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Sources for History research
Presented by Richard PearsOctober 2009
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Learning outcomesAfter this session you will be able to
•Use the Library catalogue:to locate books on reading listslocate books on a historical subjectlocate journals by titlerenew books on loan and reserve others
•Use online resources to locate journals and historical material
•Find help in the library and online
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What information do you need?
• Define research area: People, period, place
• Focus: i.e. politics, society, religion, economics, etc
• Information: facts, theories, historiography, data, images, artefacts, etc.
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Break down the subject into searchable areas
Sample topic:
War and national identity in late medieval Scotland
themes time period place
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Where will you find information?
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Some sources of information
Books Internet pages
Journals Statistics
Databases Newspapers
Theses Government publications
Manuscripts Contacts: staff, organisations
Images
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Start here! http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/
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How to find information: booksUse the Library Catalogue: http://library.dur.ac.uk/
• All material held in Durham University Libraries
• Author, title, keyword, subject searching
• Locate journal articles
• Check reading lists
• Reserve, recall, renew items in Library
• Export citations for your bibliography
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Locating other sources
• Use the references and bibliographies cited in other books
• Look for other works by cited authors
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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
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Using Historical Abstracts
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Using journal databases - JSTOR
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Recap
What sources will you need for your research?
How will you find this information?
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Getting help
Library web pages: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/
Contact: [email protected]
Speak to your tutors
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Over to you!
Use the online resources available from the Library’s History web pages to locate information on your subject.
Go to http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/history/
