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WELCOME TO THE RHS BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Royal Historical Society bibliography is an authoritative guide
to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to
the present day. The Bibliography is hosted by the Institute of Historical Research, which is part of the University of London.
Important news! The new Bibliography of British and Irish History will replace the RHS Bibliography on 1 January 2010. Individual free trials of the new bibliography are now available.
- Nearly 470,000 entries
- Updated three times a year (last data upgrade: 10 October 2009)
- Separate records for articles in journals and in collections of essays, as well as for books; 687 journals and series are regularly searched for relevant material
- Access to data from Irish History Online and from London's
Past Online
- Bibliographical data drawn from many sources, including (by kind permission of the British Library) the inside article database and the British National Bibliography
- Tutorials to help you to make the most of the Bibliography, as well as context sensitive help throughout
- Alternatively you can use our thematic guides to what has been written about English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh counties, and about twentieth-century British prime ministers
- Specially designed subject classification scheme
- Links to online full text, where available, using OpenURL
- Z39.50 connectivity and EndNote connection file
- Dublin Core versions of our records are now available using the Open Archives Initiative protocol for metadata harvesting (OAI-PMH) - we regret that this facility is currently disabled
- Includes guide to historical record societies and their publications, supplementing the printed Texts and Calendars volumes
- Compiled with the help of academic historians
- No subscription required
For news of updates and site developments,
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We welcome both your feedback about the bibliography, and suggestions for additions and corrections.
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