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Academic Departments

• Centre for English Local History University of Leicester
• Centre for Metropolitan History University of London, School of Advanced Study
• Danish Centre for Urban History Aarhus Universitet (site in English)
• Institute for European Studies Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (site in English)
• Institute of Urban History Stockholm, Sweden (site in English)
• Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte Universität Münster (site in German)
• Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies International Studies Centre (site in English)
• Manchester Centre for Regional History
• Urban Morphology Research Group University of Birmingham
• Welfare City Project Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark (site in English)

Archives On-Line

• Archives Made Easy A collection of links to archives all over the globe, some complete with comments and practical information provided by researchers who have visited
• Canadian Archives A comprehensive list of links to Canadian archives on the net
• Canadian Council of Archives Facilitating the evolution of an archival system in Canada
• East Midlands Oral History Archive Collecting oral history resources from the communities of the East Midlands
• Internet Archive Building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form
• Prosperity and Thrift The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
• Temple University Urban Archives Archives detailing the social, economic, and physical development of the Philadelphia area
• Women and Social Movements 1600-2000 Primary documents related to women and social movements in the United States between 1600 and 2000

Discussion Groups

• H-Urban Website

Humbul Humanities Hub

Humbul and Artifact have now merged to form the Intute: Arts and Humanities service.
The booklet Internet Resources for History produced by Humbul is still available but the Humbul site is no longer being updated.

International Urban Studies Societies

• Associazione Italiana per la Storia urbana (site in Italian)
• Construction History Society Preserving construction history for the future... Preserving history for today
• Economic History Society Promoting the study of economic and social history
• German Society for Urban History (site in German)
• Pre-Modern Towns Group
• Société Française d'Histoire Urbaine Activities, publications and links for Urban History (site in French)
• Urban History Group

Journals

• Planning Perspectives Journal of the International Planning History Society
• Storia della citta The website of the Italian journal of urban history (site in Italian)
• Urban History Edited from the Centre for Urban History
• Urban History Multi-Media Companions
• Urban History Review/Revue D'Histoire Urbaine The journal of Canadian urban history

Libraries

• British Library
• National Library of Scotland
• National Library of Wales

Research Resources

• British Institute in Eastern Africa Research into the archaeology, history, linguistics and anthropology of eastern Africa, broadly defined
• Cultures of Cities A database of papers presented to the 4th Biennial of Towns and Town Planners in Europe
• Current Value of Old Money A series of resources to help you compare prices across time
• DANGO Database of Archives of Non-Governmental Organisations since 1945
• EH.Net This site includes a number of tools to enable you to assess the relative value of money - GDP, purchasing power, exchange rates etc - across time and place. Most useful are:
• How much is that? - a variety of comparative values over time for the UK and US
• Relative Values Calculator (UK Sterling or US Dollars) which will compute the 'real value' of the price, cost, or value of something over time and convert it from British Pounds to US Dollars, or vice versa
• Europeana.eu Links to two million digital items. Europeana is a Thematic Network funded by the European Commission; originally known as the European digital library network (EDLnet), it is a partnership of 100 representatives of heritage and knowledge organisations and IT experts from throughout Europe
• Historical Directories A digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories
• History On-Line hosted by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR); information resources for the teaching and learning of history, currently over 40,000 records providing details of books and articles, UK university lecturers (teachers), UK current and past research (theses) and links to websites and online resources
• H-Urban Web Links Guide to urban studies on the net
• Internet for History An on-line tutorial to improve internet research skills
• Making History Hosted by the Institute of Historical Research (IHR); contains cross-referenced entries for historians, journals, organisations and projects important in the development of the subject
• Medieval English Towns Information about towns and cities in England during the Middle Ages
• Metropolis Project An international forum for research and policy on migration, diversity and changing cities
• NYPL Digital Gallery access to over 450,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of the New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera and more
• Old-maps.co.uk Free access to first edition historical maps of Great Britain dated between 1846 and 1899
• Royal Historical Society Bibliography an authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day
• SARAI Resources for South Asian research
• Skibsfarten i Danmark 1787 multi-media companion database of the shipping routes of all towns in the year 1787; select a town under the header 'Hjemhavne' ('port') (site in Danish)
• Three Cities Project Literary and visual representations of three American cities 1870-1930
• Visualising Urban Geographies - provides mapping tools for historians. It enables the use of digitized and geo-referenced maps in conjunction with historical information based on either addresses or districts.

Student Support

• Leicester Students' Union For information and advice on all aspects of student life
• Student Support and Development Service Fully integrated development and support service for University of Leicester students
• Uniservity On-line student resources - academic and beyond
• UK Grad Programme Personal and professional skills development in research degree programmes

Teaching Resources

• American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) - library and map collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York. Includes several digital collections of importance to urban history.
• Canadian Urban History Internet Course Excellent web-based introduction to urban history
• CHCC Project Developing the Collection of Historical and Contemporary Census Data and Related Materials (CHCC) into a major learning and teaching resource
• Historic Cities Maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning historic cities
• History Web Site On-line resources for historians
• H-Urban Teaching Centre Tools for teaching urban history
• Internet for Historians A free teach yourself tutorial on Internet information skills for historians
• Introduction to Palaeography Tutorials on medieval and early modern palaeography
• The Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology Providing a comprehensive framework of support and development of learning and teaching among archaeologists, classicists and historians
• Urban Planning, 1794-1918 Extended bibliography of urban planning
• UK Grad Programme Personal and professional skills development in research degree programmes

Town Histories

• Coventry A BBC local history site about the history of Coventry
• Den Virtuelle Købstad Multi-media 3D reconstruction of archtypical market town 1830
• Historic Pittsburgh A comprehensive collection of local resources that supports personal and scholarly research of the western Pennsylvania area
• Leicester An introduction to Roman, medieval, early-modern, and modern Leicester. This material is also available here
• Loughborough Material from Parish Registers etc 1540-1640
• Milwaukee Urban Archives Specialising in the history of the Milwaukee area
• Village Search An introduction to towns and villages in Leicestershire
• Wolverhampton History and Heritage Site

Urban Policy

• Comm-Org The On-Line Conference on Community Organising and Development
• Cities as International and Transnational Actors (CITTA)
• Urbanicity Leading electronic publisher for all aspects of urban and sustainable development. The Urbanicity website provides a single portal for educational resources, conferences, internet resources and more, including a unique library of urban articles. Also hosts the single largest library of links to City and Local Government websites – over 23,000. Urbanicity is a partnership initiative with UN Habitat Best Practices and Local Leadership.