Updated January 20, 2015
EasyBib – use this online resource to create your bibliography
Biography in Context
Gale Virtual Books
WebPath Express
World Book Advanced
World History in Context
General Websites
Africa and the Transatlantic Salve Trade – BBC History
BBC Archives – “themed collections of radio and TV programmes, documents and photographs from as far back as the 1930s”
Empires – PBS – annotated links of Victorian period
Chronicle of Some Victorian Events – a timeline
Famous People – BBC Primary History (Dickens, George Stephenson, Queen Victoria)
Historic Figures – BBC History
Illustrated London News
Jack the Ripper – Casebook
Penny Magazine – “collection of all the bound volumes of ‘The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge’ it was a weekly publication that lasted from 1832-1945Punch Magazine – go to “Portfolio” and select “Victorian Era Cartoons
Queen Victoria: The real story behind her ‘domestic bliss’ – BBC News Magazine
Queen Victoria’s Empire – PBS
Victorian Britain – BBC History
Victorian Web – topics include literature, politics, history, science, technology, art, etc.
Victorians – BBC History – overview, Queen Victorian and her prime ministers; major events; industrial revolution
Women’s History: Queen Victoria
- Site contains a number of sections that relate to key advisors, people, and events. Specific sections to look at include: “Victoria’s Advisors.2”, “Victorian Imperialism. The Boer War”, “Victoria’s Industrial Revolution”, and “Victoria Princess and Queen”.