History Subject Guide from RLG Cultural Materials  Books  |  Reference |   Databases  |  Web Resources    For help with your research, visit the reference desk (hours) on the second floor of Barnard Library, or contact a Barnard reference librarian:       Phone: 212-854-3953       Chat: IM BarnardReference       E-mail: refdesk@barnard.edu Request a one-on-one consultation with a Barnard librarian if you have an in-depth research need. Books CLIO: the Library Catalog CLIO: (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for the Barnard and Columbia Libraries. Use CLIO to find books, journals, links to online books and journals,  and non-print materials, in the Columbia or Barnard libraries. CLIO can be searched by author, title, subject and keyword.  Help for searching CLIO is available on every CLIO screen: click on the Help button at the top.  You can enter CLIO from the Barnard Library home page or from the Columbia University Libraries Home Page Search tips are available on the bottom of the opening search screen The holdings of the Health Sciences Library as well as Union Theological Seminary are included in CLIO The Law Library's catalog is Pegasus,Teacher's College catalog is Educat and JTS' catalog is Aleph To search CLIO, Pegasus and Educat simultaneously, click on the "Search all CU catalogs" button, available on every CLIO screen. To limit books to those in the Barnard library only use the Pre-Set Limit or Post Limit option; available with keyword and title searches only. Primary sources can also be found in CLIO. For example, select the subject search and type: churchill winston note the subheadings under churchill winston 1874-1965:                  --archives                  --biographies (this includes autobiographies)                  --correspondence                  --diaries                  --oratory The subheadings: diaries, interviews and sources indicate primary sources; also search person as author Using subject headings in history research. See examples below. great britain--history great britain--history-- 19th century great britain--social life and customs women--france--history   Call numbers for history begin with D, E or F.              D History: General and Old World              D - DR: History (General), History of Europe              DS: History of Asia              DT - DX: History of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.              E - F: History: America (Western Hemisphere)                  Overview of the Library of Congress Classification Outline      Reference available in Barnard Library Reference Area; ask at reference desk about additional reference books   Title Call Number Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment B802 .E53 2002 & online Encyclopedia of the Renaissance CB361 .E52 1999 Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Dictionary of the Middle Ages D114.D5 1982 Europe 1450-1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World D209 .E97  2004 & online Reader's Guide to British History DA34. R43 2003 Encyclopedia of the Victorian World DA550 .E53 1996 Twentieth-Century Britain: an Encyclopedia DA566 .T835 Encyclopedia of Asian History DS31 .E53 1988 Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World DS35.53 .095 Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East DS43 .E53 2004 & online Encyclopedia Judaica DS 101.8 E496 2007 & online Encyclopedia of India DS405 .E556 2006 South East Asia : a Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor DS524 .S68 2004 Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara DT351 .E53 1997 Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture F1406 .E53 1993 Encyclopedia of European Social History HN373 .E63 2001 & online Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World Blackwell Reference Online Gale Virtual Reference Oxford Reference Online Cambridge Histories Online: Full-text online access to the complete 250-plus volumes of the Cambridge reference serices Databases & Indexes: Secondary Sources ABSEES: American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (1990- ) Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Includes citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, government publications and more. Academic Source Premier Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications in various disciplines. Africa Wide NiPAD Africa; history, literature, music, archaeology, fine arts, business and other social sciences. Citations, abstracts and Internet Links. Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975- )  Arts & humanities and Social Sciences. Includes history, links to full-text articles. ATLA Religion Database Religion and theology, coverage date varies, some citations go back to 1949. Bibliography of Asian Studies ((1971- ) Asian Studies database. Interdisciplinary and includes many subject areas. British Humanities Index Indexes articles in many humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the U.K. and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the U.K. Caribbean Abstracts Abstracts of books and articles. Central and Eastern European Online Library an online archive which provides access to full text articles pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics. Essay and General Literature Index Indexes essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Areas covered include the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film 1985 to present. This is available in print form, covering 1900-1994. Possible primary sources. Barnard Reference: AI 3 .E752 Francis International in scope. Includes Humanities: archaeology, history of art, history of science, linguistics, literature, philosophy, prehistory, religions; Social sciences: administration, Latin America, computer and law, education, ethnology, geography, health, sociology; Economics: economy, energy economics, management. HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Online Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanic Americans. Citations to articles and book reviews. Historical Abstracts  World history, excluding the U.S. & Canada. Covers 1450 to present. Articles, books and dissertations. History of Science Medicine and Technology Citations for articles, conference proceedings, books and book reviews in the history of science and technology. Humanities Full Text Humanities including history. Citations and abstracts for articles.  Index Islamicus Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim World. Indexes periodicals. Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI) A bibliography of scholarly articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Some full text articles are available. Based on the print publication by the same title (ceased publication in 2000). Text in English, Hebrew, and various European languages. Provides a link to the JNUL home page. International Bibliography of the Social Sciences  Core social sciences, includes history, demography, foreign affairs, international relations, psychology and social issues. Includes international journals. Iter : Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1842 -) Citations for articles, books and other materials on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1400-1700). JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Multidisciplinary.A full text database of articles from over 1,000 scholarly journals, from the beginning of the journal but excluding the most recent 3-5 years; includes African American studies, anthropology, classical studies,  education, history, language and literature, philosophy, political science, sociology and more. Persees: Portail de Revues Scientifiques in Sciences Humaine et Sociales Provides full-text online versions of back issues of selected French journals in the humanities and social sciences. Project Muse Multidisciplinary. Full text articles from many scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press in the humanities and social sciences.  Includes most recent years only. ProQuest Multidisciplinary. Full text articles and abstracts from newspapers and periodicals in many disciplines, international affairs, law, psychology, public affairs, sociology, women's studies, from 1988 to the present. For scholarly journals, click on "scholarly journals" after results are retrieved. Royal Historical Society Bibliography The Royal Historical Society bibliography is a database containing citations to books and articles on British and Irish history, including relations with the empire and Commonwealth during all periods for which written documentation is available. Social Sciences Full Text  Social sciences. Includes social history, anthropology, economics, foreign affairs, international relations, political science, psychology, sociology and more. Victorian Database Online Index of 19th century British studies sources published from 1945 to the present. Databases:  Primary Sources 17th-18th Century Burney Collection of Newspapers: British Searchable full text for the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. 19th Century British Library Newspapers Searchable full text of British newspapers from the 19th century. AccuNet/AP Photo Archive Associated Press photo archive of over 500,000 images from 1844 to the present. Archival Collections Portal at Columbia This portal allows patrons to search the archival repositories of the Avery Drawings & Archive, CU Archives, Health Sciences Library, Burke Library (UTS)  and the Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries. Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Citations for articles in architectural periodicals, 1741 to date. British & Irish Women's Letters & Diaries Full text, from 1500-1900. British Newspapers, 1600-1900 17th-18th Centu1ry Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th century British Library Newspapers. British Periodicals Searchable full text of many British Periodicals from the late 17th century to the early 20th century. Center for Research Libraries Catalog The Center for Research Libraries or CRL has a collection of international newspapers, digital resources, as well as books. Conditions & Politics in Occupied Western Europe, 1940-1945 Full-text documents received in the British Foreign Office from all European states under Nazi occupation during World War II. Digital South Asia Provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia, including images, the Imperial Gazetteer, 1908-1931 and more. Early English Books Online Full page images of most books published in English and the English speaking world, prior to 1700. English literature, history, early printed books, philosophy, religion, linguistics, history of science, fine arts. Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership Full-text works from Early English Books Online with a slightly more searchable text than in EEBO itself and a different search interface. Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Full text of British and American imprints, 1701-1800 E-Images: Columbia University Image databases, includes: Columbia Image Bank: History of Art & Architecture; ARTstor;  Visual Collections: Images of Art, History and Culture; and the AP Photo Archive Electronic Enlightenment Correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the eighteenth century. Gallica: La Bibliotheque Numerique A digital library of French and & Francophone culture maintained by the Bibliotheque Nationale De France. Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945 Full-text searchable collection of books and periodicals, the bulk of the collection dates from 1880-1920 Worldwide in scope. Guardian and Observer The full text of the newspapers, Guardian, 1821-2003 and the Observer, 1791-2003. History of Science, Technology and Medicine Articles, conference proceedings, books and book reviews in the history of science and technology. Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective Citations and abstracts for articles in the humanities and social sciences from 1907-1974. In the First Person An index to letters, diaries, oral histories & personal narratives. International Index (1907-1965) Citations to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities. Barnard Reference: AI13 .R49  Barnard Ref: AI3.R491) JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Multidisciplinary. A full text database of articles from over many scholarly journals, from the beginning of the journal but excluding the most recent 3-5 years; includes African American studies, anthropology, classical studies,  education, history, language and literature, philosophy, political science, sociology and more. Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 Full text, British and American laws, treatises. Making of the Modern World: the Goldsmith's Kress Library of Economic Literature Digital facsimiles of literature on economics and business published from the mid 1500's to the mid 1800's. Mass Observation Online (British Social History, 1932-1972) Essays on British social history collected between 1937 and 1972. Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online Library of books essential to the study of medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. Nineteenth Century Masterfile Includes several 19th-century periodical indexes, including Poole's Index to Periodical Literature as well as indexing of the New York Daily Tribune (1875-1906) and the New York Times (1863-1905) Use CLIO to find which library owns the periodical. Some links to full-text. Nineteenth Century U.K. Periodicals Over 1 million pages of periodicals published in Great Britain from 1800-1900. Oral History Online Index to oral history collections in English from around the world. PAIS International:Archive (Public Affairs Information Service database), 1915- Public Affairs, Political Science. Citations and abstracts for articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. Use Date Range option to search archive. Parliamentary Papers Online:19 Century House of Commons Full-text 19th century British Parliamentary Papers. Past Masters Searchable full-text collection of works of philosophy and social and economic thought, includes letters, correspondence and more. Perdita Manuscripts: Women Writers Online 1500-1700 Manuscripts written or compiled by women living in the British Isle during the 16th and 17th centuries. Periodicals Archive Online Especially useful for finding articles published in the 18, 19th and the early 20th centuries. Interdisciplinary and includes international journals. Primarily humanities and social sciences. Periodicals Index Online An international, interdisciplinary full-text index, especially useful for finding articles published in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. ProQuest Historical Newspapers Full-text and full-image articles from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times from the first issues; the Chicago Tribune as yet is incomplete, and begins in 1890. Contains digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF files. Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing Archive Spans a period of 120 years and contains both books and journal articles, including full text of eighteen English-language journals in psychoanalysis. Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online English language letters, diaries, autobiographies, oral histories, and other personal narratives. Times of London (1785-1985 ) Full-text and full image articles from the Times of London. Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 Subject-inclusive, language-inclusive bibliography of 50,000 publications, 48,000 personal names, 4,572 issuing bodies and 756 subjects. Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 Citations to articles from this time period. British and American. Women Writers Online Full-text collection of writings by English and American women writing from the 16th through early 19th century. Web Resources ARTFL:American research on the treasury of the French language The Avalon Project of the Yale Law School reproduces documents relevant to law, diplomacy, politics, economics, and history Cabinet Papers of the U.K., 1915-1977 Cuban Internet Resources Eighteenth Century Costume Resources Online Eighteenth-Century Studies Encyclopedia of British History EuroDocs; European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated Evans Digital Edition-full-text & images of works printed in America from 1639-1800, includes some international titles Fashion Era Gathering the Jewels: Website for Welsh Cultural History Gertrude Bell Project Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Hanover Historical Text Project Primary texts from Europe, the United States and beyond from Hanover College Historical Text Archive Miscellaneous texts from Donald Mabry History E-Book Project Histpop: Online Historical Population Reports: U.K. Internet History Sourcebook Project from Paul Halsall at Fordham University Internet Library of Early Journals   "...a joint project by the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford... aims to digitize substantial runs of 18th and 19th century journals. The core collection for the project are runs of at least 20 consecutive years of three 18th-century journals: Gentleman's Magazine, The Annual Register, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and  three 19th-century journals: Notes and Queries, The Builder, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Browse by journal title or search the full-text (full-text searching is  available for selected journals)" Liberty Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution National Library of Ireland: The 1916 Uprising Past Masters: searchable full-text collection of works of philosophy, social and economic thought Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online, 1674-1834 Penny Magazine Online Home Page contains the text of some issues of the Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, a popular illustrated weekly of mid-19th century Britain Pamphlets & Periodicals of the French Revolution, from CRL U.K. National Archives Victoria Research Web Victorian Web, Brown University Vincent Ferraro's Fletcher School, Tufts and Mount Holyoke Voice of the Shuttle - History Voltaire Philosophical Dictionary: from Hanover College   Subject Guides British History: from CUL East Asian Studies: from CUL Europe since 1450: Guide from Butler Reference European Union Studies: from CUL Europe since 1450: Guide from Butler Reference General Statistical Statistics: International Statistics Jewish Studies: from CUL Latin American  & Iberian Studies: from CUL Middle East Studied & Islamic Studies:  from CUL Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies: from CUL South Asian Studies : from CUL South East Asian Studies: from CUL Barnard Subject Guides: Complete List Columbia Guides: Complete List Catnyp: New York Public Library Research Collection Catalog Center for Research Libraries Catalog WorldCat, Composite Library Catalog   Last Modified 2/6/09 Karen Dobrusky, Reference Librarian  Return to Subject Guides list

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