Research Guides: HIST 032: Holidays in the Empire (SC): --- Topic Introductions

How to find overviews and reference sources

Cambridge Histories Online
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Searchable collection of e-books; useful starting point for exploring topics in history

History Compass
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This journal publishes review articles, These can help you get an overview of the historiography on a given topic.

Very Short Introductions
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Launched by Oxford University Press in 1995, Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.

Entries in overview sources tend to be fairly broad in scope. You can use these to:

• Contextualize your topic

• Get background information

• Identify search terms that will help you find sources

• Find citations for relevant books, articles, and primary source collections