General History Web Resources

Web-Portals and Compendia of History Links

• WWW Virtual Library - History Central Catalogue - enormous.
• Institute of Historical Research (IHR) - a site with lots of contacts
• H-Net Discussion Networks - Electronic international subject networks, including reviews, and reading lists.
• United Kingdom History Discussion Groups
• BUBL - a catalogue of internet resources.
• Intute - formerly "Humbul Hub" and "Sosig" aims to be UK higher and further education's first choice for accessing online humanities and social science resources. Includes sections on History, Archaeology, History of Science, American Studies, and so on.
• Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven History Links
• Voice of the Shuttle - a major humanities research site.

Routes to Texts and other sources

Online Bibliographies and Searchable Databases

• OCLC First Search - access to over 80 world-wide databases.
• BIDS - Bath Information and Data Services Social Science Journals (password needed).
• ISI Web of Knowledge - includes Arts and Humanities and Social Science journals and books since c.1981. Password needed. Superceded BIDS.
• WorldCat - computerised catalogues of 2000 American libraries (password needed).
• Index to British University Theses - with abstracts.
• Proquest - index to American and Canadian Theses.
• Institute of Historical Research Bibliography of British and Irish History - lists many, but not all, of the books and articles on British and Irish history published since 1901.
• The Museum of English Rural Life - mainly British and Irish publications since 1900
• British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography - covers up 1991; available thereafter only by subscription.
• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts.

Research Libraries

• COPAC - a site integrating the catalogues of 24 major research libraries in the UK and Ireland.
• UK Public Libraries on the Web - incomplete.
• The British Library
• British Library Manuscript Catalogue
• National Library of Scotland
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: National Library of Wales
• Oxford University Libraries
• John Rylands University Library
• Cambridge University Library
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris)
• National Archives of Ireland
• Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• National Library of the Netherlands
• Norwegian University Libraries
• Royal Library of Copenhagen
• Biblioteca Nacional de España
• Canadian Libraries and Archives
• Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)
• Houghton Library (Harvard)
• Huntington Library (San Marino, California)

History Archives

• Historical Archives of the European Communities (Florence, IT).
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Collections - has guides for HE sector, including one specifically for Arts and Humanities.
• National Archives - the combined Public Record Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission.
• Archon - guide to all UK archives.
• Manorial Documents Records Index of The National Archives - selected counties.
• UK National Register of Archives - search for collections by person, place, business or organisation.
• the Catalogue (fomerly PROCAT) from The National Archives with over 9 million entries.
• GENUKI Genealogical and general sources relating to Britain compiled by family and local historians
• Archives HUB - Guide to University and College Libraries' Archives.
• Access to Archives - intended to provide online catalogue of English record offices' archives.
• Parliamentary Archives - House of Lords Record Office.
• BOPCRIS Abstracts of British Parliamentary Papers (in progress).
• Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland - online guide and texts.
• AHDS History (formerly known as the History Data Service). One of the five centres of the Arts and Humanities Data Service, AHDS History collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning, and teaching.
• University of Southampton Archive and Manuscript Collection - includes Wellington and Palmerston papers.
• Maritime History Archive
• National Maritime Museum (Greenwich).
• Cambridge Alumni Database

Film Archives

• Moving History - a guide to British film holdings
• British Universities Newsreel Database
• The Internet Movie Database - is useful for a quick introduction to any film, past or present.

Online Sources

Online Repositories of Texts

• Historical Text Archive - online sources.
• The Oxford Text Archive - electronic texts mostly of major authors.
• Paul Halsalls' Internet History Source Books Project - collections of sources in translation, including:
• Internet African History Sourcebook
• Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
• Internet Global History Sourcebook
• Internet Indian History Sourcebook
• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
• Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
• Internet History of Science Sourcebook
• Internet Women's History Sourcebook
• Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History
• MICHAEL-UK - 150 sites with online resources
• SCRAN - over one million records from museums, galleries and archives.
• Newspapers On Line - selected issues from British Library
• H-WOMEN Archival and Manuscript Collection
• The Database of Irish Historical Statistics

Sites Relating to History Journals

• For information about history journals online, please refer to the University Library's guide.
• The History Journals Guide - a list of nearly every historical journal, sometimes with information about the electronic databases on which they are held.

Visual and Archaeological Resources

• Archaeology Data Service
• Collect Britain - an archive of 90000+ free, downloadable, images provided by the British Library.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• National Gallery, London
• The Courtauld Institute of Art - University of London
• Guildhall Library and Art Gallery
• The Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature

Maps and Historical Geography

• Digimap Historic Ordnance Survey Map Collection - access is through the Edinburgh University Data Library.
• Great Britain Historical GIS (Geographical Mapping) Program Guide
• Old Ordnance Survey Maps - The Godfrey Edition

Societies, Organisations, Companies

Professional Societies

• The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology
• The Historical Association
• Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History
• Economic History Society
• Social History Society
• Women's History Network
• British Agricultural History Society
• The Council for British Archaeology
• The Pasold Research Fund - for textile history. The trust's library is currently held at Lancaster.
• CHORD - history of retailing and distribution.
• The Centre for International Business History
• The Centre for Urban History
• British Association for Local History

Grant Awarding Bodies

• The Nuffield Foundation - Social Science Research Fellowships
• Arts and Humanities Research Council
• Economic and Social Research Council
• Higher Education Funding Council for England
• The British Academy
• Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK (HERO)

Sellers, Publishers and Disseminators of History Books

• ABE Database of Secondhand Books for Sale
• Amazon.co.uk
• The On-line Books Page
• Blackwells Bookshops
• Naomi Symes Books Catalogue - Women's Studies and Social History Books.
• Ashgate Publications
• Broadview Press
• Cambridge University Press
• Edinburgh University Press
• Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
• Four Courts Press
• Hughes Bookshop
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Irish Academic Press
• Oxford University Press
• Penguin Books
• Primary Source Media: multimedia publisher
• Sage Publications
• Princeton University Press
• Yale University Press

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