Quick Bibliographical Links
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Search strategy

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)  

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  

 

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
19th Century | African History | Ancient History | Anglo-Saxons | Anthropology | Antisemitism | Art | Austrian | Book History | Biomedical | Canadian 1 | Canadian History 2 | Chaucer | Computing | Crime |Demography | Gay (LBGT) | Health & Medicine | Holocaust | Irish | Italian Science | Jewish History | Latin America | Legal History | London | Medieval Feminist Index | Medico-Historical | Middle East | Military | Psychoanalysis | Rural | Sexuality | Social History | Southern Africa | Sport | Third World Development | Theology & Religion | Transport | Urban | Victoriana | War | Women | Yorkshire
 
  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
cd2.gif (3793 bytes) 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 LibraryUniversity 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