WISER: Humanities eResources for Historians Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left. Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian

Or, how to become the typical armchair historian Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Aim Give examples of useful resources: Bibliographic databases Provide an overview of electronic resources for History Give examples of useful resources: Bibliographic databases Reference sources Full-text content Search engines & portals This session will give an overview of the range of electronic resources which are increasingly available to historians of all periods. The resources provide historians with 24/7 remote access to research and teaching materials and with a range of discovery tools. They are typically bibliographical databases, collections of primary source materials, electronic alternatives to journals and/or books or research aids for biographical or reference research. The use of full-text searchable text opens up new avenues of research for historians.

Choice of online resources Subscription databases CD-ROMs eJournals & eBooks Search engines, websites & portals Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Access Lists of subscriptions Off-campus access 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 Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

We might need to use… Bibliographical databases Reference sources books, articles, dissertations Reference sources dictionaries & encyclopedias, directories, etc. Full-text alternatives eJournals, eBooks, online newspapers, digitised sources, etc. Search engines & portals Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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/ Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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) Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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 Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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/ Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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. Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Dictionaries & encyclopedias Biographical dictionaries World Biographical Information System Dictionary of National Biography (British) American National Biography (US) Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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/ Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Full-text: eJournals via TDNet Historical content: Current content: JSTOR Periodicals Archive Online Oxford Journals (OUP) Current content: Cambridge Journals (CUP) Project Muse Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Full-text: eBooks Individual titles listed in OLIS Oxford Scholarship Online Taylor & Francis Past Masters Oxford Text Archive http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/ Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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 Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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. Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Useful search engines & portals Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/ Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ Google Books 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/ Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

Useful search engines & portals History Departments round the World http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/departments/ Institute of Historical Research http://www.history.ac.uk/ H-Net http://www.h-net.org/ Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt Heading B: Helvetica roman, black 32 pt Heading C: Helvetica bold, grey, 32pt/38pt Body: Helvetica roman, black, 20pt/24pt Space between paragraphs: 12pt Bullets: Wingdings, black, 60% Please note that you can look up the indents by viewing rulers. If you want to get rid of the indents just drag the bottom arrow back to the left.

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