New: online Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)

Oxford users now have access to the online version of Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). A well-known printed reference work, the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) is a German biographical encyclopedia related to the history of the Church, founded 1975 by Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz. It contains more than 20,000 biographical articles with bibliographies of the person’s work and selected [...]

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Major new Latin American databases plus Gale World Scholar trial

Oxford users now access to three recently subscribed new resources that may be of interest to historians working on Latin American topics: Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) PRISMA with HAPI Full Text (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas) Latin American Newspapers 1805-1922 Also, Oxford is currently trialling a major new Latin American Studies database, Gale [...]

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Trial until 4 Nov: Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History Online

The following is being trialled by colleagues but may be of interest to historians: Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History Online is a general online history of relations between the faiths from the seventh century to the present. It covers the period from 600 to 1500, when encounters took place through the extended Mediterranean basin, and [...]

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New: Translated Texts for Historians E-Library

We are pleased to announce that Oxford users now have access to Translated Texts for eHistorians. TTeH makes available sources translated from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian and Armenian, published between 300 and 800 AD. This period, from late antiquity to the early middle ages saw the transformation of the classical world, the beginnings [...]

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Rare Books in the History Faculty Library

This is a guest post from Clare Bristow, the HFL’s Graduate Trainee in 2010-11, on her final day: Over the past year, I have been working on a project making an inventory of the HFL’s collection of antiquarian books, which are kept in closed stacks.  This involved looking through over 500 volumes and recording their [...]

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New: Dissertations & Theses – Full-text: Humanities and Social Sciences Collections

Newly available to Oxford Users: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses and includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world, though largely from the US, covering 1861 to the present day. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations [...]

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New: State Papers Online 2, The Spectator 1828-2000, Early European Books 2 and many more

It gives us great pleasure to announce some end-of-year purchases of major databases. They can all be accessed via OxLIP+ and will be added to SOLO shortly. Oxford users have remote access and should use their Single Sign-On username and password. All other readers are welcome to use the databases in any of the Bodleian [...]

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New: Izvestiia Digital Archive

We are pleased to report that the trial for Izvestiia Digital Archive 1917- went well and that the Slavonic and Russian Subject Consultant has now secured access to it. Among the longest-running Russian newspapers, Izvestiia was founded in March 1917 and during the Soviet period was the official organ of the Presidium of the Supreme [...]

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Find your way through House of Commons Parliamentary Papers – 20 June, 15:30

Modern historians: Find your way through House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Monday 20 June (week 8), 15:30-16:45 – BOOK HERE This session will demonstrate the online House of Commons Parliamentary Papers database. The resource includes 200,000+ sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with some supplementary material going back to 1688. This training aims to [...]

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Read all about it!: Making the most of online Historical Newspapers

Read all about it!: Making the most of online Historical Newspapers Monday 20 June (week 8), 14:00-15:15 – BOOK HERE Join this session to get an introductory overview of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database. This course covers the content, functions, and features of, as well as tips for using, ProQuest Historical Newspapers such as The [...]

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