Research and Course Guides: Open Educational Resources: History

Primary Documents

AmDocs This link opens in a new window
documents for the study of American history, arranged chronologically
Documenting the American South This link opens in a new window
texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture
EuroDocs This link opens in a new window
links to western European historical documents, many translated into English
Labyrinth This link opens in a new window
medieval studies resources
Making of America This link opens in a new window
collection of 19th-century American books and journals
Perseus Digital Library This link opens in a new window
collections of ancient texts and translations, secondary sources, maps, and images

American Yawp
A free and online, collaboratively built, open American history textbook designed for college-level history courses.
World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 (2016)
An open textbook developed by the University of Georgia.
History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877 (2013)
Western History I (2018)
Covers western civilization from pre-history to the Reformation.
Digital Commons Network - History Commons
Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of Open Access peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.