Technical Resources and Guides
digital humanities
- The Programming Historian - tutorials
html/css
- FTP software
- HTML editors
- HTML troubleshooting tips
- CSS reference guide
- CSS cheat sheet
- CSS Zen Garden
- Special Characters for HTML
- Hexadecimal color codes
- Color Scheme Designer
- Validate your XHTML pages
- Validate your CSS pages
Image Manipulation Software
- GIMP Mac and Windows
- Paint.net Windows
- List of 35 free programs with short reviews
- Free resizing tool
- Pixlr Editor
PDF creators
Tools
copyright
- Melissa Brown Bobst Library [http://nyu.libguides.com/profile.php?uid=26472]
- Chilling Effects [http://www.chillingeffects.org/] a clearinghouse on online rights.
- Creative Commons license generator [http://creativecommons.org/choose/]
- Wiley Permissions Cheat Sheet[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-301926.html]
- American University Center for Social Media site on fair use [http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/best-practices]
- TapoR 2.0 [http://tapor.ca/] -gathered text tools for research
gis/maps
* Google Earth 5 | download
- Google Earth Blog [http://www.gearthblog.com/]
- Locate latitude and longitude coordinates for addresses [http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html]
- Spatial History Lab [http://spatial.scholarslab.org/]
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection [http://www.davidrumsey.com/]
- National Historical Geographic Information System [http://www.nhgis.org/] provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000.
- NY City Map [http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/] click on the camera icon to enable aerial view of New York City in 1924, 1996, 2006, 2008.
- Project Manahatta [http://themannahattaproject.org/] shows the flora and fauna from 1609 and today.
- NYPL Maps of New York City [http://www.nypl.org/node/72690]
- List of GIS Humanities sites '[http://anterotesis.com/wordpress/dh-gis-projects/]
- DIY Mapmaking Tools Blog [http://makingmaps.net/]
timeline
- Simile Widget Tutorial Widget for Google Docs [http://briancroxall.net/TimelineTutorial/TimelineTutorial.html]
guides for local history research and writing (Bobst has most of these)
- Local Businesses: Exploring their History by K. Austin Kerr, Amos J. Loveday, and Mansel G. Blackford, AASLH (1990).
- Houses and Homes: Exploring their History by Barbara J. Howe, Dolores A. Fleming, Emory L. Kemp, and Ruth Ann Overbeck, AASLH (1987).
- Local Schools: Exploring their History by Ronald E. Butchart, AASLH (1986).
- Places of Worship: Exploring their History by James P. Wind, AASLH (1990).
- Invisible Networks: Exploring the History of Local Utilities and Public Works by Ann Durkin Keating (1994)
- American Farms: Exploring their History by R. Douglas Hurt (1996)
- Unlocking City Hall: Exploring the History of Local Government and Politics by Michael W. Homel (2001)
- Getting Around: Exploring Transportation History by H. Roger Grant (2003)
- Joining In: Exploring the History of Voluntary Organizations by Karen J. Blair (2006)
- ICON Newspapers Digitization links
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