LibKey Nomad
Method 1: Browse course readings
Since you are required to connect the source to material that you read for class, a great place to start would be to pay attention to the readings and note down any source, author, topic or figure of interest to you.
HINT: Also look at the footnotes and bibliographies of course readings!
Method 2: Search Catalyst (the catalog)
If you have identified a specific source (say, a book or journal article), then Catalyst (the Gould Library catalog) is probably the most straight-forward place to look for the source.
- Catalyst This link opens in a new windowSearch the collections of Carleton and St. Olaf College libraries.
Method 3: Speciality databases
SECONDARY SOURCES
Scholarly articles and books about the event / time
- BBIH: Bibliography of British and Irish History This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
An extensive bibliography of literature about the British Isles, British Empire and the Commonwealth from the Roman period to present day. - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Sources from the original event / time
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search across newspapers and digitized collections of primary sources from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online, NCCO: Nineteenth Century Collections Online, The Making of the Modern World, The Times of London, The Illustrated London News, the Times Literary Supplement, The Economist, and many more. Covers 1604 - present (varying by source). - EEBO: Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
A collection of early English books and tracts, 1475 - 1700. - ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
A collection of digitized books published in the eighteenth century, 1701 - 1800. - British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSourced from the British Library, local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
- National Library of IrelandIncludes access to the catalogs for the holdings of the National Library. Some digitized materials, including newspapers, photographs, and more.
- National Archives of IrelandAccess to researching geological, government, historical, and legal documents pertaining to Irish history. Some digital material in exhibits, most material requires visit to Ireland.
