Websites of Interest
Digital Resources around the World:
Listed below are websites that historians, amateur historians, and those with a general interest in Scotland may find useful.
General Interest
Electric Scotland
http://www.electricscotland.com/
Electric Scotland Community Forum
www.electricscotland.org/forum.php
Rampant Scotland
www.rampantscotland.com/
Scottish Development International
www.scotland.org/
Scottish Studies Foundation
www.scottishstudies.com
Research Websites
Bibliography of Scotland
Bibliography of Scotland is a database of writing about Scotland, containing records for books, serials and major periodical articles. From 1976 to 1987 the records were published in a series of annual printed volumes, and the present database was established in 1988. It therefore records all material published later than 1987, together with items dated 1976 to 1987 which were processed after 1987. All pre-1976 works are excluded. The National Library of Scotland is currently working to convert records from the printed volumes into online format.
www.nls.uk/catalogues/resources/sbo/bos
Charting the Nation: maps of Scotland and associated archives 1150-1740
The Charting the Nation image collection includes a wide variety of single maps and maps in atlases and other bound books, together with important manuscript and printed texts relating to the geography and mapping of Scotlnad from 1550 to 1740 and beyond. The site contains invaluable source materials for the study fo the history of cartography, architectural history, genealogy, military history, environmental history and archaeology, amongst many other disciplines. Over 3,500 high resolution images are currently available.
Dictionary of Scots Language
The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND). Together these 22 volumes provide a comprehensive history of Scots, and a New Supplement now (2005) brings the record of the language up to date. These are therefore essential research tools for anyone interested in the history of either Scots or English language, and for historical or literary scholars whose sources are written in Scots or may contain Scots usages. These lexicographic resources are available to anyone with an interest in Scots language and culture. Its educational uses range from university research to help with the production of Scots materials for young children.
Ontario Archives
The Archives of Ontario provides access to both the private and government documentary records of Ontario. The Archives hold land and municipal records, wills and estate files, divorce records, newspapers, maps, and other genealogical research records including births, deaths, and marriage certificates.
Scotland's People
This website provides access to census, baptismal, marriage, wills, testaments, and death records from the sixteenth century onwards.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The site will provide access to the following key resources: The catalogues of nearly 50 Scottish Archives, the index to the wills of Scots from 1500-1875, a host of other invaluable resources relating to Scotland's written heritage including: exhibitions, bookshop, directory and research tools such as a glossary and tips on how to read Scottish handwriting.
Scottish Handwriting
This National Archives of Scotland website introduces the reader to palaeography (handwriting) from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Tutorials are aimed at introductory to intermediate learners.
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/tutorials.asp
Scottish Women's History Bibliography
The WISH website provides a location for documents, sources and biographies about Scottish women in history. It also provides a database of researchers and professors working in fields related to the history of women in Scotland, and a bibliography of books, articles and other material dealing with the history of women in Scotland.
http://www.womeninscottishhistory.org/
Tobar an Dualchais
This website contains thousands of oral recordings recorded in Scotland and further afield, from the 1930s onwards. The items you can listen to include stories, songs, music, poetry and factual information.