1. Sources for MA History research Presented by Richard Pears and Sarah Price October 2010

2. 2 Resources Books & e-books Directories Journals & e-journals E-prints Conference proceedings Theses Internet pages Statistics Official publications Specialist reports Primary material, including archives Discussion groups Academics & librarians

3. ∂ Start here! http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/

4. ∂ How to find information: books Use the Library Catalogue: http://library.dur.ac.uk/ http://library.dur.ac.uk/ All material held in Durham University Libraries Author, title, keyword, subject searching Reserve, recall, renew items in Library Includes DVDs, theses, e-books Obtain items from store Export citations for your bibliography

5. 5 E-books Early English Books Online (EEBO) Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) ACLS Humanities e-books Patrologia Latina Internet, e.g. Google Books - http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search

6. ∂ Locating other sources Use the references and bibliographies cited in other books Look for other works by cited authors Look for published collections, e.g. Surtees Society, Camden Miscellany, Calendar of State Papers Includes e-sources: theses, State Papers Online, Medieval Sources Online, MEMSO, newspapers, images, parliamentary and political papers, and much moree-sources

7. ∂ Using bibliographic databases Search engines indexing thousands of journals, theses, working papers Often include book reviews Sometimes link to full text Download references to relevant sources, then search for these in the Library catalogue See list at http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/subjects/?s=History http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/subjects/?s=History

8. ∂ Using journal databases - JSTOR

9. ∂ L Using Historical Abstracts

10. ∂ Other sources: COPACCOPAC

11. ∂ Other sources: Google BooksGoogle Books

12. ∂ Other sources: Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

13. 13 Primary sources Archives sessions at Palace Green Library Durham University Special Collections http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Access to Archives http://www.a2a.org.uk/default.asp http://www.a2a.org.uk/default.asp

14. 14 Beyond Durham Theses Document delivery service SCONUL Access Other libraries, archives and museums

15. 15 Practical Connect to the internet Open the page http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/ Identify resources for your research Ask for assistance if required

16. ∂ Getting help Library web pages: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/ Contact us: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/ richard.pears@durham.ac.uk sarah.price@durham.ac.uk Speak to your tutors

17. Good luck!