REFERENCE WORKS AND SUBJECT BASED SITES
This is a consolidated list of links to subject-based websites. Sites have been grouped together into subject, with more general reference sites, including online encyclopedias and dictionaries being listed first. The classification of subjects is based upon the Library's own classification scheme.
List of subjects
Reference• Art and humanities• Art• Bibliography• Biography• Classical studies• Fiction• French• Genealogy• German• History• Italian• Literature• Music• Periodicals• Philology• Philosophy• Psychology• Religion• Russian• Scandinavian• Spanish/Iberian• Topography
Reference
Dictionaries &c
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: the 1901 edition of Bartlett, searchable by keyword or author.
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: a hypertext version of the 1898 edition.
- Onelook: a combined search for hundreds of dictionaries. Includes wildcard searching, phrase searching and word translation.
- Roget's Thesaurus
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia Britannica: access to concise articles only.
- Encyclopedia Mythica: 'an encyclopaedia of folklore, mythology and legend'.
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: searchable by keyword. Also includes texts by selected philosophers.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: hosted by Stanford University, the table of contents may be browsed alphabetically and the full-text of the Encyclopedia may be searched
- Wikipedia: the Wikipedia is a constantly growing and evolving on-line reference source that allows anyone to add or amend its entries.
- Yahoo's list of online dictionaries: links to online dictionaries, organised by subject, hosted by the Internet search directory, Yahoo.
Arts & Humanities - General
- Arts and Humanities pages of Intute:Web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists.
Art
- ADAM: subject gateway for arts, design, architecture and media. Includes links to 2,500 selected Internet resources.
- AHDS Visual Arts: electronic archive of resources relating to the study and teaching of visual arts.
- Architecture.com: 'architectural portals provided by the Royal Institute of British Architects.'
- Art History Resources on the Web: an exhaustive collection of links to art history sites, from ancient times to the 21st century. Also contains a developing directory of museums and galleries worldwide.
- Artists Papers Register: an electronic finding aid for the location of primary resources relating to British Artists. Hosted by the Historical Manuscripts Commission.
- BUBL list of art resources
- Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature: based at the University of Kent, the Centre's catalogue is available online and includes images where available.
- Great Buildings: 'collection of information about great buildings and architects from around the world. It includes images, 3-D models and bibliographies.'
- International Bibliography of Art:
The International Bibliography of Art (IBA) is the definitive resource for scholarly literature on western art, and is published exclusively by ProQuest. - Oxford Art Online: The innovative new gateway into art research and the access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications.
- Photo London: an on-line collection of over one million photos of the capital, from 1850 to the present day.
- World-wide Arts Resources: brief descriptions of art movements and artists, with links to pictures of their work.
Bibliography
[see also separate bibliographic tools page]- British Humanities Index: an index to articles that have appeared in selected journals and newspapers.
- The British Library
- Index to Theses: an online version of Index to theses accepted for higher degrees in the universities of Great Britain and Ireland, covering the years 1970-1999.
- Historical Research for Higher Degrees in the UK: an online version of the Institute of Historical Research's publication, covering the years 1995-date.
- The Internet Library of Early Journals: full text of a limited number of 18th and 19th Century journals, hosted by the Bodleian Library.
Biography
- American National Biography: The landmark American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men & women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation.
The Library only has a limited concurrent user license to this title;please log off or close your browser when you have finished using this title so that other members can access this database. - Booker T. Washington Papers: searchable online version of the 14 printed volumes of Booker T. Washington's papers.
- British Library Manuscripts Catalogue (MOLCAT): catalogue of the British Library's MSS collections covering accessions from 1753 to the present day
- The Carlyle Letters Online: A Duke University Press digital archive of over 10,000 letters based on the Duke-Edinburgh edition of The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. These can be searched and browsed by date, by recipient, by subject, and by volume. This is an ongoing project, and new letters will be added periodically
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: reproduces work that was originally commissioned by the Dictionary of Canadian Biography for its print version and was republished, sometimes with minor corrections, in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography CD-ROM.
- Dictionary of Irish Biography : The Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. It contains 9,014 signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of subjects in all fields of endeavour.
- Dictonary of New Zealand Biography: this site includes the collected biographies originally published in the printed Dictionary of New Zealand Biography series between 1990 and 2000, and in the parallel Maori-language series, Nga Tangata Taumata Rau.
- George Washington Papers: Archive of letters and other original documents at the University of Virginia relating to George Washington.
- The Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana: the Treccani’s editions are targeting an ever wider audience, branching out into different formats and channels of communication, from paper to multimedia support both on and offline (CD, DVD).
- Office Holders in Modern Britain: provides lists of individuals who served in central government departments since the Restoration.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online: 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles.
- The Victorian Web: hosted by Brown University, contains many sources relating to Victorian studies, including biographies of eminent Victorians.
- Who's Who and Who Was Who : the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide
Classical studies
- Ancient Library : a large collection of primary texts, both scanned and in HTML text. Also features scanned secondary works, including classical dictionaries, histories, grammars and other classics books.
- The Institute of Classical Studies, University of London: the site includes links to other related organisations.
- The School of Advanced Study, University of London: includes a link to the library catalogue and the Institute of Classical Studies catalogue.
- INTUTE - classics
- Electronic Resources for Classicists
- Labyrinth Latin Library
- The Perseus Digital Library: a digital library of resources for studying the ancient world.
- TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of interest to classicists): tables of 160 journals and Festschriften searchable by keyword.
Fiction
- Internet archive: An extensive full text archive.
- Oxford Text Archive: electronic texts of classic works of fiction (and non-fiction) can be made in a number of different formats.
- Project Gutenberg: also offers freely downloadable electronic texts of classic works of fiction (and non-fiction). More extensive coverage than the Oxford Text Archive.
- The Victorian Web: contains useful information relating to Victorian authors.
- Chawton House Novels On-line: full-text of a number of rare eighteenth century novels.
French
- French Studies: Web resources for the study of the French language, literature written in French, or the history and culture of France.
Genealogy
- 1901 Census on-line: a searchable version of the 1901 census. Payment required to see details of results.
- 2001 Census on-line: the results of the 2001 national census.
- Familia: a guide to genealogical resources in public libraries across the UK and Ireland.
- Genuki: web-based information resources for family history, covering the UK.
- National Archives: the indexes of the National Register of Archives can be searched over the Internet. Information relating to family history can also be found here.
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834: a searchable on-line database of historical court records.
- Society of Genealogists
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: the charity aiming to promote rigorous scholarship in the field of medieval genealogical, prosopographical, and related research.
German language resources
- Goethe Institut
- German Studies: Web resources for the study of the German language, literature written in German, or the history and culture of Germany and Austria.
- UWS Swansea Dept. of German links page
- Warwick German Studies Web: The general sites folder contains lists of resources in a wide range of subject areas, search engines, and links to organizations, libraries and universities.
- German Studies Web
- Oxford University Language Centre German weblinks
- Germanistik im Netz
German newspaper
Library catalogues
- Austrian National Library
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin)
- Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
- Karlruhe virtueller Katalog: allows the searching of multiple catalogues from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and others worldwide
- Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (with special responsibility for collecting all relevant academic publications on German language and literature)
- Sammlung Deutscher Drucke in Germany
- British Library
- COPAC
- Institute of Romance and Germanic Studies
History
- Bibliography of British and Irish History : provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, from 55BC to the present.
- British History Online: a digital library containing some of the core sources for the medieval and modern history of Britain, created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.
- British Library Manuscripts Catalogue (MOLCAT): catalogue of the British Library's MSS collections, covering accessions from 1753 to the present day.
- British Library Newspaper Library catalogue: catalogue of the British Library's newspaper collections, housed at Colindale, London
- British Library National Sound Archive Catalogue: catalogue of the British Library's collection of sound recordings.
- Charles Booth Online Archive: resources relating to Charles Booth's survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903). Hosted by the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics.
- Cold War International History Project : It disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War
- National Archives: the indexes of the National Register of Archives can be searched over the Internet.
- History: a gateway to history resources on the World Wide Web, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research.
- History Co-operative: online US co-operative. Includes full-text of current editions of the American Historical Review and Journal of American History and access to the online version of the Booker T. Washington Papers.
- History Today: online version of the printed periodical. Contains the full-text of some articles.
- International Institute of Social History
- The John Johnson Collection: This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London: a complete catalogue of the military archive amassed by Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart; hundreds of pages summarising thousands of letters, photographs, official documents and published articles.
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834: a searchable on-line database of historical court records.
- Labyrinth Latin Library
- London's past online: a free online bibliography of published material relating to the history of the Greater London area
- Stratfor: provides an audience of decision-makers and sophisticated news consumers in the U.S. and around the world with unique insights into political, economic, and military developments.
- TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of interest to classicists): tables of 160 journals and Festschriften searchable by keyword.
- Victoria County History: the website of the Victoria County History series of books.
- The Victorian Web: hosted by Brown University, contains many sources relating to Victorian studies, including biographies of eminent Victorians.
- Booker T. Washington Papers: searchable online version of the 14 printed volumes of Booker T. Washington's papers.
- Working Class Movement Library: the WCML is a national collection of the history of British and Irish radical and labour movements from the 1790s to the present.
Italian
- Italian Studies: Web resources for the study of the Italian language, literature written in Italian, or the history and culture of Italy.
Literature
- English Poetry : a full text database of poetry published by English poets before 1900.(Please note: the Literature Collection displayed through this link is NOT subscribed.)
- Internet archive: An extensive full text archive.
- Oxford Text Archive: electronic texts of classic works of fiction and non-fiction can be made in a number of different formats.
- Poetry Library links: links to various poetry-related sites, compiled by the Poetry Library.
- Project Gutenberg: offers freely downloadable electronic texts of classic works of fiction and non-fiction. More extensive coverage than the Oxford Text Archive.
- Shakespeare in Quarto: a British Library service which lets you view and compare early quarto editions of Shakespeare's plays.
- TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of interest to classicists): tables of 160 journals and Festschriften searchable by keyword.
Music
- Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music: this is an archive of Music dissertation abstracts maintained by Royal Holloway, University of London.
- Cecilia: Libraries, archives and museums with music holdings have submitted descriptions of their music collections, which have been collated to produce a web-based map of the UK's music resources.
- Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music: JSCM is published by the Society for Seventeenth Century Music and provides a forum for scholarly studies of musical cultures of the seventeenth century. The full text of this journal is available on the Internet without subscription.
- Music Research Links: this part of the British Library's website provides an alphabetical list of links to music-related websites and resources. It is targeted at musicologists, and some of the sites require a subscription.
- Music Theory Online: this is the refereed electronic journal of the Society for Music Theory, which is published several times a year. The full text of this journal is freely available on the Internet.
- Oxford Music Online: The home of Grove Music Online and the access point for new and forthcoming Oxford music reference subscriptions and products.
Periodicals
[see also separate electronic jounals page]
- British Library Newspaper Library catalogue: catalogue of the British Library's newspaper collections, housed at Colindale, London.
- Electronic Journals Resource Directory
- The Internet Library of Early Journals: an electronic archive of a selection of 18th and 19th Century journals.
- TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of interest to classicists): tables of 160 journals and Festschriften searchable by keyword.
Philology
- British Academy Portal for Linguistics & Philology
- Intute Linguistics:
- BUBL list of language resources on the Internet
- BUBL list of linguistics resources on the Internet
- Linguist list language resources
- Ethnologue: catalogue of languages spoken in 228 countries.
- Omniglot: 'a clear and fascinating guide to the writing systems of the world. Includes modern and ancient languages and alternative writing systems.'
- Rosetta Project: provides language descriptions and vernacular texts for more than a thousand languages in over 100 language families.
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI): Library of digital images of early cuneiform tablets.
Philosophy
- BUBL list of philosophy resources on the Internet
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Philosophy around the web: a collection of links to philosophy resources.
- SOSIG list of philosophy resources on the Internet
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Psychology
- SOSIG psychology resources
- BUBL psychology resources
- British Academy Portal for psychology
- Athabasca University Psychology Resources (Canada): organised by 20 broad subject fields.
- Psych Web: 'Scholarly Psychology Resources on the Web'.
- Classics in the History of Psychology: a gateway to the full texts of documents in the history of psychology. Edited by Christopher D. Green of the Department of Psychology at York University (Toronto).
- Psycoloquy: a refereed interdisciplinary electronic journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association. Publishes articles and commentary in all areas of psychology as well as cognitive science, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy.
- British Psychological Society
- American Psychological Association
- Freud Museum, London
- British Psychoanalytical Society
Religion
- ATLA: the American Theological Library Association-Center for Electronic Resources in Theology and Religion, including the ATLA Serials Project.
- Intute (Religion andTheology) : Intute Religion and theology, brought to you by a national team of subject specialists from universities across the UK.
- Intute (Islamic studies):
- Intute (Jewish studies):
- Internet Sacred Texts Archive
- The New Testament Gateway
- RAMBI: the Index of articles on Jewish studies.
- Religious Studies: information resources compiled by the University of Florida.
- Virtual Religion Index
Russian resources
Sub-categories:
General sources and indexes
- Sher's Russian web and index: personal site run by Benjamin Sher, a translator. The "Sher's Russian Index" page lists a vast number of Russian-related resources.
- REESWeb: a virtual library for Russian & East European Studies.
- British Library guide to Russian internet resources: provides a good selection of links to resources ranging from russification software to government websites. Includes a wide range of library and archive links.
- Russian reference works: Stanford-hosted resource which gives indepth guidance to Russian-related reference information resources.
- Little Russia in US: Nostalgic site about the Russian arts and also cookery and humour. Provides some introductory information and links.
- Russian Studies: Web resources for the study of the Russian language, literature written in Russian, or the history and culture of Russia.
- SSEES Directory: directory compiled by the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL.
Russian literature
- From the ends to the beginning: a bilingual anthology of Russian verse
- Modern Russian writers: reference guide online
- Sovremennaia russkaia literatura
- Zhurnal'nyi zal
- Glas: new Russian writing
- Vavilon: sobremennaia russkaia literatura
- A celebration of women writers: writers from Russia
Russian language
- Oxford University Language Centre: Russian weblinks
- Ruslang: site for learning Russian
- Russian language mentor
- Gramota.ru
Russian art
Russian history and politics
- Cold War International History Project
- Research in former Soviet archives on issues of historical political economy
- H-Russia
- NZ (Neprikosnovennyi Zapas) - politics and culture
Societies and organisations
- The GB-Russia Society
- British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies
- Council for Slavonic and East European Library and Information Services
- Pushkin Club
Library catalogues
- Russian State Library (Moscow)
- Melvyl: the catalog of the University of California libraries
- OLIS: Oxford Library Information System
- COCOREES (Collaborative Collection Management Project for Russian and East European Studies
- School of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL
- Stanford University Library
Scandanavian languages
- The Runeberg Project: includes over 200 full-text works of Nordic literature.
Spanish/Portuguese/Latin American language resources
- The Biblioteca National Española
- Iberian Studies: provide access to scholarly resources in Iberian Studies (for Spain, Portugal and Andorra).
- Latin American Studies: Web resources for the study of the Latin American languages, literature written in those languages, or the history and culture of Latin America.
- Portuguese Studies: Web resources for the study of the Portuguese language, literature written in Portuguese, or the history and culture of Portugal.
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacíon y Cultura: contains an ISBN database listing in-print publications.
- Spanish Studies: Web resources for the study of the Spanish language, literature written in Spanish, or the history and culture of Spain.
- University of Kansas website: links to an interesting variety of sites for Spanish and Portuguese related studies.
Topography
- Archaeology Data Service
- BUBL list of geographical resources on the Internet
- Charles Booth Online Archive: resources relating to Charles Booth's survey into life and labour in London (1886-1903). Hosted by the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics.
- CIA World Factbook: basic information about every country in the world.
- The Destination Meta-Guide: this site instructs the Google search engine to find information and maps of any capital city or nation.
- SOSIG geographical resources: includes links to gazetteers, statistics and reports on nations, and other online sources of cartographic, geographic and economic information.
- Survey of London
Popular electronic resources
Bibliography of British and Irish History
International Bibliography of Art
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985
Times Literary Supplement Archive
