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Other Arts and Social Sciences Library staff can answer your more general library queries.
Most historical studies resources are held in the Arts and Social Sciences Library.
The Arts and Social Sciences Library classmark scheme shows how the books and journals are arranged.
The core material for historians is concentrated in the following areas:
A guide to the library's microforms for historians (PDF, 312KB) is available.
Useful material is also contained in other branches:
University of Bristol Historical Studies PhD theses are held in the Arts and Social Sciences Library thesis collection, kept in a locked cage on the first floor. They may be consulted within the library, and you will need to complete a slip for each one. Please ask at the library issue desk.
The Arts and Social Sciences Library contains a special collection of rare books.
Note: some of the documents on this page are in PDF format. In order to view a PDF you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 
The Inter-Library Loans (ILL) service can be used to obtain Items not held in print in the University's branch libraries or available online. There is a charge for this service, though it may be possible to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this:
MetaLib: your resource gateway provides access to a vast range of online resources, including databases, search engines, subject gateways, and selected Internet resources.
A selection of useful quick reference tools for the following subject areas are listed below. Other dictionaries, encyclopedias and atlases, for example of the Holocaust, France or the Crusades, can be found by using the 'Subject keyword' search on the online catalogue, and keying in, for example, 'dictionary holocaust', 'dictionary and (france or french) and (history or historical)', or 'atlas crusades'.
| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
| Chronology of the expanding world, 1492 to 1762 | D11.5 WIL |
| Chronology of the modern world: 1762 to the present time | D11.5 WIL |
| The Hutchinson chronology of world history. Vol.4. The modern world, 1901-1998 | D11.5 HUT |
| Dictionary of eighteenth-century world history | D286 DIC |
| Dictionary of twentieth century history | D419 TEE |
| Encyclopedia of world history | D9 ENC |
| Longman handbook of world history since 1914 | D421 COO |
| New Cambridge modern history, v.14: The Atlas | D208 CAM |
| Oxford companion to the year | CE4 BLA |
| Times atlas of world history | Folio G1030 TIM |
| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
| Chronology of the medieval world, 800 to 1491 | D11.5 STO |
| Dictionary of medieval terms and phrases | DA129 COR |
| Dictionary of the Middle Ages | Oversize D114 DIC |
| Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages | Oversize D114 ENC |
| Encyclopedia of the Renaissance | Oversize CB361 ENC |
| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
| Companion to British history | DA34 ARN |
| English calendar | Online resource |
| Handbook of British chronology | DA34 HAN |
| Handbook of dates: for students of British history | DA34 HAN |
| Historical atlas of Britain | Oversize DA30 HIS |
| History Today companion to British history | DA34 HIS |
| How much is that worth today? | Online resource |
| Longman companion to Britain in the eighteenth century 1688- 1820 | DA480 GRE |
| Longman handbook of modern British history 1714-2001 | DA470 COO |
| Oxford companion to British history | DA34 OXF |
| Penguin atlas of British & Irish history | Oversize DA30 PEN |
| Chronology of Irish history since 1500 | DA938 DOH |
| Dictionary of Irish history since 1800 | DA950 HIC |
| Medieval Ireland: an encyclopedia | Oversize DA933 ENC |
| Atlas of Scottish history to 1707 | Oversize DA757.7 ATL |
| Dictionary of Scottish history | DA760 DON |
| Oxford companion to Scottish history | DA760 OXF |
| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
| Atlas of medieval Europe | G1791 ATL |
| Longman handbook of modern European history, 1763-1991 | D299 COO |
| Macmillan dictionary of British and European history since 1914 | D419 MAC |
| Penguin dictionary of English and European history, 1485-1789 | D205 WIL |
| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
|
Cambridge encyclopedia of Africa |
Oversize DT 3 CAM |
|
Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara |
Oversize DT350 ENC |
|
Fontana dictionary of Africa since 1960 |
DT17 GRA |
|
Historical atlas of Africa |
Folio G2446.S1 HIS |
| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of American history | E174.5 ENC |
| Historical atlas of the United States | Folio G1201.S1 LOR |
| Longman handbook of American history | E174 COO |
| Oxford companion to United States history | E174 OXF |
| Oxford companion to Canadian history | F1026 OXF |
| Penguin dictionary of contemporary American history; 1945 to the present |
E740.7 HOC
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| Item | Reference number |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Asian history | Oversize DS31 ENC |
| Historical atlas of South Asia | Folio G2661.S1 HIS |
| Cambridge encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives | DS334.9 CAM |
| Concise dictionary of modern Japanese history | DS881 HUN |
Oxford companion to Australian history - DU110 OXF
EndNote is the University of Bristol's recommended bibliographical management software, which can be used to collect, store, organise and manage references, and to output them as reference lists or bibliographies. A particularly useful function is 'Cite While You Write', enabling you to format Word documents, producing bibliographies and adding references within the text.
Updated 2 September 2013 by the University Library
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