Oxford LibGuides: History: Guides to History collections

Subject and Research Guides

Africa

The Americas

Asia

Australia

Commonwealth countries

Caribbean

Europe

Great Britain and Ireland

Near and Middle East

Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies

Russia

Classics and Ancient history guide

Guide to sources for medieval history

Resources for medievalists in Hispanic studies A guide for students and researchers in Hispanic medieval studies at the University of Oxford.
Early modern history (British & W European) c 1500-1800
The Long Eighteenth Century in the John Johnson Collection The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera is a treasure trove for those interested in British history from 1700-1815. However, material can be difficult to find.

Guide to sources for modern history

WWI Primary Resource Guide The resources featured, both printed and electronic, are organised thematically. Within each tab you will find dropdown menus which provide information on specific topics. Multiple source types are covered, including: newspapers, diaries and journals, literature, music, posters, cartoons, maps, official papers and government reports.

Art History
Disability History Resources A guide to resources for Disability History, covering all historical periods, a range of topics and types of resources (archives to websites).
History of Science and Medicine
Legal History
Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th – 21st centuries A guide how to find and use newspaper resources.
Official Papers A guide to governmental and non-governmental publications (UN, etc.)
Oral History
Printed images in Bodleian collections Images in a rage of media are found within the Bodleian's Special Collections. Drawings, prints and photographs, as well as copper plates from which pictures were printed, form parts of several collections which the Bodleian has acquired since the 17th century.
Witchcraft & the law in early modern Europe & USA This is a separate Bodleian Libguide
Women's Studies This guide is intended as a quick introduction to finding and using key online resources for Women's Studies.
WWI Primary Resource Guide The resources featured, both printed and electronic, are organised thematically. Within each tab you will find dropdown menus which provide information on specific topics. Multiple source types are covered, including: newspapers, diaries and journals, literature, music, posters, cartoons, maps, official papers and government reports.

Special collections in the Bodleian Libraries comprise manuscripts, rare books, printed ephemera, maps, music and digitised collections in twelve different libraries across Oxford. Listed below are selected LibGuides to these collections.

Archives & Manuscripts

Early printed books

Rare Books

Maps

Maps: finding & making them

Printed Ephemera

The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera for Historians
Guidance specifically aimed at historians using the John Johnson Collection, containing ephemera form the 18th century to 1939.

Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) (LibGuide)
Documents on British Policy Overseas (DBPO) (LibGuide)
Early English Books Online (EEBO) (LibGuide)
Early European Books (LibGuide) The Early European Books resource is set to encompass all European printed material, and material printed in European languages, from the early modern period. Oxford users currently only have access to EEB collections 1-4.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Region 5, Latin America (LibGuide)
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) (LibGuide) A Proquest guide how to search PAO. Please note that Oxford subscribes to PAO 1-5 and 7. Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the humanities and social sciences available electronically.
Queen Victoria's Journals (LibGuide)
U.K. Parliamentary Papers (LibGuide)