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Databases
JSTOR
Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Access to archival issues of journals with coverage usually ending three to five years before present. Back issues of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, science, and social sciences with links to current issues available in Project Muse.
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Coverage: Coverage varies (Full text)
Access to archival issues of journals with coverage usually ending three to five years before present. Back issues of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, science, and social sciences with links to current issues available in Project Muse.
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Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-2006
The complete digital edition of the Times (London) can be searched and full images of either a specific article or a complete page retrieved. The entire newspaper has been captured, including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photographs.
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Coverage: 1785-2006
The complete digital edition of the Times (London) can be searched and full images of either a specific article or a complete page retrieved. The entire newspaper has been captured, including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photographs.
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World History In Context
Coverage: Full text
Extensive coverage of the 20th Century as well as the Ancient Mediterranean, Near East, Asia, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Middle East and Latin America. Materials included are full text journals, reference works and primary source documents.
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Coverage: Full text
Extensive coverage of the 20th Century as well as the Ancient Mediterranean, Near East, Asia, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Middle East and Latin America. Materials included are full text journals, reference works and primary source documents.
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Biographies
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Contains scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history. Entries on individuals who died after 1980.
Contains scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history. Entries on individuals who died after 1980.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
This website contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have made their mark on this country. It does not include people who are alive.
This website contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have made their mark on this country. It does not include people who are alive.
Dictionaries
Chambers Dictionary of World History
Newly revised and expanded, the third edition of the Chambers Dictionary of World History contains many entries, providing clear and authoritative coverage of the most significant people, ideas and events of world history.
Newly revised and expanded, the third edition of the Chambers Dictionary of World History contains many entries, providing clear and authoritative coverage of the most significant people, ideas and events of world history.
Dictionary of American History from 1763 to the present
Covers the period immediately preceding the American Revolution to the present, including political, diplomatic, military, economic, social, and cultural developments and events.
Covers the period immediately preceding the American Revolution to the present, including political, diplomatic, military, economic, social, and cultural developments and events.
Dictionary of British History
The Dictionary of British History has been a leading historical reference work since its publication in 2001. This dictionary is invaluable for anyone studying or with an interest in British history as well as for those in need of a compact reference book covering 2,000 years of people, events, places, and change.
The Dictionary of British History has been a leading historical reference work since its publication in 2001. This dictionary is invaluable for anyone studying or with an interest in British history as well as for those in need of a compact reference book covering 2,000 years of people, events, places, and change.
Industrialization and Imperialism, 1800-1914: a Biographical Dictionary
This book presents an age of nationalism, imperialism, modernisation, industrialism, and great cultural achievement, stretching from 1800, when Europe was awash in the wake of the French Revolution, the reign of terror, and the coming rise of Napoleon, to Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in 1914.
This book presents an age of nationalism, imperialism, modernisation, industrialism, and great cultural achievement, stretching from 1800, when Europe was awash in the wake of the French Revolution, the reign of terror, and the coming rise of Napoleon, to Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in 1914.
New Penguin Dictionary of Modern History, 1789-1945
This fully cross-referenced dictionary of modern history is global in context and provides detailed definitions and background information on events and people from 1789 to 1945.
This fully cross-referenced dictionary of modern history is global in context and provides detailed definitions and background information on events and people from 1789 to 1945.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
This encyclopedia includes writers from non-Western cultures as well as from the West. The entries, arranged alphabetically, consist of three types of essays--on individuals, nations or geographical areas, and topics.
This encyclopedia includes writers from non-Western cultures as well as from the West. The entries, arranged alphabetically, consist of three types of essays--on individuals, nations or geographical areas, and topics.
Global Environmental History: 10,000 BC to AD 2000
'Global environmental history' considers the global picture and recognises the contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences, the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities. As a starting point, this book takes the major phases of human technological evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have affected the natural world. It then considers the response to conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations into a long-term perspective.
'Global environmental history' considers the global picture and recognises the contributions of many disciplines including the natural sciences, the social sciences, and increasingly, the humanities. As a starting point, this book takes the major phases of human technological evolution of the last 12,000 years and considers how these have affected the natural world. It then considers the response to conditions such as climate change, putting today's preoccupations into a long-term perspective.
Hutchinson Chronology of World History
Arranged in chronological sequence by decade or by year, this work details both major and minor events that shaped every area of human achievement and concern.
Arranged in chronological sequence by decade or by year, this work details both major and minor events that shaped every area of human achievement and concern.
Oxford Companion to British History
The Oxford Companion to British History covers all aspects of the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Written by over 100 distinguished specialist contributors, the variety of entries provides a wealth of essential information touching all aspects of British history: political, economic, social, military, people, events, and institutions.
The Oxford Companion to British History covers all aspects of the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Written by over 100 distinguished specialist contributors, the variety of entries provides a wealth of essential information touching all aspects of British history: political, economic, social, military, people, events, and institutions.
Oxford Companion to Irish history
The Oxford Companion to Irish History takes an inclusive approach to Irish history, with entries ranging from horse racing to Home Rule, bogs to boxing, and Parnell to parliaments. Traditional topics such as the rebellion of 1798 and the Irish Civil War can be found alongside entries on newly developing areas such as women's history and popular culture.
The Oxford Companion to Irish History takes an inclusive approach to Irish history, with entries ranging from horse racing to Home Rule, bogs to boxing, and Parnell to parliaments. Traditional topics such as the rebellion of 1798 and the Irish Civil War can be found alongside entries on newly developing areas such as women's history and popular culture.
New Zealand Databases
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
New Zealand National Union Catalogue (via Te Puna)
Coverage: Index
Contains bibliographic records for books and journals published worldwide, and indicates which New Zealand libraries may have copies.
Coverage: Index
Contains bibliographic records for books and journals published worldwide, and indicates which New Zealand libraries may have copies.
Websites
American Memory
Provides a gateway to the Library of Congress’s digitised American historical materials. Formats include manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books, pamphlets, and sheet music.
Provides a gateway to the Library of Congress’s digitised American historical materials. Formats include manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books, pamphlets, and sheet music.
British History Online
An Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust resource which provides information from the medieval and early modern period.
An Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust resource which provides information from the medieval and early modern period.
British Library Online Collection
Searchable database of photographs, text and images from the collections of the British Library.
Searchable database of photographs, text and images from the collections of the British Library.
ENNZ: Environment and Nature in New Zealand
Australian and New Zealand online newsletter for those with interests in environmental history, landscape studies, literature and the environment, garden history, history of science, treaty history, and heritage issues.
Australian and New Zealand online newsletter for those with interests in environmental history, landscape studies, literature and the environment, garden history, history of science, treaty history, and heritage issues.
