CATALOGUE
First, consult the catalogue.
This may seem obvious, but many students fail to fully investigate
the resources of our own library. In either Basic search or Guided
Keyword search use tersm such as:
Subject Heading or Keywords from subject heading:
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century........or 19th century
Great Britain -- History -- Restoration,
1660-1688.....or .... James II, 1685-1688.....or...Revolution of
1688.
Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714......or.....18th
century....or.....19th century
Great Britain -- Foreign relations --France etc
Great Britain -- Colonies
Imperialism
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783....cna
add......Foreign public opinion, British
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Great Britain -- Industries -- History -- 18th century ......or
19th century
Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century......or 19th
century
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852
Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History
For primary documents, add the word SOURCES to your
search.
PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS can also be subject
headings:
East India Company
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Parnell, Charles Stewart, 1846-1891
Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Political and social views
Try also any keywords
Kipling (empire or
imperial)
or
Royal Colonial Institute
DICTIONARIES AND
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
Britain in General
At the number Ref 941.003 you will find a number of general
handbooks and dicitonaries of British history, for example:
Ref 941.003 C226o 2002
The Oxford companion to British history ed. John
Cannon. rev ed 2002
Have a browse! Other more specific titles are:
Ref 941.0703 N552b
Britain in the Hanoverian age, 1714-1837 : an
encyclopedia ed. Gerald Newman 1997
Ref 941.07 M122o
An Oxford companion to the romantic age : British culture
1776-1832. 1999
Ref 941 C771l
Cook, Chris. The Longman handbook of modern British history,
1714-1995 3rd ed. 1996
Ref 338.09 S799a
Stearns, Peter N. The ABC-CLIO world history companion to the
industrial revolution . 1996
Ref 941.07 C771b
Cook, Chris British historical facts,
1760-1830 1980
Spartacus Internet Encyclopaedia
of British History: 1500-1950
Fairly lightweight, but well organised.
Eighteenth Century
Ref 941.07 D553c
Companion to eighteenth-century
Britain, ed. H.T. Dickinson, 2002
Ref 940.203 W722p
The Penguin dictionary of English and European history,
1485-1789, E.N. Williams. 1980
Ref 909.703 B627d
Black, J. Dictionary of eighteenth century world
history. 1994
Ref 941.07 G822l
Gregory, J. The Longman companion to Britain in the eighteenth
century, 1688-1820. 2000
Ref 941.07021 C771b
Cook, Chris British historical facts,
1688-1760 1988
Nineteenth Century
Ref 941.081 W7221c
Companion to nineteenth-century
Britain, ed. Chris Williams, 2004
Ref 941.081 C771l
Cook, Chris The Longman companion to Britain
in the nineteenth century, 1815-1914. 1999
Ref 941.08 C771b also in main collection
941.08 C771b
British historical facts, 1830-1900, Chris Cook.
1975
Ref 941.08103 M682v
Victorian Britain : an encyclopedia, ed.
Sally Mitchell 1988
Ref 909.8103 B427d
A Dictionary of nineteenth-century world history, ed.
John Belchem 1994
Ref 909.803 P173p also in main collection
and reserve
Palmer, A. The Penguin dictionary of modern history
1789-1945, 2nd ed. 1983
Ref 941.08103 C797e
The encyclopedia of the Victorian world : a reader's companion
to the people, places, events, and everyday life of the
Victorian era ed. Melinda Corey. 1996
Ref 03 H317o
Oxford encyclopaedia, or,
Dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature, W.
Harris et al 8 vols. Originally published 1833, reprinted
2003...." It offers a fascinating window on the state of learning
in England between the Napoleonic Wars and the passing of the Great
Reform Bill in 1832."
Scotland
Ref 941.1003 D676d
Donaldson, G. Dictionary of Scottish history. 1977
Ireland
Ref 941.5 C752o
Oxford companion to Irish history, ed. S.J
Connolly 1998
Ref 941.5003 B8125h
The Hutchinson encyclopedia of Ireland : an A-Z guide to its
people, places, history and culture, ed. Ciaran
Brady.
2000
Ref 941.5 M131b
Blackwell companion to modern Irish culture, ed W. J.
McCormack 1999
Ref 941.50803 H628d
Hickey, D. J. A dictionary of Irish history since
1800. 1980
American Revolution
Ref 973.303 G811b also in main collection
The Blackwell encyclopedia of the American Revolution,
ed. Jack P. Greene 1991
Ref 973.303 M474h
Historical dictionary of the American Revolution,
Terry M. Mays. 1999
Empire
Ref 325.34203 O52h
Historical dictionary of the British empire, J. S. Olson,
1996
Ref 903 O52h
Historical dictionary of European imperialism, J. S.
Olson, 1991
Ref 325.34203 P173d
Palmer, A.W. Dictionary of the British Empire and
Commonwealth. 1996
War
Look at Ref 940.27 for reference tools on the Napoleonic
wars, eg:
Ref 940.27 E55l
Emsley, Clive The Longman companion to Napoleonic
Europe 1993
Victorians at war, 1815-1914 : an
encyclopedia of British military history, H. E. Raugh,
Jr.,
2004.
Ref....in process
ATLASES
Ref 912.1971241 P844a also in main collection
Atlas of British overseas expansion ed. A. N.
Porter. 1991
Ref 912.1971241 B359a
Atlas of the British Empire ed.C. A. Bayly
1989
Main Collection 912 R64
Robertson, C. G. Historical and modern atlas of the
British Empire specially prepared for students, 1905.
Ref 941.07 P826a
Atlas of British social and economic history since c.
1700, ed. Rex Pope. 1989
Main Collection 331.892941 C477a.
An atlas of industrial protest in Britain, 1750-1990,
Andrew Charlesworth 1996
Ref 911.41 L286a
Atlas of industrializing Britain 1780-1914, ed. John
Langton 1986
Ref 942 C771l also in main collection
Cook, Chris Longman atlas of modern British history
: a visual guide to British society and politics
1700-1970 1978
Ref 941.5081 K35m
Mapping the great Irish famine : a survey of the famine
decades Liam Kennedy 1999
Ref 941.5 D858a
Edwards, R.D. An atlas of Irish history 2nd
ed. 1981
CHRONOLOGY
Ref 941 P173p
Pimlico chronology of British history. 1996
Romantic
chronology
BIOGRAPHY
Try also : Keyword from subject search option on the
catalogue, using the person's name and the term 'biography'.
Ref 920.041 B157b
British biographical archive. 1984-.
Cumulation of 324 English language biographical reference works
originally published between 1601 and 1929. Full text.
Microfiche with a 4 volume printed index.
Ref 920 D5o
Oxford Dictionary of national biography, 2004.
Also available
online. Click the red button in the top right corner of the
ODNB homepage "subscribers enter here". Each current article
also has a link to the older article from the Dictionary of National biography 1885-1900
and supplements. Look for the DNB
archive button at the bottom of the cream navigaiton
bar on the left of each individual entry.
Ref 920 D548 158
British reform writers, 1789-1832 ed. Gary Kelly,
1996
Ref 920 D548 190
British reform writers, 1832-1914 ed. Gary Kelly
1998
British travel writers, 1837-1875
(Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 166 )
1996.
Ref 920 D548 166
and
British travel writers, 1876-1909
(Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 174 ) 1997
Ref 920 D548 174
How to find
journal articles and other references
Individual journal articles are not usually listed in
the library catalogue.
Indexing and abstracting databases list articles under various
topics and can be searched using subject and
keyword. These databases can be searched via the www in
the Library, student computer facilities in the library or
faculty, or from home.
These electronic resources require authentication.
Journal articles may also be found by using printed
bibliographies.
The Royal Historical
Society bibliography
Historical abstracts
PCI (Periodicals Contents Index)
(Journals 1800-1980)
Full text for a few titles.
JSTOR full text of a wide selection of scholarly
journals from their first issues until 3-5 years ago.
Project Muse
gives full text access to University Press and other
scholarly electronic journals in the social sciences, humanities
etc from about 1995 onwards.
Expanded academic ASAP 1980-
an interdisciplinary index covering approximately 1500 current
journals, many of which have full text on-line.
Academic Search Elite 1985-
Full text for more than 1,850 scholarly journals, many of which
have full text on-line.
Annual bibliography of Victorian studies 1976-
BSL Reference collection 820.5 A617 Latest year shelved in
Reference Collection
Earlier volumes in Main Collection
MLA international bibliography (for
literature)
Art Abstracts
Earlier issues, called Art index, 1929-, available at
Ref 705 A776
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
General
Ref 941.0016 R524b
Richardson, R. C. British economic and social
history : a bibliographical guide. 3rd ed.
1996
Ref 941.073016 S658l
Smith, Robert A .Late Georgian and Regency England,
1760-1837 1984
Ref 940.2016 H196m
Halstead, J. P. Modern European imperialism : a bibliography of
books and articles, 1815-1972 2 vols
1974
Eighteenth Century
Ref 941.0016 G689
Grose, C L. A select bibliography of British history,
1660-1760. 1967, c1939.
Note that it is a reprint of a work first issued in 1939, and
is therefore dated.
Ref 941.06 A943c
Consumption and culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries : a bibliography, compiled by D. K. Auyong,
1991
Ref 941.0016 P22
Pargellis, S. M. Bibliography of British history; the
eighteenth century, 1714-1789. 1951
Ref 941.07 P688Z.S
Schweizer, K. W. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,
1708-1778 : a bibliography. 1993
Ref 941.07 N536ZK
Kulisheck, P. J The Duke of Newcastle,
1693-1768, and Henry Pelham, 1694-1754 : a bibliography
1997
Ref 92 W452.P
Partridge, M. S. The Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852 : a
bibliography 1990
Main Collection 92 W664.CO
Cowie, L.W. William Wilberforce, 1759-1833 : a
bibliography. 1992
Nineteenth Century
Ref 941.0016 B582
Brown, Lucy M. Bibliography of British history,
1789-1851 1977
Ref 941.08016 H239b
Hanham, H. J. Bibliography of British history,
1851-1914 1976
Ref 941.08016 P965v
Propas, S. W. Victorian studies : a research
guide 1992
Ref 941.073 P374ZC
Cowie, L.W. Sir Robert Peel, 1788-1850 : a
bibliography 1996
Ref 941.081 P178Z.P
Partridge, M.S. Lord Palmerston, 1784-1865 : a
bibliography 1994
Ireland
Ref 941.5006 E11.2
Eager, A.R. A guide to Irish bibliographical material: a
bibliography of Irish bibliographies and sources of
information. 1980.........See History section
Ref 941.50016 S528m
Shannon, Michael Owen Modern Ireland : a
bibliography on politics, planning, research and
development
1981
Scotland
Ref 941.0016 H23
Hancock, P.D. A bibliography of works relating to Scotland
1916-1950. 2v.
Indexes books and some journal articles. See especially v.2
section on History.
Ref 941.10016 S645s
Smith, Dennis Scotland.
1998 (World bibliographical series)
Empire
Ref 909.0971241 P844b
Bibliography of imperial, colonial, and Commonwealth history
since 1600, ed. Andrew Porter , 2002
Military
Ref 355.0942 H638g also in main
collection
Higham, Robin D. S. A guide to the sources of British military
history. 1971
supplemented by
British military history : a supplement to Robin Higham's Guide
to the sources, ed. Gerald Jordan 1988
Ref 355.0942 J82b also in main collection
Women
The women's suffrage movement : a reference guide,
1866-1928,
E. Crawford , 2001 .
Ref 324.6230941 C899w
Ref 305.409171241 B156w
Bailey, S F. Women and the British empire : an
annotated guide to sources 1983
Ref 305.409415 B812w
Brady, A. Women in Ireland: an annotated bibliography.
1988.
Ref 305.4016 F893w
Frey, L. Women in Western European history; a select
chronological, geographical and topical bibliography...1982 and
suppl.1986.
WEB RESOURCES
Institute of Historical
Research, University of London, which includes
British History On-line
Rutgers Iniversity Libraries Research & Reference
Gateway:
Research Guides: History - American and British:
Reference Resources
a mixed bag, but contains some treasures.
H-Albion:
the H-Net discussion network for British and Irish history
Eighteenth-Century
Resources -- History
English
History, 1660-1800
<>Hello
Sailor - a fan site for the Horatio Hornblower series, bur very
good.
Scroll down the list of links to History, where a very useful
collection of Georgian and Regency resources is assembled.
Included is:
Broadside - a
collection of pages describing life in Royal Navy in the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the time of the
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Views of
the Famine
IRISH FAMINE: ON-LINE COLLECTIONS OF PRIMARY SOURCES FOR THE IRISH
FAMINE
Dr. Dan Ritschel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Victorian
Web
Victorian
Web
Sites
Large but unorganised list of sites.
British
Empire Studies from the British Library
British Empire
National Army Museum, Chelsea - History of the
British Army
The Proceedings of the
Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834
A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts
detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing
accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's
central criminal court.
Now available: 22,000 trials, from December 1714 to December
1759.
The Workhouse
Child
Labour - looks like
a site for school students but the content is good and
well-organised.
For your essay, there may be untapped sources on the www. I used
Google to find the
following. Try your person or organisation as a search term in
quotes"".
Adam Smith
page
Joseph Priestley Collection at the Library of Penn State
University
Life of
Theobold Wolfe Tone
SOURCE MATERIALS
NEWSPAPERS
Ref O5 T8a
Times index 1790-
1790-1905 on CD-ROM: Palmers index to the Times
Access is only available within the Barr Smith Library, on Machine
331, behind the Information desk.
However, the State Library
has:
Times digital archive,
1785-1985 - full text, all online - wonderful!
18th AND 19th CENTURY JOURNALS
Ref 940.05 A61
The annual register,
1863 - 1953
Internet Library
of Early Journals : A digital library of 18th and 19th Century
journals
PCI (Periodicals Contents Index)
(Journals 1800-1980)
Full text for a few titles.
Penny
magazine online (selections
1832-1835)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
Parliamentary debates (Hansard) record what was actually said in
Parliament, and as such are a rich source for historical research.
Parliamentary papers publish reports that are tabled in
Parliament. .
There are indexes for each parliamentary session either at the
beginning or the end of the volumes and there are also
separately
published indexes which are shelved in the Reference
Collection.
British Parliamentary
publications in the Barr Smith Library will assist you in
finding these items.
Debates (Hansard) were not published before 1803, but ther were
unofficial
accounts, diaries etc
For the 19th century use:
Ref 328.42 C666s
Cockton, P Subject catalogue of the House of Commons
Parliamentary papers 1801-1900. 1988. 5v.
This catalogue provides direct access via subject to the microfiche
set of Parliamentary Papers at MICROFICHE PER 11
and
328.4206 G78ppI
Great Britain. Parliament.Parliamentary Papers
Irish University Press series.
This series arranges the papers by topics and can be
distinguished from the other editions of papers not only by their
call number, but by their green binding.
OTHER PRIMARY SOURCES
Don't forget to search the catalogue, using keyword from subject
SOURCES.
MICROFILM 21003
Aborigines Protection Society (London, England). Aborigines'
Protection Society transactions, 1837-1909
8 microfilm reels and index
MICROFILM 18920-18934
Portland Papers
Mainly 18th century. A brief guide to the papers is held at
Microfilm 18920-34 Index.
942 D733
English historical documents . 1955-77
Main Collection 359.00941 T762n
Naval chronicle (London, England : 1799-)
A consolidated edition of the original forty volume chronicle
edited by J.S. Clarke, S. Jones and J. Jones (London : s.n.,
1799-1818), containing the most significant material from the
originals, including Nelson's only autobiographical record.
Organised chronologically with thematic sections to create a
fully indexed war diary. 5 v. 1998-99
Internet modern
history sourcebook
Eurodocs - History of the
United Kingdom - Primary Documents
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