Middleton Library's collection of books about European History is shelved on the third floor in the call number range D through DR. All of the books are searchable in the library's online catalog. For help using the catalog, click here or visit the reference desk.
Special Collections in Hill Memorial Library also has many books about European History. These, too, can be searched in the online catalog. To limit your search to Special Collections, use the advanced search feature and select Hill Memorial Library under the library tab. This can be a good way of finding primary sources, since many of the books in Special Collections are first-hand accounts of historical events.
Separate guides to published materials in Special Collections are available for some European History topics.
Special Collections in Hill Memorial Library also has many books about European History. These, too, can be searched in the online catalog. To limit your search to Special Collections, use the advanced search feature and select Hill Memorial Library under the library tab. This can be a good way of finding primary sources, since many of the books in Special Collections are first-hand accounts of historical events.
Separate guides to published materials in Special Collections are available for some European History topics.
The easiest and most efficient way to search for scholarly journal articles related to European History is to use Discovery. This service searches across all of the databases and online resources that the LSU Libraries subscribe to. Use the advanced search to limit your search to scholarly journals.
You can also search individually through the following full-text article databases and indexes. Click each link to learn more.
History Reference Center
ITER (Medieval and Renaissance History)
C19: Nineteenth Century Index
JSTOR
Project Muse
Web of Knowledge
Ingenta
PAIS International
PAIS Archive
You can also search individually through the following full-text article databases and indexes. Click each link to learn more.
History Reference Center
ITER (Medieval and Renaissance History)
C19: Nineteenth Century Index
JSTOR
Project Muse
Web of Knowledge
Ingenta
PAIS International
PAIS Archive
You can find archives / manuscript collections in U.S. and some European repositories by searching in the databases below:
Archive Finder
Archive Grid
WorldCat (use Advanced Search and limit type to Archival Materials)
Be aware that although they overlap to some extent, each database has material not in the others. Also keep in mind that records are brief and do not list every single item or person referred to in the collection. You may have to contact the archive and see if they have a more detailed finding aid or inventory.
Also be aware that many institutions have not fully cataloged their holdings, and some repositories, especially small historical societies and private or business archives, have not reported their holdings to these databases. Sometimes the best thing to do is a simple web search.
Repositories of Primary Sources is a directory of over 5,000 archives websites worldwide.
Archive Finder
Archive Grid
WorldCat (use Advanced Search and limit type to Archival Materials)
Be aware that although they overlap to some extent, each database has material not in the others. Also keep in mind that records are brief and do not list every single item or person referred to in the collection. You may have to contact the archive and see if they have a more detailed finding aid or inventory.
Also be aware that many institutions have not fully cataloged their holdings, and some repositories, especially small historical societies and private or business archives, have not reported their holdings to these databases. Sometimes the best thing to do is a simple web search.
Repositories of Primary Sources is a directory of over 5,000 archives websites worldwide.
OPEN-ACCESS DIGITAL LIBRARIES:
The largest free, open-access digital libraries are Google Books, the Hathi Trust Digital Library, and Europeana.
Hundreds of smaller digital libraries exist. For lists of these, see:
European Primary History Resources - Digital Repositories
Digital Libraries of Europe
Many historical European newspapers have been digitized. See:
List of Online Newspaper Archives
Historical Worldwide Newspapers on the Internet
Historical Newspapers Online
Russian and East European Historical Newspapers
European Newspaper Archives
DIGITAL LIBRARIES REQUIRING LSU ID:
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
Digital images of medieval and early modern British and Irish sources, ca. 1000 to 1800.
Early English Books Online
Digital images of books printed in English between 1473 and 1700.
British Periodicals I and II
Full-text access to 500 periodicals from the 1680s to the 1930s.
Palmer's Full Text Online 1785-1870
Full-text access to articles in the London Times.
The largest free, open-access digital libraries are Google Books, the Hathi Trust Digital Library, and Europeana.
Hundreds of smaller digital libraries exist. For lists of these, see:
European Primary History Resources - Digital Repositories
Digital Libraries of Europe
Many historical European newspapers have been digitized. See:
List of Online Newspaper Archives
Historical Worldwide Newspapers on the Internet
Historical Newspapers Online
Russian and East European Historical Newspapers
European Newspaper Archives
DIGITAL LIBRARIES REQUIRING LSU ID:
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
Digital images of medieval and early modern British and Irish sources, ca. 1000 to 1800.
Early English Books Online
Digital images of books printed in English between 1473 and 1700.
British Periodicals I and II
Full-text access to 500 periodicals from the 1680s to the 1930s.
Palmer's Full Text Online 1785-1870
Full-text access to articles in the London Times.
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