History and Families in Europe
| Professor: Susan Tananbaum Librarian: Ginny Hopcroft ( ) Fall 2006 |
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Catalogs for Books
- Bowdoin College Library Catalog
- Access to Bowdoin Library's holdings of books, videos, government documents, etc.
- MaineCat
- Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. It has an online request button—requests from Colby and Bates take 1-2 days.
- NExpress
- Combines access to the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley, Williams and Northeastern; requests usually arrive in 2 days.
- WorldCat
- Combined database of library catalogs nationwide.
In the catalogs above, you can begin looking for your topic with a keyword search or a subject search. For a subject search, here are examples of subject headings for the history of the family in Europe:
Europe -- Social life and customs
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
France Civilization 18th Century
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000
Main Ref HN373 .E63 2001
Europe 1450 to 1789 : encyclopedia of the early modern world
Main Ref D209 .E97 2004
Ages of woman, ages of man : sources in European social history, 1400-1750
Main Libr D5.5 .A34 2002
Victorian Britain : an encyclopedia
Main Ref DA550 .V53 1988
Journals
Use the “ Journals” tab in the Library Catalog to locate these journals in paper or electronic format.
International Review Of Social History
Indexes and Databases
Some of these databases are strictly bibliographic, i.e. they provide citation only. Others contain the full text of the journal articles. Use either the “Check Availability” link in the database or the “Journals” tab in the Library Catalog to determine availability of a journal article.
Academic Search Premier
Online—date coverage varies.
Academic Search Premier indexes over 1800 peer reviewed journals in the social sciences, humanities and science, as well as general interest magazines and a few major American newspapers.
LexisNexis Academic
Online—date coverage varies.
Academic Universe is a full text database of news and legal information. This database provides access to both current news and up to 20 years of retrospective news, both domestic and international.
Historical Abstracts
Online—1960 to present.
A foremost bibliographic index for the scholarly literature of history covering articles, books and dissertations published throughout the world from the 1960’s to the present. The content covers the world except for North America..
History Journals in the J-Stor Electronic Journal Service
Online—date coverage varies.
The J-Stor service makes available full text articles from selected scholarly journals. All articles from all years of the journal are reproduced, except for the most recent five years.
Poole's Index
Main Per Index –1802 to 1906
Poole's Index is a subject index to British and American periodicals of the nineteenth century. This index provides excellent subject access to these periodicals, many of which are held in the library’s collections.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Online—1972 to present.
Online Archive—1915 to 1972.
PAIS indexes "publications on all subjects that bear on contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy, irrespective of source or traditional disciplinary boundaries." Sources may be periodical articles, books, government documents or reports from IGOs.
Reader's Guide Retrospective
Online—1895 to the present.
Main Per Index—1900 to 2003.
The Reader's Guide is an easy-to-use author/subject index to a broad range of U.S. general interest magazines and journals.
The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900.
Main Ref Z2005 .W4
Although titled an index, this series is really a table of contents listing with cross- references to subjects. It is a very helpful access source for locating nineteenth century periodical articles, especially if a particular author is known or a specific journal is noted for articles on your research topic.
Primary Sources
For more about primary and secondary sources, please see the CBB guide.
Nineteenth Century
Online
An index to Bowdoin library's collection of documents on microfiche. The General Collection includes non fiction books and pamphlets held in manuscript form in the British Library.
Main Micro; Fiche 1151
Poole's Index
Main Per Index –1802 to 1906
Poole's Index is a subject index to British and American periodicals of the nineteenth century. This index provides excellent subject access to these periodicals, many of which are held in the library’s collections.
The Times ( London) 1906-present
Main Microform
Microfilm of the Times of London for over a century.
Early English Books Online
1473-1700
Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere. Includes books, pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts.
Early English Newspapers [microform]
Main Micro, 1600 reels
Represents the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media available at the British Library. The material is overwhelmingly published in London, although there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and even a handful of examples from the American colonies.
The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900.
Main Ref Z2005 .W4
Although titled an index, this series is really a table of contents listing with cross- references to subjects. It is a very helpful access source for locating nineteenth century periodical articles, especially if a particular author is known or a specific journal is noted for articles on your research topic.
The Illustrated London news
Main Periodical v.46- 1910-
Spec Coll folio AP4 .I4; v.1-116,118-122,33 n.s-45 n.s. (1842-1902 Jun,1903-1909)
Web Sites
European History
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.30.00/
WWW Virtual Library Women's History
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/
Victorian Women -- Social History
http://www.victorianweb.org/gender/socialhistov.html
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html#Early%20Modern%20Europe
Internet Medieval History Sourcebook, Sex and Gender
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1v.html
Research Strategy
Consult the Basic Library Research page for a helpful summary of the research process. Also see Reading, Writing and Researching for History by Professor Patrick Rael.
Additional tips for historical research:
1. Use both subject and keyword searching in any electronic database or index, including the library catalog.
2. When you find a relevant record for a book or article, always check the descriptors or subject headings for additional search terms.
3. Read bibliographies and footnotes of books and articles for additional relevant information.
4. For information on primary sources, please read the CBB Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources.
5. Evaluate web sites carefully for accuracy, timeliness and authority.
6. Begin research EARLY. Interlibrary loans always take at least a few days; for obtaining specialized items, such as microfilm of old newspapers, several weeks may be necessary.
For a broader collection of European resources please see the European History Research Guide.