Guides and databases: History: Welcome

Welcome to the History Subject Guide

This subject guide will provide students from the UCL History department with information about the Library. Here you’ll find relevant resources, instant insights and an overview of the support available to help you with your studies and research.

Use the navigation menu to view what's available, including print and online materials, how-to videos, online chat and details of further training available through LibrarySkills @ UCL.

If you have any questions then please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Subject collections

Some of the key resources in History include:

America: History and Life
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to EBSCOhost. Complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Bibliography of British and Irish History
Index to literature on British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day. Formerly known as Royal Historical Society Bibliography.
Gale Primary Sources
Cross search many of Gale Cengage's databases in one platform
Historical Abstracts
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to EBSCOhost. This database can be accessed by no more than 6 users at a time. Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excl. the United States and Canada - see America: History and Life).
Historical Texts
Historical Texts brings together three collections in one platform: Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) and 65,000 texts from the British Library 19th Century collection.
International Medieval Bibliography
Index of literature on all subjects relating to the Middle Ages, within the date range 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Search the historical archive of The Guardian, The Observer, The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times‎, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of India and 23 major American newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Click on 'Change Databases' and scroll down to see which titles are selected for searching

Where to study?

You can choose to study in any of UCL's Libraries and study spaces, including bookable study and group work spaces. There are also areas for postgraduate use only.

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