Useful Web Links

Like the Web itself, this page will always a work in progress. I've collected below links to websites that seem to me especially interesting and helpful for the various subjects on which I work, with special emphasis on environmental history, historical geography, and environmental studies generally.

These are in no particular order, but I've tried in general to place the broadest and most comprehensive sites toward the top of these lists. It should probably go without saying that I don't necessarily agree with or vouch for the content of all of these sites, but I have generally found them richer and more useful than many others on the Web.

Please contact me if you think others should be added, or if you find broken links that I've not yet discovered.

Environmental History Sites

American Society for Environmental History: http://www.aseh.net/

Center for Culture, History, and Environment of the UW-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: http://envhist.wisc.edu

Environmental History: http://www.historycooperative.org/ehindex.html

Environment and History: http://www.erica.demon.co.uk/EH.html

H-Environment: http://www.h-net.org/~environ/

European Society for Environmental History: http://eseh.org/

Forest History Society: http://www.foresthistory.org/

Environmental History Resources: http://www.eh-resources.org/

Carolyn Merchant's Environmental History: Explore the Field: http://www.eh-resources.org/

Environmental History Timeline: http://www.runet.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/

Environmental History Virtual Library: http://vlib.iue.it/history/topical/environmental.html

Environmental Protection Agency Envirofacts Data Warehouse: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

Environmental Protection Agency History: http://www.epa.gov/history/

U.S. National Park Service History: http://www.nps.gov/history/

U.S. Forest Service History: http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/usfscoll/index.html

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service History: http://training.fws.gov/history/index.html

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers History: http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/index.htm

Harvard Forest: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University: http://arboretum.harvard.edu

Library of Congress American Memory Site on Evolution of Early Conservation Movement: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html

Spencer Weart's Discovery of Global Warming: http://www.aip.org/history/climate/

Ecology Through Time: http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/ecology2001.dtl

Denver Public Library Conservation Collection: http://history.denverlibrary.org/collections/conservation.html

St. Andrews University Research Centre for Environmental History and Policy: http://www.cehp.stir.ac.uk

Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson: http://www.rachelcarson.org

General History Sites

American Historical Association: http://www.historians.org/

Organization of American Historians: http://www.oah.org/

Canadian Historical Association: http://www.cha-shc.ca/

Western History Association: http://www.umsl.edu/~wha/

National Council on Public History: http://ncph.org/

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov

National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/

U.S. BLM General Land Office Land Patent Search: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch

Center for History and New Media: http://chnm.gmu.edu/

History News Network: http://hnn.us/

Digital History: A Guide: http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/

Library of Congress American Memory Website: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

University of Kansas Digital History Website: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/images.cfm

Bowdoin College Guide to Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/

Yale University Senior Essay Handbook: http://www.yale.edu/history/senior_essay.html

Zachary Schrag's Guidelines for History Students: http://www.schrag.info/ (look under Guidelines for History Students)

Statistical Abstracts of the United States: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html

Census On-Line: http://www.census-online.com/

Ancestry.com: http://www.ancestry.com/

Genealogy Home Page: http://www.genhomepage.com

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: http://www.cyndislist.com/

Uchronia Alternate History List: http://www.uchronia.net/

Geography and Map Sites

Association of American Geographers: http://www.aag.org/

United States Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov/

U.K. Ordinance Survey: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk

U.S. National Atlas: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

U.S. National Atlas of 1970: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/census3.html

U.S. Tapestry of Time and Terrain: http://tapestry.usgs.gov/

NASA Visible Earth: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Louis J. Maher's Geology by Lightplane: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Maps: http://www.soils.usda.gov/

National Geographic Society: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Royal Geographical Society: http://www.rgs.org

InternetGeography.co.uk: http://www.internetgeography.co.uk/

ESRI GIS and Mapping Software: http://www.esri.com/

Journal of Historical Geography: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622880/description#description

Historical Geography: http://www.unc.edu/awmc/web-historicalgeography.html

Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/

Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/

Microsoft Live Search Maps: http://maps.live.com/

Wikimapia: http://www.wikimapia.org

Topozone: http://www.topozone.com/

U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

Historical Census Browser: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/

U.S. Census Bureau American Factfinder: http://factfinder.census.gov/

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

American Planning Association: http://www.planning.org/

U.S. Board on Geographic Names: http://geonames.usgs.gov/redirect.html

U.S. Census Bureau Gazeteer: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

U.S. Census County and City Data Book: http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html

Place Names: http://www.placenames.com/

A Key to English Place-Names: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/keytoepn.html

Electronic Map Library: http://130.166.124.2/library.html

Geography Network: http://www.geographynetwork.com

Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections: http://www.uselectionatlas.org/

Library of Congress Panoramic Maps or Birds'-Eye Views: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awgmd7/panoramic.html

Panoramic Aerial Maps of the American West: http://geogdata.csun.edu/panoramas1.htm

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/

University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum: http://cprr.org/Museum/Maps/

Geo-Images Project: http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages.html

Europe Maps: http://www.euratlas.com/

Open History European Historical Atlas: http://www.openhistory.net/

Oddens' Bookmarks, "The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping": http://ncph.org/

AAG Places OnLine: http://www.placesonline.org/

epodunk: http://www.epodunk.com/

Sperling's Best Places: http://www.bestplaces.net/

General Environmental Sites

Environmental Directory: http://www.webdirectory.com/

National Environmental Directory: http://www.environmentaldirectory.net/

Envirolink: http://www.envirolink.org/

Conservation Directory (National Wildlife Federation): http://www.nwf.org/conservationDirectory/

Grist: http://www.grist.org/

Wilderness Society: http://wilderness.org/

Trust for Public Land: http://www.tpl.org

Conservation Campaign: http://www.conservationcampaign.org/

Land Trust Alliance: http://www.lta.org/

Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/

Nature Conservancy: http://www.nature.org/

Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/

Ecological Society of America: http://www.esa.org/

Environmental Careers Organization: http://www.eco.org

Student Conservation Association: http://www.thesca.org/

Environmental Leadership Program: http://www.elpnet.org

Orion Magazine: http://www.orionmagazine.org/

Forum on Religion and Ecology: http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/main.html

State of the Nation's Ecosystems: http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/report.html

Wilderness.net: http://www.wilderness.net/

Wildlands Project: http://www.wildlandsproject.org

Urban Wildlands Group: http://www.urbanwildlands.org/

Urban Land Institute: http://www.uli.org

Cultural Landscape Foundation: http://www.tclf.org/

Center for Land Use Interpretation: http://www.clui.org/

Conabio: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/

Scorecard (find out toxic releases in any zip code): http://scorecard.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/

Climate Ark: http://www.climateark.org/

RealClimate: http://www.realclimate.org/

Cryosphere Today (real-time views of polar ice caps): http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/

Alternative Technology Association: http://www.ata.org.au/

Centre for Alternative Technology: http://www.cat.org.uk

Digital Text and eBook Sites

Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/

Project Gutenberg Australia (has books still under copyright in U.S.): http://gutenberg.net.au/

Archive.org: http://www.archive.org

Candida Martinelli's Why Read E-Texts and E-Books: http://home.wanadoo.nl/cecilia.mccabe/instructions.htm

Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/

MobileRead News (best source on mobile eBook technologies): http://www.mobileread.com/

AudioBooksForFree.com: http://www.audiobooksforfree.com

University of Virginia Digital Collections: http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/

University of Pennsylvania Online Books Page: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

University of Michigan Making of America Digital Library: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/

University of Adelaide Library eBooks@Adelaide: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au

Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/

ArchiveGrid: http://archivegrid.org

Artchive: http://artchive.com

Bartleby Great Books Online: http://www.bartleby.com/

Ebooknet: http://www.cnomy.com

Memoware eBooks for PDAs: http://www.memoware.com/

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections: http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/index.shtml

Great Books and Classics: http://www.grtbooks.com/

Historical Text Archive: http://historicaltextarchive.com/

bibliomania: http://www.bibliomania.com/

Religion-Online.org: http://www.religion-online.org/

Web of American Transcendentalism: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/

100 Milestone Documents of American History: http://www.ourdocuments.gov

Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

Yale Law School Avalon Project, Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Library of Economics and Liberty: http://www.econlib.org/

Augustine of Hippo Writings: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html

William Blake Archive: http://www.blakearchive.org

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html

Ralph Waldo Emerson Complete Works: http://www.rwe.org/

William Faulkner: http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html

Grand Canyon Bibliography: http://www.grandcanyonbiblio.org/

William James Writings: http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/james.html

Jesuit Relations: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jesuit-relations/index-e.html

Marxists Internet Archive: http://www.marxists.org/

John Muir Writings: http://www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_writings/

Native American Resources on the Internet: http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

Plymouth Colony Archive Project: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/plymouth.html

Edgar Allan Poe Writings: http://www.eapoe.org/works/index.htm

Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods Library: http://www.walden.org/institute/thoreau/writings/Writings.htm

Thoreau Reader: http://thoreau.eserver.org/

Digital Photography Sites

Popular Photography: http://www.popphoto.com/

Steve Digicams Reviews: http://www.steves-digicams.com/

Norman Koran Digital Photography Tutorials: http://www.normankoren.com/index.html

Exposure Tutorials: http://www.88.com/exposure/

Imaging Resource: http://www.imaging-resource.com/

Digital Photography Reviews: http://www.dpreview.com/

Digital Camera Resource Page: http://www.dcresource.com/

Canon Underwater Digital Photography Guide: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/uwphoto/index-e.html

Picnik Online Photo Editing Tools: http://www.picnik.com/

A Few Scanning Tips (wonderful basic guide to scanning techniques): http://www.scantips.com/

Wisconsin and Middle West Sites

Center for Culture, History, and Environment of the UW-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: http://envhist.wisc.edu

UW-Madison Department of History: http://history.wisc.edu/

UW-Madison Department of Geography: http://www.geography.wisc.edu/

UW-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: http://www.ies.wisc.edu/

Wisconsin Historical Society: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/

Turning Points in Wisconsin History: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/

Dictionary of Wisconsin History: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/

Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey: http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/

Wisconsin Phenological Society: http://www.naturenet.com/alnc/wps/

Thematic Maps of Wisconsin: http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/sample.htm

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections: http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/index.shtml

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/

UW-Madison Environmental Remote Sensing Center: http://www.ersc.wisc.edu/

Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/landscapes/

Great Lakes Information Network: http://www.great-lakes.net/

Great Lakes Environmental Atlas: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/atlas/index.html

Minnesota Historical Society: http://www.mnhs.org

Michigan Vegetation circa 1800 Maps: http://web4.msue.msu.edu/mnfi/data/veg1800.cfm

Chicago Historical Society: http://www.chicagohistory.org/

Encyclopedia of Chicago: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

UW-Madison Campus Map: http://map.wisc.edu/

UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve: http://www.lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/

Cultural Landscape of the UW-Madison Campus: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/UW/subcollections/UWCulturalLandAbout.shtml

Introduction to the Public Land Survey System: http://sco.wisc.edu/plss/index.php

Wisconsin Public Land Survey Maps: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes/

Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Maps (1930s): http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/subcollections/WILandInvAbout.shtml

Wisconsin Blue Books: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/WIBlueBksAbout.shtml

Wisconsin Ecology and Natural Resources Collection: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/

Aldo Leopold Collection Images: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/subcollections/AldoAbout.shtml

Wisconsin Bio-Mapper: http://maps.botany.wisc.edu/

Wisflora: Wisconsin Vascular Plant Series: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/

Teaching and Education Sites

Chronicle of Higher Education (you have to subscribe, but a great resource): http://chronicle.com/

Beloit College Mindset Lists: http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/

Louis Shmier's Complete Random Thoughts about Teaching: http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html

Reference Sites

Refdesk: http://www.refdesk.com/

Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/

Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/

Merriam-Webster Online: http://www.m-w.com/

UW-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html

UW-Madison Writing Center Website: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/

Online Etymology Dictionary: http://www.etymonline.com/

Visual Thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com

How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

YourDictionary: http://www.yourdictionary.com/

USA.gov (comprehensive portal to U.S. government information sources): http://www.usa.gov/

FedStats: http://www.fedstats.gov/

Myth and Metaphor: http://www.mythosandlogos.com/mythandmetaphor.html

Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/

University of Wisconsin Law Library Bibliographies and Guides: http://library.law.wisc.edu/guides/bibliographies/index.htm

Common Errors of English Usage: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov

Behind the Name (Etymology and History of First Names): http://www.behindthename.com/

Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html

New Yorker Cartoon Bank: http://www.cartoonbank.com/

Bartlett's Quotations, 1919 Edition: http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Quoteland: http://www.quoteland.com/

Quotation Reference: http://www.quotationreference.com/

Quote Garden: http://www.quotegarden.com

Baby Name Wizard: http://www.babynamewizard.com/

David Allen's Getting Things Done: http://www.davidco.com/

ChemiCool Periodic Table of the Elements: http://www.chemicool.com/

Online Conversions: http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/

Merck Manual Home Edition for Patients and Caregivers: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

Human Anatomy Online: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Everyrule.com: http://www.everyrule.com/

Top Secret Recipes: http://www.topsecretrecipes.com

Intriguing and Exemplary Sites

UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve: http://www.lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/

Anne Spirn's West Philadelphia Project: http://web.mit.edu/wplp/index.html

Monticello Explorer: http://www.monticello.org/

Language of the Land: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/land/

Mannahatta Project: http://www.wcs.org/sw-high_tech_tools/landscapeecology/mannahatta

Centralia, Pennsylvania Mine Fire: http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm

Built St. Louis: http://www.builtstlouis.net/

Manhattan Timeformations: http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations/intro.html

Web Version of the 1999 "Advertising Century" Report: http://adage.com/century/index.html

Photosynth (amazing new imaging software from Microsoft Live Labs): http://labs.live.com/photosynth

Photosynth demo: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129

E-Newsletters Actually Worth the Space They Take in Your Inbox

NASA Earth Observatory (great recent satellite images): http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Grist: http://www.grist.org/

Internet Scout Project (weekly review of great websites, many of them environmental): http://scout.wisc.edu/

Chronicle of Higher Education (you have to subscribe, but a great resource): http://chronicle.com/

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day (definitions and etymologies): http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl

History News Network: http://hnn.us/