British History Research Guide

Periodicals and Periodical Indexes

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This section is meant to help researchers identify or locate periodicals published from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries and indexes to the general periodical literature of these periods. Indexes to the secondary literature of British history may be found under Indexes and Abstracts.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND DIRECTORIES OF PERIODICALS

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British union-catalogue of periodicals; a record of the periodicals of the world, from the seventeenth century to the present day, in British libraries. Edited for the Council of the British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals by James D. Stewart with Muriel E. Hammond and Erwin Saenger. London, Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1955-62. 5 v.: SML, Main Reference Room Z6945 +B75 1955B (LC)

Craig, Mary Elizabeth. Scottish periodical press, 1750-1789. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1931.: SML, Main Reference Room PN 5134 C73

Fulton, Richard D. Union list of Victorian serials; a union list of selected nineteenth-century British serials available in the United States and Canadian libraries. New York; London: Garland, 1985.: SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 F85 (LC)

Eighteenth century journals, newspapers, and periodicals (1699-1812): Online journals from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers and periodicals. The titles chosen have been screened against Early English books online, Early English newspapers and Eighteenth century collections online to avoid duplication. See the list of titles.

Nelson, Carolyn. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700: a short title catalog of serials printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, and British America. New York: Modern Language Association, 1987.: SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 +N44 1987 (LC)
SML, Microtexts Desk Z6956 G6 +N44 1987 (LC)
Beinecke, Reference Z6956 G6 +N44 1987 (LC)

Periodicals of Queen Victoria's empire: an exploration / edited by J. Don Vann and Rosemary T. VanArsdel. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996.: SML, Main Reference Room PN5124 P4 P47 1996 (LC)

Victorian periodicals: a guide to research. Scott Bennett [et al]; edited by J. Don Vann and Rosemary T. VanArsdel. New York: Modern Language Association, 1978- . 2v.: SML, Main Reference Room PN5124 P4 V5 (LC)

North, John S. The Waterloo directory of Irish newspapers and periodicals, 1800-1900. Waterloo, Ont: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1986.: SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 N65 1989 (LC)

-----. The Waterloo directory of Scottish newspapers and periodicals, 1800-1900. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1989. 2v.: SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 N65 1989(LC)

Union list of serials in the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1965.: SML, Catalog Reference Desk Z6945 +U53 1965 (LC)
SML, Main Reference Room Z6945 +U53 1965 (LC); A union list of serials published anywhere in the world before 1950, with holdings information for U.S. and Canadian libraries.

Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900, series 1 of 5. Waterloo, Ont.: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1997. 10v.: SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 +E5 W37 1997 (LC)

The Waterloo directory of Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900. Waterloo, Ont.: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1976- .: SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 W38 (LC)

PERIODICAL INDEXES

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19th century index: A collective index to major indexes of 19th century periodicals (Poole’s index to periodical literature, Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, and Periodicals archive online) and other information sources.

Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur. Leipzig: F. Dietrich, 1911-1964. 69v.: SML, Main Reference Room AI9 B535 (LC); An index to "foreign language periodical literature", that is, periodical literature not in German.

British Humanities Index: An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK, including the Economist, the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Observer, and the Times. With the Subject Index to Periodicals, BHI provides an unbroken index to the humanities in Great Britain since 1915. Topics include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, education, economics, foreign affairs, environment, cinema, current affairs, gender studies, history, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, and theatre.

Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900 Access through Poole's plus/ 19th century masterfile
: Table of contents, chronological listings of 43 major journals of the period, providing the identity of authors of many articles which were published anonymously or under pseudonyms.

International index to periodicals. v.1- 1907/15-1965. New York: H. W. Wilson. Quarterly.

SML, Main Reference Room AI1 S63 (LC)

Periodicals archive online. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healy, 1994.>BR>: Includes tables of contents indexing to over 4,600 humanities and social sciences journals published from the eighteenth century to ten years ago. If this source is accessed through 19th century index, the search is automatically limited to those 900 periodicals published between 1790 and 1919.

Poole's plus/ 19th century masterfile. Reston, VA : Paratext Inc., 1999- .: Two interfaces to a database that provides electronic access to a series of periodical indexes which span the 19th century, and, in some cases, extend into the early years of the 20th century as well.; Poole’s index to periodical literature

The subject index to periodicals. London: [Library Association], 1919-1962. v.1-41 (1915/16-1961).: SML, Main Reference Room AI3 +A832 (LC)




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