Research Guides: Britain and Its Empire: Library Databases & Resources

Library Database & Resources

AM Explorer This link opens in a new window
Primary source collections from the 15th-21st centuries, including Age of Exploration, East India Company, Eighteenth Century Drama, Eighteenth Century Journals, Empire Online, Global Commodities, India Raj and Empire, Literary Manuscripts Leeds, London Low Life, Mass Observation Online, Victorial Popular Culture, and World's Fairs.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents from the eighteenth century. See the Subcollections Guide for a list of collections.
The essential digital resource for researching the 18th Century, ECCO, contains over 184,000 English and Foreign Language titles printed in The United Kingdom in the 18th Century, including thousands of works from the Americas.
Empire Online This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials in world history.
This resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by a host of secondary learning resources including scholarly essays, maps and an interactive chronology.
Global Commodities This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history.
Global Commodities brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured in this resource have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years. They helped transform societies, global trading operations, habits of consumption and social practices.

John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera
Ephemera from the 18th through early 20th centuries. Categories include 19th-century entertainment, the book trade, popular prints, crimes and murders, and advertising

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of full-text scholarly journal articles in a broad range of academic disciplines.
Coverage includes the full text from volume 1, number 1 through the current date in some cases or, more often, up to a period of embargo from six months to five years depending on the arrangements with the title's vendor.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials about the Nineteenth Century. See the Subcollections Guide for a list of collections.
Includes books, newspapers, periodicals, diaries and personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, pamphlets, maps and musical scores.

Queen Victoria's Journals
Queen Victoria's journals from 1832-1901, plus supplementary materials. From the Royal Archives

Sunday Times Historical Archive (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
Archive of the London newspaper The Sunday Times 1822 - 2016.
Thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's news and society at large.
Sunday Times Historical Archive (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
Archive of the London newspaper The Sunday Times 1822 - 2016.
Thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's news and society at large.
Primary Sources Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Collections under "History" include: the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, House of Lords Parliamentary Papers, Documents on British Policies Overseas, Queen Victoria's Journals, Colonial Legacies, and more.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full text database of current scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
JStor can also be searched simultaneously using the advanced search feature on the Project Muse page.

Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History, 1934-2006