Bachelor of Arts, History Major - Resources for studying History

• AU Library Home Page
• AU Library Help Centre
  Online tutorials for finding quality print and electronic materials
• AU Library Subject Guide
  This lists some history-related databases and websites, but is not a comprehensive list
• AU History Databases
  This lists the databases: some provide texts and information, while others are search engines for finding scholarly writings (books and articles), some of which will be available through AU’s Library
• AU Write Site
  Advice on all aspects of research and writing, including links to live writing coaches
• Alberta Women’s Memory Project (Hosted by AU)
• Heritage Resource Management Programs at AU
• Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
• Athabasca University Press (including open-access materials)

• Canadian Historical Association (CHA)
  The professional organizations for Canadian historians. The website includes information on undergraduate and graduate history programs and historical institutes in Canada and advice on careers as a historian.
• American Historical Association
  The professional organizations for American historians.
• Classical Association of Canada
  The professional organization for scholars of the history and culture of classical Greece and Rome.

Undergraduate Journals and Essay Prizes: Students who have a great essay or paper that you wish to share should consider submitting them to a journal or a prize jury (or both).

• History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research (Appalachian State University)
• Lethbridge Undergraduate Research Journal (University of Lethbridge)
  This is a multidisciplinary journal for undergraduate students.
• Vexillum
  This is an undergraduate journal that supports and promotes undergraduate scholarship in the fields of Classical and Medieval Studies, and accepts scholarly papers by undergraduate students written on a wide range of topics - history, literature, philosophy, archaeology, art history, sociology, philology, and linguistics.
• Barbara Roberts Memorial Award (Athabasca University)
  This annual prize recognizes outstanding written work done by an undergraduate student on topics related to women, gender, and feminism. Recipients of the prize receive a cash award of $250.00.
• Canada West Foundation Jim Hume Memorial Student Essay Contest