WISER: Humanities
eResources for Historians
Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian
Or, how to become the
typical armchair historian
Aim
Provide an overview of electronic resources for
History
Give examples of useful resources:
Bibliographic databases
Reference sources
Full-text content
Search engines & portals
Choice of online resources
• Subscription databases
• CD-ROMs
• eJournals & eBooks
• Search engines, websites & portals
Access
Lists of subscriptions
OxLIP & TDNet
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources
Off-campus access
Virtual Private Network
Athens password
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/remote_access
We might need to use…
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Bibliographical databases
books, articles, dissertations
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Reference sources
dictionaries & encyclopedias, directories, etc.
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Full-text alternatives
eJournals, eBooks, online newspapers, digitised
sources, etc.
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Search engines & portals
Bibliographical databases: books
Library catalogues
OLIS
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
British Library Integrated Catalogue
http://catalogue.bl.uk/
WorldCat
Specialist catalogues
English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) 1475-1800
Nineteenth Century Short-Title Catalogue 1801-1919
BL Newspaper catalogue
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/newspapers/
Bibliographical databases: articles
Historical Abstracts (world history, 1450-)
International Medieval Bibliography (500-1500)
Royal Historical Society Bibliography (British history)
Bibliography of the History of Art
ATLA Religion Database (history of religion & church)
EconLit (economic history)
Philosopher’s Index (intellectual history)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (esp. good for book
reviews, citation searches)
Bibliographical databases: articles
America: History & Life (N America)
Index Islamicus (Oriental)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European
Studies
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Bibliographical databases:
dissertations
Index to Theses (UK & Irish)
Dissertation Abstracts International (US bias)
Theses in progress & completed (1995- via Institute of
Historical Research website)
http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Resources/Theses/
Dictionaries & encyclopedias
Gateways
Oxford Reference Online
Xrefer Plus
Subject-specific
International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages
Oxford English Dictionary
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Grove Dictionary of Art
etc.
Dictionaries & encyclopedias
Biographical dictionaries
World Biographical Information System
Dictionary of National Biography (British)
American National Biography (US)
Other useful references sources
World of Learning
Digimap Historic Map Service
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Historical currency
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Historical directories (England)
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/
Historical calendars http://www.timeanddate.com/
Full-text: eJournals
via TDNet
Historical content:
JSTOR
Periodicals Archive Online
Oxford Journals (OUP)
Current content:
Oxford Journals (OUP)
Cambridge Journals (CUP)
Project Muse
Full-text: eBooks
Individual titles listed in OLIS
Oxford Scholarship Online
Taylor & Francis
Past Masters
Oxford Text Archive
Project Gutenberg
http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Full-text: eNewspapers
Historical
Times Digital Archive
Washington Post
New York Times Historical Archive
Times Literary Supplement
American Periodicals Series 1740-1900
Current (British & Foreign)
LexisNexis Professional
Factiva
Full-text: Digital source material
Oxford Digital Archive http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/collections/
British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Domesday Explorer
Medieval SourcesOnline
Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Making of the Modern World
19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Macmillan Cabinet Papers
Declassified Documents Reference System
British and Irish Women’s Letters & Diaries
etc.
Useful search engines & portals
Intute
Google Scholar
Google Books
http://www.intute.ac.uk/
http://scholar.google.com/
http://books.google.com/
Arts & Humanities Data Service (AHDS) History
http://ahds.ac.uk/history/
British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
American Memory (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
Useful search engines & portals
History Departments round the World
http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/departments/
Institute of Historical Research
H-Net
http://www.history.ac.uk/
http://www.h-net.org/
Questions?