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WISER Online resources for historians

WISER Online resources for historians. Isabel Holowaty, Bodleian History Librarian isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Aim Provide an overview of electronic resources for History Give examples of useful resources: Bibliographic databases Reference sources Primary Sources

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WISER Online resources for historians

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  1. WISER Online resources for historians Isabel Holowaty, Bodleian History Librarian isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  2. Aim • Provide an overview of electronic resources for History • Give examples of useful resources: • Bibliographic databases • Reference sources • Primary Sources • Search engines & portals • Book reviews • Mailing lists & newsgroups • Questions & discussion

  3. Access to subscriptions: Lists of subscriptions: OxLIP+ & Oxford University eJournals Off-campus access Single-Sign On (SSO) http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/eresources

  4. Tells you that access is now longer from old provider Access via a different platform Access from a different library Description from old provider Here is why not to google for subscription databases > Go to OxLIP+ or SOLO!

  5. In SOLO, search database name as phrase in title and limit to Online Resources.

  6. Login with SSO to access resources off-campus and click Online resource to connect.

  7. Login with SSO to use MyResearch and access resources off-campus.

  8. Switch to Subject to browse for History resources.

  9. We might need to use… • Bibliographical databases • books, articles, dissertations • Reference sources • dictionaries & encyclopaedias, directories, etc. • Full-text alternative • eJournals, eBooks, online newspapers, digitised source material, etc. • Search engines & portals

  10. Bibliographical databases: books • Library catalogues • SOLOhttp://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ • British Library Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk/ • COPAC http://www.copac.ac.uk/ • WorldCat [via OxLIP+] • Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog • http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk_en.html

  11. Bibliographical databases: books Specialist catalogues Incunabula Short-Title Catalogue (pre-1501) Nineteenth Century Short-Title Catalogue 1801-1919 BL Newspaper catalogue

  12. Place search: Berlin British Library Newspaper catalogue

  13. Bibliographical databases: articles Historical Abstracts (world history, 1450-) International Medieval Bibliography (500-1500) Bibliography of British & Irish 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)

  14. 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

  15. “Macedonian and relief”; limited to historical period 1900-1910. Journal Includes abstracts Find full-text (electronic / print) Historical Abstracts Use bibliographical database to find journal articles. They index articles which may exist only in print. Databases tell you what has been published, not what is held in Oxford!

  16. Bibliographical databases: Dissertations Index to Theses (UK & Irish) Dissertations and Theses (US bias) Theses in progress & completed (1995- via Institute of Historical Research website) http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Resources/Theses/

  17. Dictionaries & encyclopedias • Gateways • CREDO Reference • Oxford Reference Online (ORO) • Blackwell Reference Online • Cambridge Companions Online • Cambridge Histories Online • Subject-specific • International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages • Oxford English Dictionary • Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy • Oxford Art Online (Grove Dictionary of Art) • etc.

  18. Blackwell Reference Online

  19. Biographical Information • Biographical information • World Biographical Information System • Dictionary of National Biography (British) • Who is Who / Who was Who (British) • Dictionary of Irish Biography • American National Biography • KnowUK (contemporary British)

  20. World Biographical Information System

  21. Other useful reference sources Europa World of Learning 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/

  22. Historical Directories

  23. Full-text: eJournals • Access via SOLO, Oxford University eJournals or link from database • Historical content: • JSTOR (e.g. Speculum) • Oxford Journals (OUP) (e.g. Past & Present) • Cambridge Journals (CUP) • Current content: • Oxford Journals (OUP) • Cambridge Journals (CUP) • etc. http://ejournals.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  24. Some key journals online American Historical Review Bulletin of the History of Medicine Economic History Review English Historical Review German History French History History Workshop Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryJournal of Modern History Journal of the History of Ideas Parliamentary History Past & Present Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

  25. Full-text: eBooks Individual titles listed in SOLO & OLIS • See History eBooks pages: • Scholarly monographs • Early printed books • Free eBooks (e.g. GoogleBooks) • http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history/eresources/ebooks

  26. Full-text: eNewspapers • Historical (UK) • 17th& 18th Century Burney Newspapers • Eighteenth Century Journals • 19thCentury BL Newspapers • Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 • The Guardian (1821-2003) / The Observer (1791-2003) • The Irish Times (1859-2007) • The Scotsman (1817-1950) • Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003 • Times Literary Supplement 1902-1990 • Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 • Check OxLIP+ > Subject > History > News & Newspapers (31)

  27. WISER: Sources for US History, 15:30-17:00, 8 June • Full-text: eNewspapers • Historical (US and others) • 19th Century US Newspapers • American Periodicals Series 1740-1900 • Washington Post 1877-1990 • New York Times Historical Archive 1851-2003 • Pravda 1912-2009 • Times of India 1838-2001 (forthcoming) • Current (British & Foreign) • LexisNexis News Service • Factiva

  28. WISER: Sources for Medievalists 15 June, 13:45-15:15 Full-text: Digital texts British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ Domesday Explorer Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 (PROME) MonumentaGermaniaeHistorica (MGH) Ut per LitterasApostolicas (Papal letters) Early English Books Online (EEBO) Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation Making of the Modern World 1450-1850 (MOMW) House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Macmillan Cabinet Papers Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) British and Irish Women’s Letters & Diaries Check Primary Sources Online guide

  29. Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 (PROME)

  30. Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504 (PROME)

  31. Early English Books Online (EEBO) Early English Books Online 1475-1700 (EEBO)

  32. Calendar of State Papers (CSP)

  33. State Papers Online I (Tudors: Domestic)

  34. British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries 1500-1950

  35. The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985

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