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Going Farther Afield
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by Jack Stovel
Castilleja School
Palo Alto, California
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Search engines scan the Internet to find terms that match the terms you enter. There are many search engines, including Google, AltaVista, and MSN. Teachers and students can go beyond the text by entering the name of a figure such as Catherine the Great. The search engine will return a list of thousands of Web sites that mention her.
Internet encyclopedias are often cursory and are really traditional printed desktop encyclopedias in electronic form. They may, however, provide just enough information to jog a teacher's memory or help a student understand the context of textbook figure. Two examples of Internet encyclopedias are Infoplease and Encyclopedia.com. Some teachers prefer Wikipedia, mentioned frequently in this guide, which is a unique encyclopedia that anyone can make additions and corrections to. Its articles tend to be longer than the Internet versions of the single-volume encyclopedias. Spartacus is a British educational encyclopedia with lots of historical information. It is a bit below AP level, but useful nevertheless.
 www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia
www.encyclopedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
No introduction to historical Web sites would be complete without highlighting the incredible history sourcebook series run by Fordham University professor Paul Halsall. The Internet Modern History Sourcebook grows each day. It has reams of public domain documents on every aspect of modern European history and links to many, many other sites with documents. Also useful is the companion Internet Women's History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Finally, for a list of thumbnail biographies of hundreds of women political leaders through the centuries, try the Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership, at guide2womenleaders.com. Who knew there were so many?
www.guide2womenleaders.com
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