History Web Rings: An Alternate Form of Finding Information

One interesting phenomenon of the Internet is the different ways to find information that you need. One way is to use a search engine, like the one located on this site, and another is to bookmark the Web sites that you visit. Another way is by using Web rings.

There are thousands of rings out there, as we speak. Most are quality sites, covering a variety of topics from Science Fiction to history.

You can view a directory of rings available by pointing your browsers to the Yahoo! WebRing directory. This week we take a look at history web rings and how to join.

Definition

What is a web ring you ask? A web ring is a group of web sites that cover a theme or idea that connects to each other to form a community.

The Web Ring Organization defines a ring as, "member web sites have banded together to form their sites into linked circles. Their purpose: to allow more visitors to reach them quickly and easily."

Reference

For further reading and an introduction to web rings, read Fellowship of the Rings: An Introduction
This article is from 1997 by the personal web pages guide at About.com. NOTE: This page's content courtesy of former Guide to this site.

History Web rings

There are several web rings on history. History The 18th Century belongs to the following Rings:

The 18th century Ring
This web ring is devoted to sites related to the 18th century.
The History Ring
This web ring is devoted to history sites of all eras.
The European History Ring
This web ring is devoted to sites related to European history sites.
Art Historian's Circle
This one contains sites about historical art.
German History Ring
This ring has sites devoted to German history, with German as the main Language.
History Teacher's Education Ring
This ring contains teachers' websites, which have resources, lesson plans and other information for history teachers.
Ring of Academic Philosophy
This ring has sites devoted to philosophy accepted by educational institutions.