HIST 437: Britain 1688-1877

Skip Contact Info and Research Tips

Contact

Eric Novotny
Title: Acting Head Arts and Humanities

Arts & Humanities Library
W321 Pattee Library
Penn State University
814-865-1014
ecn1@psu.edu

Services for History Researchers

<a href="http://widget.meebo.com/mm.swf?DgmhfJcdJE">Meebo Chat Widget</a>

Course Info

Course Name:
  HIST 437: Britain 1688-1877
Semester:
  Fall
Campus:
  University Park (UP)
Instructor:

References

Reference Books are good places to find out what happened when, look up a statistic, or get a brief overview of historical people, places, and events. They provide overviews of historical topics, refer you to key articles and books, and supply important names, dates, and terms.

Atlas of British Social and Economic History since c. 1700, Call # G1805.A8, Maps Library Reference, Ground Floor Paterno. Also online, search The CAT for the link to the online edition
Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1741-1837: An Encyclopedia, Call # DA480.B75 1997, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2 nd Floor Pattee
British Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of British Diaries Written Between 1442 and 1942, Call # Z2014.D5M3, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2 nd Floor Pattee
British Historical Statistics. Call # HA1134.M58, Business Reference, 3rd Floor Paterno
Handbook of British Chronology, Call # DA34.P6 1986, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee
Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Call # DA16.H56, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (61 volumes), Call # DA28.O95 2004, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2 nd Floor Pattee

Books and Articles

Searching For Books On Your Topic

Use a Library Catalog to search for materials (books, videos, maps, etc.). You can access the library catalogs listed below by going to Find Books.

The CAT ( Penn State 's catalog)
WorldCat (OCLC) (Libraries worldwide)

Tips for locating published primary sources in The CAT

One way to find collections of published primary sources is to use the Subject Heading “Sources”. Combine this with a broad topic, e.g. English civil war AND sources to find printed collections of documents. Another approach is to limit your search by date to find items published around the time an event occurred.

Searching for Scholarly Articles on Your Topic

To find articles on your topic, use an Index.

The primary indexes are:

Historical Abstracts (Articles published since 1954 in history journals)
Includes links to full-text journals in History Cooperative E-Journals, JSTOR, & Project Muse
Periodicals Archive Online (scholarly journals in many fields)
Periodicals Index Online (scholarly journals in many fields)
Women's Studies International (scholarly sources in Women's Studies)

If the article you want is not available online, search The CAT to see if the library has a copy of the journal the article appears in. The CAT will indicate if the library owns the journal, and if so, where it can be located.

Looking for More Books and Articles?

A BIBLIOGRAPHY is a list of citations (books and articles) on a topic.

A few to try:

Sources

Now that you have read what others have written it is time to research some relevant historical documents. It is likely that you will have some leads from the books and articles you have consulted, but you will also want to discover some sources on your own. Below are some types of historical collections available in the University Libraries.

Collections of Printed Source Documents

Many historical texts can be found by browsing the Call Number Range DA20 (Pattee Stacks Level BA). Search The CAT for location information for the collections listed below.