Resources

A clearinghouse for historians and DH researchers

A curated set of archives, tools, and platforms that support research in environmental history and the digital humanities.

This list is a placeholder set of widely used tools and archives. It will be replaced with Raymond's own curated resource list and categories.

Digital Archives

  • Internet Archive

    Millions of digitized books, periodicals, and archival documents, freely accessible.

  • HathiTrust Digital Library

    A large-scale digital library of scanned books, journals, and government documents.

  • Slave Voyages

    A digital memorial and dataset documenting the transatlantic and intra-American slave trades.

DH Tools

  • Zotero

    Free, open-source reference manager for collecting, organizing, and citing research.

  • Voyant Tools

    Web-based text analysis environment for reading and analyzing digital texts.

  • Tropy

    Free tool for organizing and describing photos of research materials from archives.

Mapping and GIS

  • QGIS

    Free, open-source geographic information system for spatial analysis and map-making.

  • ArcGIS StoryMaps

    Platform for combining maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia.

  • David Rumsey Map Collection

    One of the largest online collections of historical maps, freely browsable.

Text Annotation

  • hypothes.is

    Open-source tool for collaborative annotation of web pages and PDFs.

  • AVAnnotate

    Mellon Foundation-funded application for annotating audiovisual materials and curating digital exhibits.

  • Recogito

    Collaborative platform for annotating texts, images, and tabular data with places and entities.