Every subject area has unique and specialist types of information, which mean that you need to look beyond Library Search. Some types of information are accessed via specialist databases, for example newspapers, while others are available online.
Different Information Types
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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LibraryBrings together material from the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB), the ADS library of unpublished fieldwork reports, as well as documents from the ADS archives and publishers such as Oxbow.
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CanmoreScotland's national collection of buildings and archaeology. Search over 300,000 records.
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DigimapDigimap is an online map and data delivery service, comprising various collections, including Ordnance Survey, Historic, Aerial (NEW!) and Environment.
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English Heritage ArchivesEnables you to search English Heritage's archives containing thousands of photographs and documents relating to England's historic buildings and archaeological sites. Some records are accompanied by online images.
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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.
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PastScapeThis is a quick and easy way to search nearly 400,000 records held in English Heritage's national historic environment database. You'll find information on archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.
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Portable Antiquities SchemeVoluntary scheme recording archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.
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Beazley ArchiveSir John Beazley's archive, a classical art research centre containing images from classical art, including pottery, sculpture and inscriptions, and a dictionary.
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BBC Radio 4 In Our Time: HistoryHundreds of episodes of the Radio 4 discussion programme focusing on many eras and topics in history.
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Box of BroadcastsBox of Broadcasts can be used to access TV and radio broadcasts from over 65 channels, including most of the UK’s freeview network, all BBC TV and radio content from 2007, and several foreign language channels. You can view archived programmes, record new ones, create clips and playlists and see transcripts to help with citation and translation. You can also search for other user’s public playlists to help you in your own search. This resource is not available outside the UK.
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Bridgeman Education (images)This database provides access to over two 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.
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British History OnlineContains some of the core printed primary and secondary sources of medieval and modern history of the British Isles. It includes volumes of the Victoria County History and the Journals of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
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British Library Classics collectionsGuides to the British Library's collections for Classical Studies
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Cambridge Ancient HistoryFull text of this major research series, enabling you to read and search all volumes.
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Encyclopedia of Ancient HistoryThe only comprehensive collection of twenty-first century scholarship available on the entire ancient Mediterranean world. Contains over 5,000 original entries spanning the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE.
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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.
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Oxford Classical Dictionary OnlineFourth edition of this major reference work online. It contains nearly 7,000 entries relating to all aspects of the classical world from literature and history to religion, science, and archaeology.
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Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of EnglandEntire series online.
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Jacoby OnlineMajor source for the study of ancient Greek historians. Comprises five works, based on the original multi-volume work by Felix Jacoby: 'Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker'.
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Loeb Classical Library OnlineOnline version of the Loeb Classical Library. Over 520 volumes of Latin and Greek poetry, drama, oratory and more, together with English translations.
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Classical Latin TextsThis website contains essentially all Latin literary texts written before A.D. 200, as well as some texts selected from later antiquity.
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Patrologia LatinaAn online version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina - it comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
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Perseus Digital LibraryPerseus is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)Contains virtually all Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600 and the majority of surviving works up the fall of Byzantium in A.D. 1453. *Please note* the TLG's new interface now requires all users to create a TLG account. Click 'register' and fill in the online form.
Social Media resources
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Ancient World Bloggers Group (AWBG)AWBG is a place for posts and discussion about blogging the Ancient World.
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Sound Bytes from the ADSBlog from the Archaeology Data Service (ADS).
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Archaeologists on TwitterList curated by Janet E Davis
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Classicists on TwitterList of Classicists and Ancient Historians on Twitter, compiled by Ian Groves.
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Newcastle University Postgraduate ForumPostgraduate forum for the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
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Academic discussion lists: archaeology, classics and ancient historyEmail discussion lists in the academic sector relating to archaeology.
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History of Philosophy without any gapsPeter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps."
Beginning with the earliest ancient thinkers, the series will look at the ideas and lives of the major philosophers (eventually covering in detail such giants as Plato, Aristotle, Avicenna, Aquinas, Descartes, and Kant) as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition.
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