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HI 491u: The British Empire

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Newspapers

The Times (London) (1788-present on microfilm)
Microforms (Satellite) AN3 .T56 (use Satellite Request Form)

The Times Index
D.H. Hill Ref. AI21 .T5 (3rd floor bookstacks)
This printed index is published every year. It should help you identify specific articles in the London Times newspaper. The newspapers themselves are on microfilm.

World List of National Newspapers: A Union List of National Newspapers in Libraries in the British Isles
D.H. Hill Lib. Z6945 .W385 (9th floor bookstacks)
Includes index of newspaper titles by country, starting on page 75


Older Magazines and Journals

19th Century MasterFile
Coverage: 1786-1922. Contains journal citations published from top indices of the Nineteenth-Century.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
Indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, from 1890-1982.


Digital Collections

Empire Online
Interactive digital resource enabling students and researchers to explore colonial history, politics, culture and society. (Available at Duke)

Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Digital facsimilie page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.


Parliamentary Papers

Introduction to Conducting Research with the British Parliamentary Papers
http://cnx.org/content/m12842/latest/
Created by a faculty member and graduate student from Rice University, this is a good overview, and includes a useful section: How are the Parliamentary Papers Organized?

A Guide to Parliamentary Papers: What They Are How to Find them How to Use Them
D.H. Hill Ref. Z2009 .A1F6 1972

British Parliamentary Papers and Other U.K. Government Publications
http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/subjects/Parliam.html
Guide to Parliamentary Papers from Duke University Libraries.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (Online - Duke)
Digital versions of the 19th Century U.K. House of Commons Sessional Papers.

The Parliamentary History of England, From the Earliest Period to the Year 1803 (Cobbett)
D.H. Hill Lib. J301 .H48 (4th floor)
Covers 1066-1803

The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
J301 .H22 (Satellite Shelving)
Covers 1803-1899


Published Documents

British Documents on Foreign Affairs-- Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print

Part 1
Series A, Russia, 1859-1914 D.H. Hill Folio JX632 .B74 1983
Series B, The Near and Middle East, 1856-1914 D.H. Hill Folio JX632 .B745 1984
Series D, Latin America, 1849-1914 D.H. Hill Folio JX632 .B747 1981
Series E, Asia, 1860-1914 D.H. Hill Folio JZ633 .B745 1989
Series G, Africa, 1848-1914 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B747 1995

Part 2
Series B, Turkey, Iran, and the Middle East, 1918-1939 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B752 1985
Series D, Latin America, 1914-1939 D.H. Hill Folio JX632 .B766 1989
Series E, Asia, 1914-1939 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B755 1991
Series G, Africa, 1914-1939 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B757 1994

Part 3
Series A, The Soviet Union and Finland, 1940-1945 D.H. Hill Folio JX632 .B7762 1997
Series B, The Near and Middle East, 1940-1945 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B762 1997
Series D, Latin America, 1940-1945 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B764 1998
Series E, Asia, 1940-1945 D.H. Hill Folio KZ632 .B75 1997
Series G, Asia, 1940-1945 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B767 1998

Part 4
Series A, The Soviet Union and Finland, 1946-1950 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B77 1999
Series B, The Near and Middle East, 1946-1950 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B772 1999
Series D, Latin America, 1946-1950 D.H. Hill Folio JZ633.6 .L29 B75 2000
Series E, Asia, 1946-1950 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B775 1999
Series G, Africa, 1946-1950 D.H. Hill Folio JZ632 .B777 2000



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