1. WISER: Humanities eResources for Historians
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Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian

2. Or, how to become the typical armchair historian
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3. 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.

4. Choice of online resources
Subscription databases
CD-ROMs
eJournals & eBooks
Search engines, websites & portals
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5. Access Lists of subscriptions Off-campus access OxLIP & TDNet
Off-campus access
Virtual Private Network
Athens password
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6. 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
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7. Bibliographical databases: books
Library catalogues
OLIS
British Library Integrated Catalogue
WorldCat
Specialist catalogues
English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC)
Nineteenth Century Short-Title Catalogue
BL Newspaper catalogue
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8. Bibliographical databases: articles
Historical Abstracts (world history, 1450-)
International Medieval Bibliography ( )
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)
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9. 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
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10. Bibliographical databases: dissertations
Index to Theses (UK & Irish)
Dissertation Abstracts International (US bias)
Theses in progress & completed (1995- via Institute of Historical Research website)
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11. 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.
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12. Dictionaries & encyclopedias
Biographical dictionaries
World Biographical Information System
Dictionary of National Biography (British)
American National Biography (US)
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13. Other useful references sources
World of Learning
Digimap Historic Map Service
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Historical currency
Historical directories (England)
Historical calendars
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14. Full-text: eJournals via TDNet Historical content: Current content:
JSTOR
Periodicals Archive Online
Oxford Journals (OUP)
Current content:
Cambridge Journals (CUP)
Project Muse
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15. Full-text: eBooks Individual titles listed in OLIS
Oxford Scholarship Online
Taylor & Francis
Past Masters
Oxford Text Archive
Project Gutenberg
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16. Full-text: eNewspapers
Historical
Times Digital Archive
Washington Post
New York Times Historical Archive
Times Literary Supplement
American Periodicals Series
Current (British & Foreign)
LexisNexis Professional
Factiva
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17. Full-text: Digital source material
Oxford Digital Archive
British History Online
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.
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18. Useful search engines & portals
Intute
Google Scholar
Google Books
Arts & Humanities Data Service (AHDS) History
British History Online
American Memory (Library of Congress)
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19. Useful search engines & portals
History Departments round the World
Institute of Historical Research
H-Net
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20. Questions? Heading A: Helvetica bold, grey, 46pt
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