Learning links

These websites offer further opportunities for historical research, and links to other educational resources.

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Historical databases

• The National Archives: news, searching the archives online; and the Learning Curve, a dedicated online teaching resource
  
• The Institute of Historical Research: online resources for historians
  
• The Historical Association: aiming to further the study, teaching, and enjoyment of history at all levels
  
• Arts and Humanities Data Services History: using digital resources to support historical research, learning, and teaching
  
• British History Online: digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the British Isles
  
• The British Library learning resources
  
• Britannia companion to British History
  
• History from the BBC

Other Dictionaries of National Biography

• American National Biography (subscription only)
  
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

School and teaching resources

• Schoolzone: the school support site: guides to electronic resources available to teachers
  
• BBC schools: curriculum based activities for all levels across many subjects
  
• National Curriculum in Action's history section
  
• Teachernet: links to subject-specific learning materials
  
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on innovating with history
  

General historical interest

• Encyclopaedia Britannica online (subscription only): a selection of resources for schools and libraries
  
• Encarta: encyclopaedia and other reference material
  
• 100 Great Black Britons: highlighting the contribution of black Britons in society
  

Oxford DNB partners (many links direct from subject's article to their list of holdings)

• National Portrait Gallery
  
• Royal Historical Society bibliography
  
• National Register of Archives

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