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Recommended Research Links
(updated 16 June 2025)

Please note: The primary purpose of this page is to provide writers with quality websites with research for their novels or books,
although others may find these recommended links equally useful. Most pertain to history or writing since that is what most interests me.
There may be some overlap in subjects, which means visitors may find information in different categories for a particular country or subtopic.


Criteria for Inclusion
a. The primary purpose of the website is for research.

b. It is not for promoting other services or the organization itself.

c. It is not a single article or post.

d. It is not geared toward finding information to help in our everyday modern lives.

The Categories

American History (United States)
 Hearth & Home Reading & Books
Calendars & Timelines Historical References (General) Reference Resources
Costume History Languages & Dictionaries Scotland & Scottish History
Crime & Punishment
 Law & Copyright Transportation & Travel
Currency & Economics Maps (Historical)
 Viking Era
Disasters (Natural & Man-made)
 Medicine (History)
 War & Dueling
English & Welsh History Medieval Times & Renaissance
 Women & Women's History
Folklore & Mythology Names World History
Food & Drink
Writing Resources



American History (United States)
Archives
Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
American Founders
Archive of Early American Images
Authentic History Center
Black Past
Chronicling America
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
Docs Teach
Documenting the American South
Documents from the Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention
 Early Presidential Collections
Everett Massacre of 1916 Collection
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Historic Iowa Children's Diaries
Historical Voices
Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Printed Ephemera
 Thomas Jefferson Papers
Voices from the Days of Slavery
Witness to the Early American Experience


Biography
American Life Histories
Benjamin Franklin
First-person Narratives of the American South
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

Colonial America
American Centuries
Building Community
Colonial North America at Harvard University
Mayflower History
Virtual Jamestown
Education & Occupations
19th-century Schoolbooks
Historic Trades
The Cooper
 Cooper at Colonial Williamsburg
Farming History
Life in Company Towns


Entertainment
American Radio History
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
An Invitation to Dance
Mercury Theatre on the Air
 National Jukebox
 Passion for Circus
Vaudeville Nation


Folklife & Nature
Folklife in Louisiana
Life Histories of North American Birds
 

Government
 American Presidency Project
Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
   Presidents of the United States
Declaration of Independence

Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the 1930s
America in the 1930s
American Experience: The 1930s
 California Odyssey & Dust Bowl Migration Archives
The Civilian Conservation Corps
 Crash of 1929
Hobo Code
Hobo Signs and Symbols
 Riding the Rails
Riding the Rails


Native Americans
 American Indian Oral History
Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
IDA Treaties Explorer
National Museum of the American
 Vanished Worlds, Enduring People

19th Century
 Dramas of Haymarket
The Gentleman's Page
Hard Facts for Hard Times
Reconstruction


Old West & Western Frontier
Donner Party
Erwin W. Smith
Jesse James
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade


Slavery
 Born in Slavery
Slave Voyages
 Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American Culture
Voices Remembering Slavery

Revolutionary War
The Coming of the American Revolution
Intelligence in the War of Independence
 Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Witness to the Early American Experience
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Calendars & Timelines
Calendar Calendar Calculator
Calendar for Any Year
Calendars through the Ages
Dates in History by Year
dMarie Time Capsule
HyperHistory Online
Origin of Major Religions
 Our Timelines
Perpetual Calendar
Walk Through Time
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Costume History
Accessories
 500-year History of the Pocket
Electrical Fashions
Jewelry at Historic New England
A Natural History of the Artist's Palette
Pockets of History

 
 Fashion Terminology
 Glossary 18th-century Costume Terminology

Eighteenth Century
18th Century Layers
18th-century Clothing
An Agreeable Tyrant
A Suit of Clothes
Clothing Colors in the 18th Century
Eighteenth Century Pockets
How to Dress an 18th-century Gentleman
Women's Fashion in the 18th Century
Encyclopedias & Galleries
Costume Gallery
The Met's Costume Institute
Etchings of Rustic Figures
Fashion History Timeline
Fashion Plate Collection
Fashion-Era
History of Costume by Braun & Scheider
KCI Digital Archives
Kent State University Museum Gallery of Costume
 Reforming Fashion, 1850-1914
 Texas Fashion Collection
Two Centuries of Costume in America, 1620-1820


Hair Styles & Hats
History of Shaving
The History of the World in Hair
Medieval Hairstyles (Asia)
Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century
Truth about Big Hair of the 1770s
(part 2)


Middle Ages
Dress, Jewels, Arms & Coat of Arms
Illuminating Fashion
Rosalie's Medieval Woman
Second-hand Clothing in Medieval France


Nineteenth Century
Fashion & Courtship in the Victorian Era
Godey's Lady's Book
Victorian
Costume History


Scotland
Albanach
Before the Clearances
Celtic Dress of the 16th Century
On the Dignity of Wearing Kilts
Scottish Register of Tartans
Scottish Tartans Authority
 Scottish Tartans Museum


Seventeenth Century
Needle Guerrilla


Shoes
 Brief History of Shoes
Evolution of the High Heel Shoe
Shoes in the Middle Ages

Sports
Dressed to the Nines
(baseball uniforms)


Sumptuary Laws
The Hidden Rules of the Puritan Fashion Police
Medieval Florence
 

Textiles
 Fabrics for the 18th Century and Beyond
Fashion & Textiles
Fashion2Fiber
 Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion
Textiles and Clothing
Werner's Nomenclature of Colour


Twentieth Century
Edwardian
Screen Search Fashion


 Underclothing
 Corsets, Whalebones and Waist-whittlers
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Crime & Punishment
In Jail
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Currency & Economics
Currency
Colonial Currency
CPI Inflation Calculator 
 Currency Converter: 1270-2017
 Current Value of Old Money
Economics of English Coinage Denominations
Historical UK Inflation Rates & Price Conversion Calculator
Inflation Calculator 1774-2019
 Inflation Calculator 1956 to 2022
Inflation Database Calculator
 Marteau Early 18th-Century Currency Converter
Measuring Worth
Purchasing Power British Pound 1270-Present
UK Inflation Calculator 1949-2021
US Bureau of Labor Statistics Databases, Tables & Calculators
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Disasters (Natural & Man-made)
Earthquakes
The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Explosions
New London Texas School Explosion


 Fires
American Experience: Triangle Fire
The Triangle Factory Fire

Hurricanes
 The 1900 Storm Galveston Island, Texas
 The Hurricane of '38


Fire Aftermath
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English & Welsh History
English cottages

Archives
British History Online
  British Library Catalogues & Collections
British Newspaper Archive
Early 18th-Century Newspaper Reports
Hidden Lives Revealed
History of the United Kingdom Primary Documents
National Library of Wales Digital Resources
Robbins Library Digital Projects

Biography
National Portrait Gallery
  The Cromwell Association
 

Elizabethan England
Elizabeth R 
Life in Elizabethan England
Renaissance, the Elizabethan World


Entertainment & Literature
Book of Common Prayer
Broadside Ballads Online
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Treasures in Full Renaissance Festival Books


History & Government
Early British Kingdoms
The History of Parliament
History of York
History Online


Industry & Trade
Cotton Town
  Trade Union Ancestors
Windmill World
The Workhouse
Law
Cyfraith Hywel


London 
Camelot International: Tower of London
Charles Booth's London
Dictionary of Victorian London
The History of London
 London Picture Archive
Victorian London: Booth Poverty Map Project

 
Medieval England
The Legend of Robin Hood
Medieval English Towns
Medieval Soldier in Later Medieval England
World of Chaucer


Nature
A History of British Birds


Regency Era
The Jane Austen Blog
Nancy Regency Researcher
Resources for Writers of Regency Fiction
Victorian Era
The Book of Household Management
Literary Liaisons
Street Sellers
Soyer's Shilling Cookery for People
Victorian Britain
 Victorian Domestic Servant Hierarchy and Wage Scale
Victorian Literary Studies Archive
 Victorian Middle Classes
The Victorian Web
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Folklore & Mythology



Crystal ball


 Folklore & Mythology
American Folklore
 The Best of Legends
Celtic Folklore
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts


 Fortunetelling
7Tarot
Aeclectic Tarot
Love Tarot Reading
Paranormality
Reading Tea Leaves
Tarot Card Meanings
Trusted Tarot
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Food & Drink
Beverages
Complete History of Coffee
Tea Glossary & Tea Terms of the 18th & 19th Centuries

 
Elizabethan Era
Elizabethan Food

 
 Cookbooks & Recipes
 Convivial Supper


Food in General
Ancient Firkins
Encyclopedia of Spices
Food History Topics


 History
Emergence of Dairy Butter
The Food Timeline
The Gallery of Regrettable Food
Growing a Nation
History of Sandwiches
Not by Bread Alone
The Regency Cook
Topher’s Breakfast Cereal Character Guide
What's Cooking?

 		Turkey Dinner

Middle Ages
 Glossary of Medieval & Renaissance Culinary Terms
Medieval and Early Modern Cookery
Medieval/Renaissance Brewing
  Medieval Cookery

 
Setting the Table
 History of Eating Utensils


Restaurants
 Lost World of the London Coffeehouse
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Hearth & Home
Cottage


Architecture
  Historic American Buildings Survey
Within These Walls
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Historical References (General)
Illuminated Manuscript Page
Ad*Access
Børre Ludvigsen Digital Archive
Children and Youth in History
eHistory
Enslaved
EyeWitness to History
 Historical Country Names
History Central Catalogue
 Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Jewish History
Odin's Castle of Dreams and Legends
Regnal Chronologies
Spartacus Educational
The Ultimate History Project
Tinfoil.com
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Languages & Dictionaries
Dictionary

Dialects
 American English Dialect Recordings
British Dialect Translator
Dialects of International English Archives
Dictionaries
Lexico (Oxford)
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Ojibwe People's Dictionary
OneLook Dictionary Search
Your Dictionary


English of the Past
 How to Speak 19th Century
Introduction to Old English
Middle English Dictionary
Old English / Anglo-Saxon
Old English Online
Old English to Modern English Translator
World Wide Words


Etymology
 Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Historical Thesaurus of English
Online Etymology Dictionary
An Universal Etymological English Dictionary
Miscellanea
 Early Indo-European Online
Duolingo
Language Construction Kit
 Separated by a Common Language
What Is Irish?
 The Word Detective


Scotland
 Dictionary of the Scots Language
Faclair Gaidhlig: Gaelic-English
Gaelic Society of Inverness
The Online Scots Dictionary
 Sabhal Mor Ostaig
Scottie Translator


Slang
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Cant
A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
A Dictionary of Slang & Colloquialisms
Nathan Bailey's Dictionary of Slang
Them's Fighting Words: Old French Insults
 Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hard-boiled Slang


Thesauri
OneLook Thesaurus & Reverse Dictionary
Power Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus (1911)
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Law & Copyright
Copyright
The 5 W's of Copyright Registration
An Authors' Guide to Creative Commons
But It's Protected
Copyright Crash Course
Copyright Lectures
Copyright Navigator
Copyright Renewal Database
Copyright Term and the Public Domain
Copyright vs. Trademark
Copyright Violation Redux
 Empowering Authors Around Copyright
Fair Use of Trademarks
How to Copyright a Book
The Landmine of Fair Use
Navigating Cover Image Usage Rights
Primary Sources on Copyright, 1450-1900
The Right to Display Public Domain Images
Ultimate Guide to Copyright
U.S. Copyright Office
Using Existing Works (Fair Use)
Why Should I Copyright My Book (And How Do I Do It)?
 A Writer's Guide to Fair Use & Permissions


Law
Guide to Law Online
International Criminal Court
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)
 Legal History: Crime and Punishment Research Guide
Tarleton Law Library
The Year Books: Medieval English Legal History
Trial


Publishing Law
How California's Law AB-5 Affects Writers
How to Send a DMCA Takedown Notice
  How to Stop Pirates with Copyright Law
I've Been Infringed, Now What?
Taking Action: DMCA Takedown &


Song Lyrics
Can I Use Song Lyrics in My Manuscript?
How to Legally Quote Song Lyrics in Your Book
Lyrics in Books: Your Questions Answered
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Maps (Historical)
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Medicine (History)
Anatomy
 Dream Anatomy
History of the Body
Museum of Menstruation


Ancient Medicine
 Greek Medicine
The Uses of Plants in Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome

Death & Grief
Condolence.com
Puritan Scrabble
Survivors of Suicide Loss


Disabilities
 Disability History Museum
Famous People with Disabilities


Folk Medicine
 Botanical.com
Culpepper's English Physician
Cunning Folk
Online Herbal Encyclopedia of Knowledge
A Tour of a Medicinal Garden

Historical References
 The Apothecary Chest
Brief History of Chinese Medicine
Fundamentals of the History of Medicine
The History of Dentistry
History of Medicine & Medical Humanities
History of Medicine Timeline
The History of Surgery
Hospitals
Images from the History of Medicine
Lay Medical Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century
 Medical Heritage Library
Medicine, Health, & History
Medicine in Britain c. 1700-1900
 National Library of Medicine
The Old Operating Theatre
 Turning the Pages Online


Infectious Diseases
1918 Influenza Pandemic  
Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever & the Birth of Modern Medicine
CDC Museum Covid-19 Timeline
The Deadly Virus
History of Pandemics
Influenza 1918
  Insects, Disease, and History
Most Dangerous Woman in America
Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World
A Short History of Medicine
Surgery
Medical Personnel
A Book about Doctors
Do History
Doctors in the Regency
From Poison Peddlers to Civic Worthies
General Practitioners and Obstetrics
Influential Female Nurses
The Primal Touch of Birth
The Rebel Physician
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
 

Medicines
Rethinking Georgian Healthcare: Patent Medicines Industry


 Medieval Medicine
Early Medieval Surgical Knowledge
The MacKinney Collection of Medieval Medical Images
The Medieval Hospital


Noninfectious Diseases
The Evolution of Our Knowledge about the Heart and Its Diseases Since 1628
Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center
Mesothelioma Guide
Mesothelioma Hub
Seniors and Mesothelioma


War Medicine
The Army Medical Department 1775-1818
Battle-scarred
Changes in Medicine During the 19th Century
Dentistry and the British Army: 1661 to 1921
Medical Antiques
Memoirs of Military Surgery
Nelson's Hospital
Surgery during the Napoleonic Wars
Understanding a Veteran with PTSD
Veteran Substance Abuse
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Medieval Times & Renaissance
Castles & Knights
Everycastle.com
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
Life in a Welsh Castle
Medieval Castle
Medieval Resources
Medieval Siege
Templar History


Entertainment, Food, & Drink
Gode Cookery
Medieval Cookery
Medieval/Renaissance Brewing
Musica Antiqua Instruments
Medieval Games
 Medieval Games and Recreation
 Medieval Spice Trade
 

Home Life
 Architecture in Renaissance Italy
How to Go to the Toilet, Medieval Style?
Manners, Customs, and Dress
 Pro Sponso et Sponsa

Manuscripts
Corsair
The Domesday Book Online
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts
 Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts
Medieval England and France, 700-1200
Murthly Hours
The Medieval & Classical Literature Library
Rose & Chess
Knights jousting

Manuscripts
Corsair
The Domesday Book Online
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts
 Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts
Medieval England and France, 700-1200
Murthly Hours
The Medieval & Classical Literature Library
Rose & Chess


 Reference
 Alchemy
e-codices
Elizabeth Chadwick’s Reference Library
Epact
Global Medieval Sourcebook
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
The Making of Charlemagne's Europe
The Medieval Bestiary
The Middle Ages
Mostly Medieval
Ramon Llull Routes
 Regiapaedia
Renaissance Individualism
Romanesque Churches
TimeRef.com
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Names

Family
Baby Names of Ireland
Babynology
Behind the Name
Concerning Double Given Names Before 1600
Forebears
Get Ready for Baby
How to Understand Medieval Arabic Names
The Internet Surname Database
Irish Names
Medieval Names Archive
Names.org
Oh Baby! Names
 Popular Scottish Forenames
 Seventh Sanctum Character Name Generators
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Reading & Books
Censorship
 Beacon for Freedom of Expression
The First Amendment Encyclopedia
 Index on Censorship
National Coalition Against Censorship
We Need Diverse Books
Digital Book Collections
Children's Books Exhibits
ECU Digital Collections
The Folger Shakespeare
Gateway to the Classics
Internet Archive
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes
  LibriVox
Project Gutenberg
Rare Book Room
Girls reading

Information on Books
 Aspects of the Victorian Book
Reading Group Guides

 
Reviews
 Book Browse
 Eye on Romance
Historical Novel Society
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Reference Resources
Archives
The Avalon Project
British Newspaper Archive
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
David Rumsey Map Collection
  Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection
Internet Archive
 Internet Sacred Text Archive
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Making of America
The National Archives (US)
 NYPL Picture Collection
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Project Gutenberg
 The Pennsylvania Gazette
Working Class Movement Library
The World Factbook


Online Museums
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYPL Digital Collections
  Vatican Museums
Library

Reference Resources (General)
Abbreviations.com
BBC Country Profiles
Easy Unit Converter
eHow
Libdex
PubRecord.org
 Reference Desk
 Symbols.com
 USNPL
Visual Dictionary
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Scotland & Scottish History
Archaeology & Architecture
Accessing Scotland's Past
 Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
Stirling Castle Palace


The Clearances
Napier's Commission

Emigration
 Darien Venture

General Resources
Am Baile
BBC In Search of Scotland
Capital Collections
Celtic Guide
Electric Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
National Library of Scotland Digital Resources
 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Rampant Scotland
ScotlandsPlaces
  Scottish Archive Network
Scottish Handwriting


Government
Acts of Union
  Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707


Isles of Scotland
  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides
Orkneyjar
St. Kilda World Heritage Site


 Jacobites
The 1745 Rebellion
Battle of Culloden
Battle of Prestonpans 1745
The Jacobite Rebellions 1689-1746
The Lyon in Mourning
Pickle the Spy

Having tea with Nessie
Literature
 Books and Articles on Scotland
 500 Years of Printing in Scotland
 Scottish History in Print
The Norwegian Account of Haco’s Expedition against Scotland
Scottish Chapbooks Project
Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speeches
The Word on the Street


Scotland
  Battle of Falkirk & the Execution of Wallace
Medieval Scotland
 Murthly Hours
 People of Medieval Scotland 1093-1314
 Scottish Medieval Bibliography Index

Nature
NatureScot
Plant Life in the Scottish Highlands


People
Clan Cameron
The Clan Gregor Society
Clan MacPherson
Scotlands People


Religion
  The Covenants and the Covenanters


Witchery
Daemonolgie by James VI and I
Horrid Sinne of Witchcraft
Newes from Scotland
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft
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Transportation & Travel
Train
America on the Move
American Journeys
 Cross Roads in England and Wales
Old Roads of Scotland
Railroads
 Travels in America, 1750 to 1920
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Viking Era


Hurstwic
Viking Answer Lady
The Vikings
 Viking Warrior
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War & Dueling
Civil War - Britain
Civil Wars, Commonwealth, & Protectorate 1638-1660
Conflict (1688, 1745, & War for America)


Civil War - United States
The American Civil War
Antietam on the Web
Britain and the American Civil War
Civil War 150
Civil War in Art
Civil War Letters of Forrest Little
Civil War Love letters
Civil War Washington
 Digital Civil War Collection
Gilmer Civil War Maps
Irish in the American Civil War
John Jacob Omenhausser’s Civil War Sketchbook
Matthew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities & Scenes
Soldiers and Sailors Database
Valley of the Shadow
Washington During the Civil War
Who Shall Tell the Story?
 Women and the Homefront
 

Duels, Fencing & Weaponry
 Armour Archive
The Arte of Defense
Blood & Iron Martial Arts
The Duel
Historical Fencing Manuals
Life & Death Fencing


Holocaust
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
Auschwitz Untold
Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Holocaust Explained
Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust
USHMM Interviews with Holocaust Survivors
Music, Memory, and Resistance during the Holocaust
Remember.org
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
Yad Vashem
 		Battle of New Orleans 1862
Medicine in War
A Soldier's Heart
Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries
Diary of a War Nurse
Medicine
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
War and Medicine


Soldier's Life
Christmas at War
 Christmas in Wartime
Experiencing War


Vietnam Conflict
The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive


War
USMA Digital Collections
War Times Journal


World Wars
 The Great War
The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement
World War One
World War One Document Archive
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Women & Women's History
Woman accountant

American Women
Anne Sullivan Macy
Annie Oakley
 Civil War Women - Primary Sources
Matthew Brady -- Women of the Civil War
Women's History Matters


Arab World
Women's World in Qajar Iran


Education
 The Education of Women, 1719
Women's Intellectual Contributions


 English Women
 Before Victoria
Hannah Snell
 Jewish Women
Jewish Women's Archive


Scottish Women
Revealing Women


Travelers
Amelia Earhart papers
Wilder Shores


War
Letters to Sala
Prisoners of the Women's Concentration Camp, Ravensbrück
War, Women & Survival
Women and the Holocaust
The Women of Ravensbrück
 Women as Warriors in History

Work
A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Women Working, 1800-1930
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World History
Asian Dragon


Canada
The Canadian Encyclopedia
A Reader's Guide to the History of Newfoundland and Labrador


China
Chinese Paper Gods
Naxi Manuscript Collection
Song Dynasty


Europe
Bibliotheca Palatina Digital
Crime and Punishment in the Reign of Vlad the Impaler
The History Guide


 France
French Revolution Digital Archive
Liberté, Équalité, Fraternité
 Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
Napoleonic Guide
 Paris in the 19th Century
Le Poulet Gauche


Ireland
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum Database
  Ireland’s History in Maps
  The Irish Revolution Project
 Letters 191601923
Singing the Praises of Ireland
Neuschwanstein

Italy
Ancient Rome
  The Roman Empire in the First Century
Rome


Jamaica
Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761


Japan
National Archives of Japan
Scrolls of the Mongol Invasion of Japan


Russia
AlexanderPalace.org / Russian History Websites
Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
The Romanov Family
Russia Engages the World, 1453–1825


South Asia
Digital South Asia Library
Spain
Love Customs in 18th-century Spain
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Writing Resources
The Craft & Business of Writing
Writer

Agents
7 Tips for Pitching Your Idea
Agent Query
Are You Ready to Contact an Agent?
Association of American Literary Agents
Association of Authors' Representatives
The Dating, er, Agent-Search Game
 How To Find a Reputable Agent
 How to Find & Pitch a Literary Agent
The Impersonation Game
Passion Pen’s Romance Agent List
Query Tracker


Ancillary Services
How Much Should I Charge?


 Conflict
 Being Physically Assaulted by a Stranger
 Being Unable to Save Everyone
 Conflict Thesaurus
 Doing Something Stupid While Impaired
 Writing Fight Scenes with Female Characters
 You Are a Writer & Intellectual Property Assets
Contracts
A Is for Advance
The Business Rusch: Royalty Statements Update
 C Is for Noncompete
A Contract Clause to Beware
Evaluating Publishing Contracts
 F Is for Foreign Rights
Getting Out of Your Book Contract (Maybe)
How Lucky Can You Get?
How Much Should I Charge?
I Is for Indemnification
 The Importance of Self-Editing & Why You Need to Read
Publishing Contracts 101
Publishing Contracts You Shouldn't Sign
Your Publishing Contracts
Negotiating Book Contract Terms and Royalties
 Red Flag: When a Publisher Claims Copyright on Edits
Requesting Rights Reversion from Your Publisher
Review Any and Every Contract You Sign
The Sensitivity Question of Sensitivity Readers

Craft
 3 Secrets to Writing Vivid Settings
 4 Steps for Choosing What Details to Describe in a Scene
 5 Ways to Layer Depth into Your Story
 7 Narrative Structures All Writers Should Know
 Active vs. Passive Voice
The Difference between Painting a Scene vs Dramatizing a Scene
The History Quill Blog
How the Inciting Event Works in a Novel
How Long Should a Book Be?
How to Boil Loads of Research Down to a First Draft
How to Format Dialogue
How to Improve Our Story with Action Beats
Narrative Distance
The Recipe for Writing a Great Scene
Should We Include Trigger Warnings for Our Story
   Ten Questions to Improve Your Manuscript
That Difficult First Novel
Using Beats to Keep Readers Emotionally Engaged
What Is a Plot Point?
What You Should Know about the Three-act Structure
What's the Difference between an Inciting Incident and a First Plot Point?
When You Write
Word Choice: What Does It Mean for Our Writing?
Writing 101
  Writing the Other

Education & Organizations
Authorlink
Burry Man Writers Center
The Creative Academy
Fiction University
Fiction Writer's Mentor
Nate's Big List of Free Courses for Authors
SavvyAuthors
The Writer
Writers Write
WritersWeekly.com
Writing-world.com


Formatting
How Should We Format Non-English Words?
How to Format Your Manuscript
Manuscript Format
 

Genres
 Writing Crime


Grammar and Style
Comparing Gerunds, Participles, & Infinitives
GrammarBook.com
 Elements of Style
 English Grammar
Grammer Rules & Examples
 Guide to Grammar and Style
Guide to Grammar & Writing
Ten Mistakes Writers Don’t See
Ultimate Grammar Cheat Sheet


Emotions & Body Language
5 Body Language Signs Reveal Danger
10 Ways to Show Your Character's Emotions
100 Words for Facial Expressions
Atlas of Emotions
The Emotion Wheel
The Emotion Wheel
Emotion Wheels & Needs Wheel
Flesh Out Your Writing with Body Language
How to Read Body Language
What Is Emotional Context & Why Does Your Story Need It?


Marketing and Promotion
  Booksigning Tips from Larry James
 Branding: The Right Way vs. The Wrong Way
The Business Rusch: Promotion
Crafting a Knockout Headline
How To Make a Website
 The Real World of Virtual Book Touring
What Happens to Your Online Accounts When You Die
Pitches, Queries, Synopses, & Submissions
6 Problems Your Query Letter Reveals about Your Novel
10 Query Mistakes That Sink Your Submission
Hints for a Great Cover Letter
 How to Pitch Your Book at a Writing Conference
How to Write a Query Letter in 7 Steps
How to Write a Synopsis
I am Your Editor: Submitting Your Novel
E-mail Queries & Submissions
Synopsis Writing Made Easy
Ten Minutes to Glory: Your Editor/Agent Pitch
The Value of a Great Book Synopsis
What's Killing Your Query Pitch?
Write Your Query Letter Before You Write Your Next Book
Your Online Submission


Plotting, Characterization, & Hooks
6 Steps to Creating a Great Character
9 Questions You Must Ask Your Main Character
Archetypes
Avoid the Cliche "Strong Female Character"
Character Internalization
Creating a Compelling Protagonist
An Easy Way to Find Your Protagonist's Goal
How Do You Know If Your Protagonist Is Strong Enough?
How to Structure a Story
Literary Hooks
Master List of Character-building Resources
Plot Generator
Plot Tips for the Aspiring Author
Plotting with Michael Hague's Six Stage Plot Structure
What's My Motivation?


Point of View
4 Ways a Strong POV Strengthens a Novel
How Does Our Character's POV Affect Our Story?
How Point-of-View Affects Dialogue
How to Weave Setting into a Deep POV
How to Write First-person Internalization
Is Our Story's Point of View Really What We Think It Is?
Just What Do You Mean . . . "Point of View?" Is It Important?
Keeping Your Distance


Rejections
Congratulations on Your Rejection!


Research
38 Google Plus Communities for Writers
Jeannie Ruesch’s Resources for Writers
 Literary Liaisons
Our Time Lines


Reviews
20 Magazines that Publish Freelance Book Reviews
Dear Author Who Asked Me to Change My Review


Scams & Schemes
An Editing Nightmare
Guide to Shady Publishers (and Other Shady Author Scams
On the Basics
Writer Beware


 Self-publishing
B Is for Binding
Bests Tools for Indie Authors
Cover Design -- The Basics
Do Traditional Publishers Hate Self-published Authors?
Is Amazon Kindle Cheating Self-published Authors?
Self-publishing by the Book
Self-publishing Resources & Information
Tools, Tutorials & Resources for Authors & Writers
Why Am I So Against Traditional Publishing?
Why Query Letters Matter to Self-published Authors, Too
The Whys and Hows of Novel Translations


Synonyms & Descriptors
100+ Ways to Say "Interesting"
500+ Ways to Describe Body Build and Physique
500+ Ways to Describe Fire
700+ Ways to Describe Backs
800+ Ways to Describe Chins
OneLook Thesaurus
Ways to Describe Breath & Breathing

 
Tools for Writers & Writing
9 Ways Editing Software Can Improve Creative Writing
100 Best Websites for Writers
 The Best Book Editing Software for Modern Authors
Computer Tools and Editing Software for Writers
Count Words Free
Create a Powerful Story Cast
Grammica
 How to Find Critique Partners & Beta Readers
How to Use a Plot Planner
Money-saving Guide for Authors and Writers
NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo Is Coming . . . Are You Ready?
Need NaNoWriMo Help?
Plagiarism Checker
Pros and Cons of Plottr
Scrivener & One Stop for Writers
Story Structure Database
Ways to Create Catchy Character Names
WordCounter.net
Worksheets for Writers
Writing Tools


Writing as a Business
 Are You Being Taken Advantage of as a Writer?
Author Accounting 101
Authors and the Internal Revenue Code
 B Is for Buy Back
Building a Writer’s Business Plan
Funds for Writers
Handling Writing Income and Expenses
How to Track & Fight Bad Trademarks
Let's Talk about Money
The Myth of the Unearned Advance
Newsflash: Most Writers Don't Make a Lot of MoneyNew Recommended Link
Tax Tips for Freelance Writers and Self-published Authors
Taxes and Writers
Taxes for Writers
The Way Publishing Never Was
Why Every Author Should Care about #Cockygate
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