History: General Resources
Guide to Resources in History
Other useful subject guides & pages
- NewspapersInformation on print and electronic newspapers, both current and archives.
- Open AccessIntroduction to open access publishing and how to find open access resources
- Referencing SoftwareA guide to using software that helps you save your references and format them in the appropriate style for writing essays and dissertations.
- Remote Access to Online Resources This link opens in a new windowHow to access journals, e-books and databases off campus
- ThesesHow to find and or request a St Andrews thesis; information on locating UK and international theses and how to deposit electronic and print copies of your St Andrews thesis
Other useful resources
- Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new windowBoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education; Users can record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels and an extensive archive of tv and radio broadcasts. You can create and share playlists and clips. NB: BoB is NOT AVAILABLE outside the UK.
- Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new windowprovides authoritative guidance on citing sources, reference formats, grammar and usage, and on how to deal with punctuation, names, numbers, tables, quotations, dialogue, spelling, abbreviations, etc for Chicago-style citation
- History Data Services"collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning and teaching"
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowdigital sound database - 'the world's most comprehensive collection of classical music online' - containing the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues and titles from 50 other labels; allows streamed access to over 75,000 CDs with more than 1 million tracks. Over 800 CDs are added monthly; 7 concurrent-user access
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