International law history: Before 1945A guide for historians to pre-1945 international law. Includes guidance to resources on treaties, available in the Law Library, covering Antiquity to 1945.
John Johnson Collection for HistoriansThe John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera is a treasure trove for those interested in British History from 1800 to 1939. Ephemera are uninterpreted documents of the past. Redolent of their period, they give glimpses of what it was like to live at a given time through fascinating details which have often escaped formal history books.
John Johnson Collection for Local HistoriansAdvertisements, catalogues, bill headings, handbills or flyers, playbills, trade cards, headed notepaper.... all these ephemera disappear so rapidly, taking with them tiny insights into social and commercial history.
The John Johnson Collection contains a wealth of such material. Furthermore, a large proportion of ephemera of interest to local historians is catalogued (providing access by place) and digitised, providing information about your town which it might be difficult to find elsewhere - who was trading in a particular street, what their premises looked like 150 years ago.... Ephemera don't contain the whole story, but provide bits of the puzzle that is local history.
Official PapersList of guides to a variety of government papers, e.g. Parliamentary Papers, League of Nations, United Nations, European Documentation Centre
Oral HistoryThis LibGuide has two principle aims. Firstly, to provide an introduction to the use and conduct of oral history for the purposes of historical research. Secondly, to provide a set of links to British and Irish, English-language oral history projects and resources available online.
Printed images in Bodleian collectionsImages 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 EuropeBetween (at least) the 14th and 18th centuries, societies across Europe and colonial America could be convulsed by such an acute fear of the existence and exercise of demonic powers within their ranks that the authorities for law and order became involved. Court records are crucial - though not the sole - evidence of these waves of panic, and the consequences which could befall those found guilty.
Women's StudiesThis guide is intended as a quick introduction to finding and using key online resources for Women's Studies.
WWI Primary Resource GuideThe 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.
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.
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.
WWI Primary Resource GuideThe 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.
Rare books & manuscript guides
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.
