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Great Britain:

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

For additional resources, see European History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

• British Association for Local History

• Great Britain and Ireland (Libweb, Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE)

• British Library

• Library and Library OPACs (HERO: Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom)
  Library catalogs of institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

• National Archives

• Repositories of Primary Sources: United Kingdom (University of Idaho)

• WWW Virtual Library Museums Pages: Museums Around the UK on the Web

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Great Britain:

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

For additional resources, see European History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes.

• ARCHON - A-Z of Professional Organisations and Public Bodies (Historical Manuscripts Commission)

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Great Britain:

Background

Sometimes you may need some information to get more familiar with your topic. Below are some materials that can provide background on British history. The resources listed at European History: Background may be helpful, also. If you need help finding information, please ask at the Hunt Library reference desk.

• Cannon, John Ashton. Dictionary of British History. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 2001. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Searchable database of information based on the Oxford companion to British history. The resource is devoted to the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present.

• Cannon, John Ashton, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History. Rev. ed. [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2003. (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Covers the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. The entries, written and signed by over 100 specialist contributors, provide information on the following aspects of British history: political, economic, social, military, people, events, and institutions.

• Cannon, John A, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History. (Carnegie Mellon users only) Rev. ed. [New York]: Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Cannon, John A., ed. The Oxford Companion to British History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  HUNT REF-1 DA34 .O93 1997

• Cannon, John Ashton and Anne Hargreaves. The Kings and Queens of Britain. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 2001. (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• Cannon, John and Ralph Griffiths. The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
  HUNT REF-1 DA40 .C29 1988

• Companion to British History (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• Corey, Melinda and George Ochoa. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World: A Reader's Companion to the People, Places, Events, and Everyday Life of the Victorian Era. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1996.
  HUNT REF-1 DA550 .E53 1996

• Dabundo, Laura S., ed. Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in Britain, 1780s-1830s. New York: Garland Pub., 1992.
  HUNT REF-1 DA529 .E53 1992

• Dictionary of British History (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• Encyclopedia of British History, 1700-1960 (Guardian Education Interactive Ltd.)

• Haigh, Christopher. The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  HUNT REF-1 DA34 .C28 1985

• Isaacs, Alan and Jennifer Monk, eds. The Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of British Heritage. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
  HUNT REF-1 DA110 .C254 1986

• Kenyon, J. P., ed. A Dictionary of British History. New York: Stein and Day, 1983, c1981.
  HUNT REF-1 DA34 .D52 1983

• Kinney, Arthur F. and David W. Swain, eds. Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 2001.
  HUNT REF-1 DA315 .T753 2001

• Mitchell, Sally, ed. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1988.
  HUNT REF-1 DA550 .V53 1988

• Newman, Gerald, ed. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1997.
  HUNT REF-1 DA480 .B75 1997

• The Official Site of the The British Monarchy

• Panton, Kenneth J. and Keith A. Cowland. Historical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. 2 vols. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997-1998.
  HUNT REF-1 DA34 .P36 1997

• Saul, Nigel. The Batsford Companion to Medieval England. Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & Noble, 1983, c1982.
  HUNT REF-1 DA175 .S38 1983

• Stewart, John. The British Empire: An Encyclopedia of the Crown's Holdings, 1493 Through 1995. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c1996.
  HUNT REF-1 DA16 .S84 1996

• Szarmach, Paul E., M. Teresa Tavormina, and Joel T. Rosenthal, eds. Medieval England: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 DA129 .M43 1998

• Tompson, Richard S. Great Britain: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present. New York: Facts On File, c2003.
  HUNT REF-1 Z2016 .T66 2003

• Wilding, Norman W. and Philip Laundy. An Encyclopaedia of Parliament. New York: F. A. Praeger, [1968].
  HUNT REF-1 JN555 .W5 1968B

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Great Britain:

Biographical Resources

See also European History: Biographical Resources

• British Empire: Biographies (Stephen Luscombe)

• Concise Dictionary of National Biography.
  complete to 1921.
  2 vols. London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford [1930]-1961.
  HUNT REF-1 DA28 .D55 1930
  3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  HUNT REF-1 DA28 .C66 1992

• The Dictionary of National Biography.
  66 vols. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1885-1901.
  HUNT REF-1 DA28 .D4
  3 vols. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1912
  HUNT REF-1 920 D552 SUPP.2
  9 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1912-1996.
  HUNT REF-1 920 D552A

• Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome (Bolles Collection, Tufts University)

• Encyclopedia of British History, 1700-1960(Guardian Education Interactive Ltd.)
  • Members of Parliament, 1750-1820
  • Members of Parliament, 1820-1880
  • Members of Parliament, 1880-1920
  • Members of Parliament, 1920-1960
  • The Monarchy, 1760-1952
  • Prime Ministers, 1760-1960

• Routh, Charles Richard Nairne, ed. Who's Who in History. 5 vols. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1960-1974.
  HUNT REF-1 DA28 .W619

• Who Was Who, a Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died. 7 vols. London: A. & C. Black.
  HUNT REF-1 DA28 .W65

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Great Britain:

Books and Journal Articles

Below are resources specifically for Great Britain. See European History: Books and Journal Articles for essential resources on any aspect of European history.

• Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press for the Royal Historical Society.
  Print: 1975, 1979, 1983, 1990
  HUNT BMST Z2016 .A55
  1975-1985,1995-1996
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, Reference (Ground Floor) Z2016 A55
  See also the Royal Historical Society Bibliography

• The Bolles Collection on the History of London (Tufts University)
  A Digital Archive on the History and Topography of London. Includes texts of books, images, maps.

• British Humanities Index
  Print: 1962-present
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY
  AI3 A721 Latest 20 yrs on Index carrel #9 earlier volumes on compact shelves #66-67
  Continues Subject Index to Periodicals, which indexed European journals pre World War II (see Europe: Books and Journal articles).

• Brown, Lucy M. and Ian R. Christie, eds. Bibliography of British History, 1789-1851, Issued under the Direction of the American Historical Association and the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.
  HUNT REF-1 Z2019 .B76

• Books in the Victorian Web (George Landow, Brown University, et al)

• Catterall, Peter. British History, 1945-1987: an Annotated Bibliography. Cambridge Mass., USA: B. Blackwell, 1991.
  HUNT BMST Z2020.3 .C37 1991

• Early English Books Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  ca. 1475 to 1700 (updated annually)
  Search or browse the full text of over 95,000 titles published between 1475 and 1700. Books can be viewed online and or downloaded in PDF format (Adobe).

• Hanham, H. J., ed. and comp. Bibliography of British History, 1851-1914. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976.
  HUNT REF-1 Z2019 .H35

• Houghton, Walter E., ed. The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900; Tables of Contents and Identification of Contributors, with Bibliographies of their Articles and Stories. 5 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1966-1989].
  HUNT REF-1 Z2005 .H6

• London's Past Online: A Bibliography of London History (Royal Historical Society)
  Search published material relating to the history of the Greater London area.

• Royal Historical Society Bibliography
  Search for books, articles in books, and journal articles from 1900 to the present. See Scope and Aims for detailed information regarding database content. Briefly, citations are from the following:
  • Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History (1975-present)
  • Writings on British History (1901-1974)
  • Bibliography of British History (various editions)

• Victorian Texts in the Victorian Web (George Landow, Brown University, et al)

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Great Britain:

Discussion Lists

• H-Albion
  British and Irish History

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Great Britain:

Internet Guides

See also European History: Internet Guides

• British Empire Studies

• WWW-VL History Central Catalogue:
  • History of the United Kingdom

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Great Britain:

Journals

Below are some major journals in French History. To find journal articles on particular topics use the resources at European History: Great Britain: Books and Journal Articles or European History: Books and Journal Articles. If you need help locating particular journals, please ask at the Hunt reference desk. The journals listed at European History: Journals, may be of interest, too

• Albion
  Print: v. 1, 1969-present.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, 4th floor

• British Heritage
  Print: v. 1, 1979-1993. (inc)
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, 4th floor
  Supercedes British History Illustrated (see below).

• British History Illustrated
  Print: v. 1, 1974-v. 6, 1979.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, 4th floor
  Superceded by British Heritage (see above).

• Journal of British Studies (Carnegie Mellon user only)
  Full text: v. 1, 1961 -v. 41, 2002
  Journal of British Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 41, 2002-present.
  Journal of British Studies
  Print: v.6, 1966-present.
  HUNT JOUR-3

• Victorian Studies (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: v. 2, 1999-present.
  Victorian Studies
  Print: v.1, 1957-present.
  HUNT JOUR-3

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Great Britain:

Maps

See also European History: Maps

• Charles Booth's 1889 Descriptive Map of London Poverty (developed by Sabiha Ahmad for David Wayne Thomas, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Michigan)

• Falkus, Malcolm E. and John Gillingham, eds. Historical Atlas of Britain. New York: Continuum, 1981.
  HUNT REF-1 G1812 .21.S1 H5 1981

• Gilbert, Martin. British History Atlas. London: Weindenfeld & Nicolson, [c1968].
  HUNT REF-1 G1811 .S1 G5 1968

• Great Britain Historical GIS Project (University of Portsmouth)

• Hill, David. An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1981.
  HUNT REF-1 G1812 .21.S2 H5 1981

• Historic Cities: Great Britain (Historic Cities Center of the Department of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library)

• Map of John Snow's London in 1859 (Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los angeles)

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Great Britain:

Newspapers

See also European History: Newspapers.

• The British Library Online Newspaper Archive (Pilot Version Only)
  Access via Olive Software to selected, searchable facsimile issues of London’s Daily News, The News of the World and The Weekly Dispatch, Penny Illustrated and The Manchester Guardian. Exact issues available vary by title, though the Pilot Project clusters around these dates and events:
  • 1851 The Crystal Palace, housing the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, opened May 1st
  • 1856 The Crimean War ended with the Treaty of Paris
  • 1886 The Irish question in British politics; the defeat of Gladstone's Home Rule Bill, and his resignation
  • 1900 A centenary year, Boer War in South Africa and the relief of Mafeking on the 17 May 1900
  • 1918 11 November, the Armistice ending the ‘Great War of 1914-1918'

• Extracts from the Times (Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London, University of Virginia)
  Excerpts from various issues of the Times, January, 1850 to August 1851.

• Lexis Nexis Academic (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Search and display full text or abstracts of European newspapers ca. 1990-present. Once connected, select News, then World News category, then European News Sources. Some full text British newspapers included are: The Yorkshire Post (2001-present); The Yorkshire Evening Post (2001-present); The Herald (Glasgow) (1992-present); The Guardian (London) (1984-present) and The Times and the Sunday Times (London) (1985-present).

• Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Full text: 1785-1985.
  Search and display the full text.

• Times (London)
  Print: 1785-present (paper kept until microfilm arrives)
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Microforms (2nd Floor)
  See also Lexis Nexis Academic (above).

• Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper
  Print: 1790/1795-1905
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Compact Shelves (Ground Floor) AI21 T46p shelved on compact shelves #66-67; Continued by:
  Annual Index to the Times
  Print: 1906-1913
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Compact Shelves (Ground Floor) AI21 T46 shelved on compact shelved #66-67; Continued by:
  Official Index to the Times
  Print: 1906-1957
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Compact Shelves (Ground Floor) AI21 T46 shelved on compact shelved #66-67; continued by:
  Index to the Times.
  Print: 1957-1972.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Compact Shelves (Ground Floor) AI21 T46 shelved on compact shelves #66-67; continued by:
  Times Index
  Print: 1973-2000.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Index Carrels (Ground Floor); 1973-1977 shelved on compact shelves #66-67,1978-present on index carrel #6

• Times(London). Tercentenary Handlist of English & Welsh Newspapers, Magazines & Reviews ... (London: Times, 1920.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY Request from Storage Z6956.E5 T5
  CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH MAIN HUMANITIES CLOSED STACKS qr 016.072 L82

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Great Britain:

Pictorial Resources

See also European History: Pictorial Resources.

• British Empire: Media (Stephen Luscombe)
  Images of advertising, cigarette cards, Punch cartoons, etc.

• Collage
  An image database containing 20,000 works from the Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London.

• Old Postcards from Wales (Data Wales)

• Victoriana.com

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Great Britain:

Primary Sources

See also European History: Primary Sources. Material in Great Britain: Books and Journal Articles and Great Britain: Newspapers may also be considered primary sources.

• Acts of the UK Parliament (Her Majesty's Stationery Office)
  1988-present.

• Great Britain. Parliament. The Parliamentary Debates. London: Published under the superintendence of T.C. Hansard, 1820-1829.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY General Collection J301 H619
  Print: v.1-20 <1820-1829>
• Great Britain. Parliament. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates. [S.l.: s.n.], 1829-1891 (London: T.C. Hansard).
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY General Collection J301 H619
  Print: 2:21-25;3:1-356 <1829-1830;1830-1891>
• Great Britain. Parliament. The Parliamentary Debates/ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Reuter's Telegram Co., 1892-1908.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Temporarily Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access)
  Print: v.1,1-199 <1892-1908>
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. The Parliamentary Debates, Official Report, House of Commons. London: H.M.S.O.,
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access
  Print: 5:1-318 <1909-1937>
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. The Parliamentary Debates, Official Report, House of Lords. London: H.M.S.O.,
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Temporarily Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access
  Print: 5:79-103 <1909-1937>
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Parliamentary Debates. House of Commons Official Report. London: H.M.S.O., 1937-1943.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Temporarily Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. The Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords Official Report. London: H.M.S.O., 1937-1943.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Temporarily Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons Official Report. London: H.M.S.O., 1944-
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Temporarily Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords Official Report. London: H.M.S.O., 1944-
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HILLMAN LIBRARY Temporarily Shelved at Storage Facility - REQUEST for access

• Great Britain. Parliament. Sessional Papers.
  1696-1900.
  UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY, GROUND FLOOR, MICROPRINT J301
  Public bills, committee reports, commissioners' reports, and accounts and papers. For indexes to the Sessional Papers use:
  • Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers. [General] Index.
    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY REFERENCE f z2009 .I73 [compact shelving 68-70]
    Vols. 4-8
  • Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900
    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, HILLMAN LIBRARY REFERENCE Z2019 c63 1988 V. 1-5

• Hansard (House of Commons Daily Debates) (Parliament)
  1988-present.

• History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents (Eurodocs, Brigham Young University)

• The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834
  "A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."

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