Resources for History and Welsh History

Printed materials

The main collection of printed material e.g. books, journals, reference and quick reference for History and Welsh History can be found in the Hugh Owen Library on Level F (top floor):

D History: General and Old World
E History: America
F The Americas: Local History
CELT DA History of Wales
CELT E184 Welsh in the U.S.A.
Z Printed bibliographies
Printed journals

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for History and Welsh History can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select History and Welsh History from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the Times Digital Archive, and the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching in Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorial for Historians.

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here.

The following may be of particular interest to History and Welsh History students:

• The Celtic Collection

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page.

Your subject support librarian is: