Every subject has unique and specialist types of information that add rigour and interest to research. Usually, you’ll need to look beyond Library Search for these information types; some are accessed via specialist databases, while others are available online via websites, social media or streaming platforms.
We’ve picked out some key resources for your subject here but you might like to explore our Resource Guides for more resources on different information types.
- Archaeology Data Service LibraryBrings together material from the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB), the ADS library of unpublished fieldwork reports, as well as documents from the ADS archives and publishers such as Oxbow.
- BAR Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
An online collection of academic archaeological research, BAR Digital provides full text access to titles published from 1974 to date. It includes both BAR’s British and international series, and covers archaeological research, excavation reports and other important series from around the world.
- CanmoreScotland's national collection of buildings and archaeology. Search over 300,000 records.
- Historic Digimap This link opens in a new window
Part of the Digimap collection, Historic Digimap contains historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1843-1996. The collection includes County Series maps, British National Grid maps (1943 to 1996) and Selected Town Plan maps (1848 and 1939). Digimap enables users to search, view and print maps, compare maps from different time periods, and download map data into a geographic information system.
- Heritage GatewaySearch local and national records on the historic environment, including buildings, monuments and landscapes.
- Last Statues of AntiquitySearchable database of the published evidence for statuary and inscribed statue bases set up after AD 284, that were new, newly dedicated, or newly re-worked.
- Portable Antiquities SchemeVoluntary scheme recording archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.
- Newcastle University Special Collections and ArchivesUnique and rare resources held by Newcastle University's Philip Robinson Library.
- Great North Museum: Hancock LibraryA unique library on the 2nd floor containing collections from the Society of Antiquaries Newcastle upon Tyne, the Natural History Society of Northumbria and the Cowen collection.
- Shefton CollectionBrian Shefton (1919-2012) was an Emeritus Professor and an expert in Greek and Etruscan archaeology.
- Historic England ArchiveArchive focussing on England's archaeology, historic buildings and social history. It includes photographs, plans, drawings, reports and publications from the 1850s to the present day, covering the whole country.
- Beazley ArchiveSir John Beazley's archive, a classical art research centre containing images from classical art, including pottery, sculpture and inscriptions, and a dictionary.
- BBC Radio 4 In Our Time: HistoryHundreds of episodes of the Radio 4 discussion programme focusing on many eras and topics in history.
- Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new window
Box of Broadcasts provides access to over 2.2 million TV and radio broadcasts from over 75 channels, including most of the UK’s freeview network, all BBC TV and radio content from 2007, and several foreign language channels. This resource is not available outside the UK.
- Bridgeman Education (images) This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to over three million images, including paintings, posters, artefacts and photographs, from galleries and collections worldwide. All images are copyright-cleared for educational use, and cover a wide range of themes.
- Historic England imagesSearch thousands of images of English places, buildings and people.
- British History Online This link opens in a new window
Online collection of primary and secondary content relating to British and Irish history, and histories of empire and the British world. The collection focuses on the period between 1300 and 1800, including sources such as volumes of the Victoria County History and the Journals of the House of Commons and House of Lords. (Some material is accessible via a subscription only).
- British Library Classics collectionsGuides to the British Library's collections for Classical Studies. Note: This resource is currently unavailable owing to the cyber attack on the British Library.
- Cambridge Ancient HistoryFull text of this major research series, enabling you to read and search all volumes.
- Encyclopedia of Ancient History This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of twenty-first century scholarship covering the entire ancient Mediterranean world, with entries spanning the late Bronze Age through to tenth-century Byzantium.
- Institute of Classical Studies libraryBased in London, but you can search the catalogue online. A major resource for those working on research in the languages, literature, history, art, archaeology and philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
- Oxford Classical Dictionary Online This link opens in a new window
Fourth edition of this major reference work online. It contains entries relating to all aspects of the classical world from literature and history to religion, science, and archaeology.
- Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of EnglandEntire series online.
- Jacoby Online This link opens in a new window
A digital edition of fragments and testimonia of Greek historians, and other authors from antiquity. Comprises five works, based on the original multi-volume work by Felix Jacoby: Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker I-III, Brill's New Jacoby, and Brill's New Jacoby, Second Edition.
- Loeb Classical Library Online This link opens in a new window
Online version of the Loeb Classical Library, containing volumes of Latin and Greek poetry, drama, oratory and more, together with English translations.
- Classical Latin TextsThis website contains essentially all Latin literary texts written before A.D. 200, as well as some texts selected from later antiquity.
- Perseus Digital LibraryDigital library project that covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world, and has expanded to cover other humanities areas.
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
Contains nearly all surviving texts written in Greek from the period between Homer (8th Century B.C.) to the fall of Byzantium in A.D. 1453, and large number of post-Byzantine texts (16th-20th Century. A.D.) The TLG requires all users to create a free TLG account. Click 'register' and fill in the online form.
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