for History Teachers -- Chapter 36 Libraries -- Library of Congress -- Metasites (American and Worldwide) -- American Libraries and Collections -- Ten Largest Research Libraries in the United States* -- Selected Worldwide Libraries and Collections -- Chapter 37 Archives and Manuscript Collections -- Information for Researchers -- Information for Archivists -- Archives,Manuscripts,and Special Collections -- Metasites -- Area Specific Sites -- Africa -- Asia and the Pacific -- Canada -- Europe -Eastern -- Europe -Western -- Latin America -- Military History and Peace Collections -- Russia and the Former Soviet Union -- United States -- Topic Specific Sites -- African-Americans -- Sexuality -- United States Immigration History -- Women -- Chapter 38 Special Collections -- Metasites -- General Sites -- Chapter 39 Online Reference Desk -- Metasites -- Archives -- Acronyms -- Almanacs -- Biographies -- Copyright -- Corporations -- Dictionaries and Thesauri -- Dissertations and Theses -- Encyclopedias -- FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) -- Flags -- General -- Geographic Names and Maps -- Government and State Resources -- Grants -- Indices -- Internet Tutorials -- Libraries -- Listservs -- Quotations -- Statistics -- Student and School Information -- Style Manuals and Usage -- Glossary -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index.