| UTILITIES | ||
| Money conversion 1264-2005 | ||
| searchengine (some ft) SOCOLAR (chinese) | ||
| CDROMS - IT services PCs for networked CDs | ||
| Project Muse | ||
| HistoryEbook American Council of Learned Societies - full text - Network access only | ||
| The Times Digital Archive (Athens password off campus) | ||
| Medieval Sources Online (Manchester University Press - full text - Network access only) | ||
| ABHLO (Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature Online - Network Access only) | ||
| BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM Scholarly monographs from many publishers - partly available online - invaluable tool | ||
| INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH over 40,000 records providing details of books and articles IHR-RESOURCES and IHR-ARTICLES and IHR DIGITAL RESOURCES | ||
| BOPCRIS This site contains a large collection of 18th Century British Parliamentary publications (full text) | ||
| Books in translation (UNESCO) | ||
| HANSARD | ||
| Social Science Research Network | ||
| RUNNER ().jp) foreign journals | ||
| Journal Table-of-Contents | ||
| TicTOCS | ||
| Keyword search using 'bibliography' and your own topic keyword(s) | ||
| WorldCat* or WorldCat (Athens Password) | ||
| Unicorn | ||
| Web of Knowledge* | ||
| Archive collections | ||
| A2A national database of archive holdings | ||
| AIM25 archives within the greater London area - | ||
| Archives (Society of Archivists) | ||
| Archives Hub (Revolutionising access to the archives of UK universities and colleges) | ||
| ArchivesMadeEasy International links and information | ||
| Adam Matthew Publications (archives on microfilm) | ||
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British Library |
Humanities Newspapers Newspapers (S-East) Sound Archive Manuscripts Others Serials Nineteenth Century Microfilm Microform collection British Library -SearchEngine Newspapers(Full Text) Guardian, Daily News, News of the World, Dispatch. | |
| French National Archives | ||
| Historical Manuscripts Commission Database | ||
| National Archives (British Public Record Office & National Archive Commission) | ||
| National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections | ||
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National Archives, (search) or Access to Archives, or National Archives Library, or National Archives CDROMS Cabinet Papers | |
| UNESCO Archives Portal (worldwide links) | ||
| WorldCat* | ||
| UMI microfilm and MICROFORM - HISTORY (microfilmed archives) | ||
| UK Archives (lists) (including local record offices) | ||
| British Official and Legal Publications | ||
| BOPCRIS (British Official Publications 16,435 references 1833-1983) | ||
| EPPI (Parliamentary Papers relating to Ireland 1801-1922) | ||
| BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information + historical material) | ||
| Unpublished Dissertations | ||
| Australian Digital Thesis Program (Full text available) | ||
| UMI Digital Dissertations Dissertation Abstracts is available on networked CD-ROMs | ||
| Index to Theses British and Irish theses British Library ETHOS | ||
| HISTORY On-Line IHR facility - claims 90 % of history theses completed in the UK | ||
| Recommended library online catalogues | ||
| British Library | ||
| British Library of Political & Economic Science (LSE) LSE E-Prints | ||
| California: Gladis or Melvyl(Large collections, well indexed) | ||
| Cambridge University Libraries (Various databases, plus serials) | ||
| Chatham House Library (post-1990, some journal articles referenced) | ||
| Columbia University Library (Contents and summary) | ||
| Consortium M25 (Libraries & Serials) | ||
| University of Chicago (Very good collection, well indexed) | ||
| University of Colorado at Boulder (Very good collection, well indexed) | ||
| French Journals | ||
| German Links: IBZ Online (9 million titles and link to Central Databases) and Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte | ||
| Harvard (Very good collection, well indexed) | ||
| University of Hong Kong (Indexes table of contents) | ||
| Institute of Historical Research (London) (Part of SAS Catalogue) | ||
| Imperial War Museum (various specialist databases) | ||
| Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (75 millions of books and serials - German, French, etc) | ||
| London Library | ||
| Library of Congress (Huge collection, good links) Z39.50 Links | ||
| MOBIUS: Missouri University Libraries ((Indexes table of contents) | ||
| Museum of English Rural Life (University of Reading) | ||
| New York Public Library and Research Catalogue (Good collection) | ||
| North Carolina State University (Very good collection, well indexed) | ||
| Ohiolink(Indexes table of contents) | ||
| Orbis: Oregon Libraries (Very good collection, well indexed) | ||
| Oxford University | ||
| Reading Library (Town library, Kings Road, Reading) | ||
| (University of Reading) | ||
| Stanford (Socrates) | ||
| Swedish Consortium (Good European collection and links to specialist databases) | ||
| Vanderbilt University (Contents and summary) | ||
| Washington University, Mississippi (Excellent collection, contents and summary) | ||
| Yale(Two good databases) | ||
| Large databases | ||
| BOPAC(Parallel searching many UK OPACS) | ||
| Catalogue Collectif de France (details) or Bibliotèque Nationale de France | ||
| Copac Consortium | ||
| European Library (National holdings - various resource formats) | ||
| Historical Abstracts (sample) | ||
| ITSMARC (several large databases at once) | ||
| SUDOC Système Universitaire de Documentation | ||
| WebCat for world-wide library links | ||
| WorldCat* | ||
| Journal articles | ||
| Bedford Inhouse Articles Database (also France and Geography bibliographical databases) | ||
| BIAB (British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography) Local history | ||
| FirstSearch* e.g. ERIC, GEOBASE, MEDLINE. Separate password required for ArtsAbstracts* and RILM* music abstracts, and the Sociocial Science abstracts* | ||
| French Databases Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société - Specialist databases - books and articles | ||
| HISTORY On-Line IHR facility - claims 90 % of history theses completed in the UK | ||
| INFO-RETRIEVE (non-English articles too) | ||
| International Medieval Bibliography (campus only) | ||
| IBSS* (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1951-) Links to full-text | ||
| LLBA (Lingustics & Language Behaviour Abstracts - historical material too)* | ||
| Persée French Journals - inc. Annales, and Vingtième siècle | ||
| POLIS (Parliamentary Online Indexing Service) | ||
| Royal Historical Society Bibliography British and Irish - excellent resource | ||
| Scirus Mainly science journals plus web pages | ||
| Uncover | ||
| Web of Knowledge* | ||
| Zeitschriftenfreihandmagazin Tables of Contents of Historical Journals and Monographic Series in German | ||
| ZETOC Electronic Table of Contents British Library (16 million records) | ||
| Journals and Online text (RUL links for details) or keyword search Unicorn "history AND online" | ||
| Jake For thousands of online journals | ||
| SUNCAT Locate journal and serial holdings in UK | ||
| Genamics - Links to 400+ History Journals Home Pages, etc | ||
| All Academic (Limited) | ||
| Business Source Premier or Off Campus (Athens) Economic history journals backruns (FT) inc. Labour History, etc. 1922- | ||
| Catchword (IngentaSelect) full-text [Password for off-campus access] | ||
| Cambridge University Press Journals (Full-text) | ||
| Cornell University Library: Historical Monographs | ||
| Free History Journals Various areas and specialities and 24HourScholar a variety of publications | ||
| Economic History Review (Index 1927 - ) | ||
| EBSCO Mainly science, JCH, JModH, JInterdisH, | ||
| FindArticles Full text, including History Today, Historian, World War II, Sex Roles, Feminist Studies, New Statesman, Military History | ||
| Harvard University Open Collections | ||
| HistorycooperativeAmerican History Review & Journal of American History (Full-text) | ||
| History Journals Guide Guide to specialist history journals with links | ||
| History Today The World’s Leading History Magazine (some full-text) | ||
| IHR Journal Links Journal home pages - including some full text | ||
| Ideal Academic Press full-text | ||
| Indiana University Press Some full-text | ||
| Ingenta * full-text | ||
| JSTOR which offers full-text indexing | ||
| Midland History (full text since 1971, campus network) | ||
| Modernism Journals (New Age, 1907-1922) | ||
| MUSE search-engine to humanities journals - but no subscription to full text, but KWIC | ||
| NESLI(athens login) [- mainly science and medicine] | ||
| Simon Wiesenthal Annuals (Holocaust, full text) | ||
| Studies in Bibliography Online (Literary history) | ||
| Taylor & Francis including Women's History Review full-text | ||
| University of California Press Full text History and other subjects | ||
| Wikipedia - newspapers online links worldwide, including USA and France Jewish Press Archive Illinois newspapers | ||
| Reviews Online | ||
| Times Literary Supplement | ||
| Times Higher Educational Supplement (password - University Users only) | ||
| London Review of Books | ||
| New York Review of Books | ||
| New York Times Book Review Archive (1980- ) First Chapters | ||
| Online texts | ||
| American Memory (Library of Congress) 70+ collections now available | ||
| University of California Press - Free Ebooks, including 100+ history books | ||
| Cambridge University Press (Some sample chapters - .pdf read only) | ||
| Early English Books Online under development | ||
| Literature Online primary and secondary sources, includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature | ||
| Making of America full indexing of texts | ||
| Stanford Medieval and Modern Thought Text Project Reference works includes "Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages." | ||
| Texts: The On-line Books Page | ||
| Text Links | ||
| Encyclopedia & Reference | ||
| Encyclopedia Britannica | ||
| Columbia Encyclopedia (Other reference works too) | ||
| Oxford English Dictionary (Athens password) | ||
| The Times Style Guide Quick reference for Grammar and Spelling | ||
| XRefer Welcome to the web's reference engine. | ||
| Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, 1911 | ||
| Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe, to 1700 | ||
| Columbia Encyclopedia | ||
| Onelook Search dictionary web sites for words and phrases | ||
| Additional sources | ||
| Specialist
history databases
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| Bibliographical guide for further links and information about CD-ROMs, etc. | ||
| Libraries, Bookshops and Publishers | ||
| Exeter Links to Libraries worldwide | ||
| NISS Links (Libraries, Bookshops & Publishers) | ||
| Second Hand Bookshops - New+2nd Compare Prices | ||
| International Bookstores English, German, French, etc | ||
| World Directory of Libraries | ||
| CDROMS - IT services PCs for networked CDs | ||
| Reading University Library Holdings Bodleian Library Catalogue (pre-1920), Cartoons (1912-1990), Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)*, Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc*, ESTC (English Short Title Catalogue), Historical Abstracts*, Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Palmer's Index to The Times 1790-1905, Royal Historical Society Bibliography*, etc. | ||
| Other CDs may be available elsewhere, e.g. P.R.O. Index to the House of Commons Papers (1801-1995), UCL, University of London Library, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, British Library (19th Century Masterfile [formally Poole's], Index Islamicus, Archival Resources [RLG}, International Medieval Bibliography, etc.) | ||
| ImageS & Multimedia | ||
| Cartoon Archive, University of Canterbury Illingsworth(Wales) | ||
| British Library Sound recordings | ||
| VADS The Visual Arts Data Service | ||
| National Portrait Gallery | ||
| New York Public Library - Digital Photographs online (excellent collection of historical interest) | ||
| NEWSREELS | Pathé News Clips or ITN_Pathé Newsreel and Newsfilm Online French television archive BBC-Catalogue movietone AmericanArchive UNIVERSAL BFI-InView | |
| RADIO PROGRAMMES | ||
| Education Media Online | ||
| Online Video Lectures Listing (UCK) | ||
| University Channel Online (USA) | ||
| Southampton Listing of film and video links | ||
| Translations | ||
| Moving History moving image archives, including Imperial War Museum | ||
| http://www.screenonline.org.uk/ BFI - clips and stills, but access only in the University Library!!! | ||
| BUND (British Universities Newsreels Database) Links to various newsreel archives, including Movietone, Pathé, Gaumont, etc | ||
| Imperial war Museum Collections (sound, visuals, etc.) | ||
| English Heritage - Photographs | ||
| Museum Studies (BMUSE) | ||
Mail suggestions, comments and enquiries to: Roy
Wolfe
03/03/11