Research Websites

A list of credible websites for research. Note: some categories overlap.

Last Updated: Dec 5, 2013

General
CarletonCollege – history links

CIA World Factbook

Conversations with History
Internet Modern History Sourcebook (links to others also)

Internet Public Library
Library and Archives Canada

New World Encyclopedia
PBS Frontline
Truman Library (contains great links)

American History
CIA World Factbook

Library of Congress
The White House
The White House Archives (search former presidents)

U.S. Department of State
U.S Department of State: Office of the Historian
Website of National Archives
Racism & the Civil Rights Movement
American History Month website
Library of Congress: African-American History
Library of Congress: Civil Rights Resources
History of the Ku Klux Klan
  • Library of Congress: Ku Klux Klan
  • PBS: The American Experience
  • Ku Klux Klan history. From the History Channel ( .com is not as credible a source)

9/11
America’s Day of Terror

September 11 Digital Archive
Counterterrorism
  • Bureau of Counterterrorism
  • National Counterterrorism Centre
  • National Security Archive at the George Washington University

The War on Terror
White House Archives

CIA & The War on Terror

BBC News

Canadian History
General
  • Histori.ca
  • The Canadian Encyclopedia

  • Library and Archives Canada

Early Canadian History
Early Canadiana Online

Canada in the Making
New France
  • Archives of the Jesuits of Canada

  • Canadian Museum of Civilization

  • New France New Horizons

  • Parks Canada

Wars
  • The Canadian War Museum

Canadian History / Current: Aboriginal
The First Nations of the New France Era

General
  • Assembly of First Nations
  • Aboriginal Canada Portal
  • CBC 8th Fire
  • CBC ReVision Quest
  • Contemporary Role Models
  • Treaty Relations Commission
  • Winnipeg Free Press Video Series: No Running Water
  • Winnipeg Free Press story: Swan Lake "Hitting the Jackpot"

The Seven Teachings
The Seven Sacred Laws
The Seven Sacred Teachings
Other Teachings
Four Directions Teachings
Residential Schools:
  • Canada in the Making
  • A Lost Heritage: Residential Schools
  • Where are the children?
  • Legacy of Hope Foundation
  • Remembering the Children
  • The Manitoba Historical Society
  • The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • Government Statement of Apology and Office of the Prime Minister apology

Genocide and The Holocaust
Genocide
Genocide Intervention Network
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Darfur:
Genocide in Darfur

PBS Frontline: On Our Watch
Rwanda:
UN Rwanda Genocide Outreach Programme
The Holocaust
An exhaustive list of credible websites.
United States Holocaust Museum
Yad Vashem
Human Rights
General
Amnesty International
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms

CanadianMuseum of Human Rights
Child Rights Information Network
Human Rights Watch
Manitoba Class Action
Youth for Human Rights
United Nations: Human Rights
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN Human Rights Council
UNICEF
UNICEF Voices of Youth
Fair Trade
Fair Trade Canada
Fair Trade Manitoba
Fair Trade Resource Network
World Fair Trade Organization
Sweatshops
Canadian Employment Standards
Behind the Label
Corpwatch
Fair Labour Association
Global Exchange
Human Rights Watch
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights
International Labour Organization (United Nations)

International Labour Rights Forum
National Labour Committee
No Sweat
Sacom
Wal-Mart:
Making Change at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Watch
War Affected Children and Child Soldiers
Invisible Children site – Kony 2012
Invisible Children: Official Response to Criticism
War Child
Media
Adbusters
Democracy Now!
Project Censored Media Freedom Foundation:
Other
African Studies Centre
United Nations HIV & AIDS