Library guide for History

Reference Books

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (Ref Coll 303 I61.E)
Encyclopaedia Britannica (Ref Coll f032 E56.15)
The Australian encyclopaedia (Ref Coll f032 A92.6)
Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia (Ref Coll 994.003 E56)
A dictionary of historical terms (Ref Coll 903 C771d.3)
Encyclopedia of exploration (Ref Coll f910.9 H859e)
Oxford dictionary of national biography (Ref Coll 920.042 D554 2000)
Australian dictionary of biography (Ref Coll 920.094 A937 * also available online)
Oxford companion to the Second World War (Ref Coll 940.53 O98)
The Times comprehensive atlas of the world (Ref Coll ef912 T583c.12)

The Microform Collection

The Microform Collection on Level 1 of the Library houses an extensive collection of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) historical publications including census publications, yearbooks and pre-Federation colonial statistics. For ABS publications after the mid 1990s see their website.

The Australian Joint Copying Project collection (Microform Coll 994.005 A924) includes almost 10,000 microfilm reels relating toAustralia that were held by the Public Records Office in London. Dates rang from 1560 - 1975.

Databases and Articles Searching for Flinders patrons

JSTOR, Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac), Proquest, ScienceDirect and APA-FT (Australian) are the main collections of full text articles. Factiva provides full-text coverage from newspapers such as  New York Times, Guardian, Independent, and London Times, as well as the major Australian newspapers. Recently acquired collections, Mass Observation Online and Empire Online provide many essays and historical documents. For the researcher, citation databases include Historical Abstracts, Informit (Australian), PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service), Social Sciences Citation Index and Current Contents.

When you're in the Library, some useful call numbers to browse for books are:

• 900 General history
• 940-999 History of various countries, events and regions, e.g.
• 940 Europe - History
• 940.53 World War II
• 942 England - History
• 943 Germany - History
• 973 United States - History
• 994 Australia - History

Australian websites

• Australian History, Selected Websites - National Library of Australia
• Australian War Memorial
• Australian Literary and Historical Texts - University of Sydney
• Manning Index of South Australian History - State Library of SA
• National Centre for Australian Studies - Monash University
• Parliament of Australia
• Parliament of South Australia
• National Archives of Australia - the repository of valuable Commonwealth records.
• Register of Australian Archives & Manuscripts - a guide to collections of personal papers and non-governmental organisational records held by Australian libraries and archives.
• Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library - maintained by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
• AIATSIS - Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies
• InfoKoori - index to Koori Mail
• Koori Centre - from the University of Sydney

Overseas websites

• British History Online - medieval and early modern sources for British history from the Institute of Historical Research (Univ of London) and the History of Parliament Trust.
• Best of History Websites - from Thomas Daccord
• World War 1 Document Archive - Brigham Young University Library
• WW2 People's War - from the BBC
• South African History - Stanford University Library
• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History - Brigham Young University Library
• Irish History - Stanford University Library
• American Memory - Library of Congress
• Alexander Palace Russian History - maintained by Bob Atchison
• Middle Easy History - University of Washington Library
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Flinders University Department of History

Need further assistance? Ask for help at the Information Desk or contact

Tony Giorgio
Liaison Librarian, History
Level 1 , Central Library
Tel: 8201 3542
Email: tony.giorgio@flinders.edu.au