History

Useful links

For quick access to high quality information for your assignments, try the links on these pages.

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Reading Lists

Finding Books

Finding Articles

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For many assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough articles to work with.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This section lists key sources for History:

• Databases

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• Historical Abstracts

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

The world's leading source of articles and chapters on all aspects of world history from 1450 onwards.

• History Resources on JSTOR

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

JSTOR started as a journal archive but it now offers much more. Jump straight to the articles and chapters on JSTOR which are most useful for History topics. You will also find tips about using JSTOR and carrying out research.

• JSTOR

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

JSTOR is best known as an academic journal archive containing thousands of articles on a wide range of subjects. To find the most recent years, you will need to search other databases like Discovery or go to the journal sites themselves. JSTOR also contains ebooks, research reports and 1000+ collections of images and primary sources from libraries, museums and archives around the world.

For some tips on searching JSTOR, watch this short video. You can also use JSTOR's Text Analyzer to find other documents or keywords relevant to your research. If you use JSTOR a lot, it's worth setting up a free, personal account so that you can use JSTOR's Workspace to store articles and notes.

Look out for JSTOR's collections of 19^th century British pamphlets.