History, European

Getting Started
Journal Articles
Maps
Primary Materials
Specialised Resources
Statistics

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (online)

Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages (online)

Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World (online)

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation (online)

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (online)

Europe 1789 to 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire (online)

Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction (online)

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000 (online)

Handbooks:

Books on European history will be found on the Library shelves at various call numbers, especially in the D area. For example:

DA United Kingdom and Ireland
DC France
DD Germany
DG Italy
DK Russia and the Soviet Union
DP Spain

Remember that two-thirds of new research in history is published in books. Use the Library Catalogue keyword search to find books on your topic. Some books are available online (e-books).

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

JSTOR
This database provides the full text of articles from many major journals. Use the Advanced Search and choose the Item Type article. Under narrow by discipline, choose History.

Historical Abstracts
Use this database for more advanced research. It lists journal articles and books on European history from 1450 to the present.

International Medieval Bibliography
This database lists journal articles on the European Middle Ages (c.450-1500).

Bibliography of British and Irish History
This database lists journal articles and books on all periods of British and Irish history.

Maps

Maps:

Old Maps Online

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Archival Resources

Online Medieval Sources Bibliography
A bibliography of printed editions of medieval source materials. Some of the publications are available online.

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Digitised versions of primary sources for European history, from antiquity to the modern era.

An increasing amount of archival material is becoming available online. The UQ Library has purchased some important digital archival collections from Adam Matthew Publications.

Newspapers

The Times (London)
Available online from 1785 onwards.

The Guardian (Manchester, later London)
Available online from 1821 onwards.

Gale News Vault
A database of British newspapers from the 17th century onwards.

To find digitised historical newspapers from other countries, check the ICON website.

From the 1990s, newspapers from many countries are available on the Factiva database.

Translated newspaper articles and radio broadcasts from the period 1941 to 1996 are included in the Foreign Broadcast Information Service daily reports.