Links for UCSB History 4c
"Western Civilization, 1715-present"

News Sites

• ABC News specials, also Nightline
• BBC European News (search screen at bottom), see also talking point and "in-depth"
• CNN: World page, Europe page, in-depth specials (back to 1995)
• LA Times with Sunday Opinion and daily op/ed, as well as special reports (note those about historical topics, for instance the Vietnam Legacies and After the Iron Curtain series)
• National Public Radio
• New York Times Europe page; also special reports (don't miss the ones at the bottom of the page)
• Washington Post-Europe searchable archive since 1987 (citations free, fee for full text)

Issues Sites (back to top)

• Slavery in Africa today: Free South Sudan site, Channel 1 site
• World War I: poetry, with background (from worldwar1.com),

Look up (back to top)

• excellent search engine by google.com, also altavista (with alternative media), lycos,
• Encyclopedia Brittanica keyword search, history page (with ranked lists of "the web's best sites" in the sidebar)
  (UCSB users only: keyword search)
• UCSB library's melvyl site (don't forget to try the MAGAZINE ARTICLE DATABASE)
• Current books at: Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Borders