Web Resources

Ancient history

Oxford University offers links to many online resources on their Classics site
http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/resources.html

The University of Tufts Classics Dept hosts Perseus, a "digital library of resources for studying the ancient world. The library's materials include ancient texts and translations, philological tools, maps, extensively illustrated art catalogs, and secondary essays on topics like vase painting."
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute in Chicago offer a guide to Internet resources on the ancient Near East
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU.HTML

The University of Evansville has put out a good introductory site for students of the ancient world. I just wish they'd put text beside the image links on the home page(text links are at the bottom of the page).
http://eawc.evansville.edu/

At a less academic level, if you want to know more about Egypt, Eternal Egypt is a good place to start

European history

Described (by others) as the standard starting place for Medieval studies on the Web, the Labyrinth is sponsored by Georgetown University. Make sure you use the new Labyrinth when searching!
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html

The Online Reference for Medieval Studies is put out by academics for fellow academics and serious students. Having said that, it also provides links for "those whose interest in the Middle Ages has been spurred by popular representations of the period in movies, television, and historical fiction"
http://www.the-orb.net/

Netserf is a directory site for Medieval studies
http://www.netserf.org/

Students of Britain during the Renaissance period can also find resources on Perseus (see above).

International Affairs

Part of the WWW Virtual Library system. Claims to contain over 2000 selected and annotated links on international affairs topics.
http://www.etown.edu/vl/

Language

Literature

"a comprehensive guide to free book summaries, literature notes, and study guides (like "cliff notes") for over 250 books"
http://www.freebooknotes.com/

The English Renaissance in Context has a series of multimedia tutorials on Shakespeare and the whole business of producing text at that time

http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/teach/index.htm

Philosophy

Guide to Philosophy on the Internet is a good place to start. Recommended sites are starred.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm

Or try the Philosophy research base:
http://erraticimpact.com/

The International Directory of Online Philosophy Papers is a directory to various academic papers that are available online. There are currently about 500 entries.
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/directory/

Religious Studies

Religion Religions Religious Studies has information and links on this subject:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/

The Wabash Center offers a "selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc."
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm

Mythology

Godchecker is a somewhat whimsical site for those with an interest in mythology. Features a searchable database of over 2000 deities
http://www.godchecker.com/

Myths is a directory of myth sites
http://www.cbel.com/myths/

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