Locating electronic resources
Go to the Electronic Resources home page for general help and advice on accessing electronic resources.
The most important electronic resources are listed on the Library Catalogue| and via the Databases page, and many are searchable via Cross Searcher|. There are also many free online resources that are listed here using the Library's Delicious account|. Some specific resources for international history are covered below.
To run a quick search of the Library catalogue for an electronic resource, please enter the name of the service into the search box below;
Electronic resources for international history
For resources to help you find journal articles, please see the Journals| page.
Other major electronic resources with relevance to international history are detailed below with a full list |also availabie:
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Empire Online is a collection of original documents relating to Empire Studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world. They include primary source documents, diaries, travel logs, government papers, maps, memoirs and photographs. The 5 key themes covered are : cultural contacts; literature, the visual Empire; exhibitions; religion; race, class, colonialism and imperialism
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Mass Observation Online contains selected parts of the Archive. The entire File Report sequence, plus early Mass Observation publications, plus selected Topic Collections are included. Also offered are diaires and directive responses covering the years 1939-40.
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers provides access to the full text of British Parliamentary papers issued between 1688-2003/04. They include House of Commons papers, bills, Command papers and other reports. All aspects of social, economic and foreign policy are covered
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Africabib.org provides access to three free databases: African women, Africana periodical literature database and Women travelers, explorers and missionaries to Africa. They contain over 40,000 references taken from 325 journals published from 1974 to the present day.
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Latin America data base consists of three news digests from the Latin American Institute of the University of New Mexico. SourceMex covers economic and political news and analysis of Mexico, NotiSur political, economic and social issues in South America, NotiCen Central American and Caribbean political and economic affairs, including Cuba.
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19th century British pamphlets provides online access to over 25,000 of the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries.
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Public Papers of the President contains material that was compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
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European history integration index is dedicated the the history of European Integration which is defined as the process of political, cultural and economic integration in the post 1945 period
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Digital National Security Archive is a comprehensive collection of primary documents on USA policy and contains the most important, declassified documents that led to the policy decisions
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Foreign Relations of the United States presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity