History Subject Guide

British History Online is a not-for-profit digital library based at the Institute of Historical Research. It brings together material for British history from the collections of libraries, archives, museums and academics. These primary and secondary sources, which range from medieval to twentieth century, are easily searchable and browsable online.

Connected Histories brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth century Britain with a single federated search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places and dates. The site also contains research guides providing suggestions for search strategies and further reading.on a variety of historical topics.

Part of Historic Environment Scotland, Canmore contains more than 320,000 records and 1.3 million catalogue entries for archaeological sites, buildings, industry and maritime heritage across Scotland. Use this site to search their archive of images, digital publications and maps pertaining to historic sites in Scotland.

Online exhibitions which are curated by the British Library, including original source materials, images, supporting articles and background information. Exhibitions cover a broad range of topics including anglo-saxons, a history of magic and Medieval England and France.

LSE collections are internationally recognised, a and a number of their special collection items have been made digitally available to the public, including an interactive version of the Charles Booth poverty map of London.

The NLS website contains curated collections covering a plethora of topics, including manuscripts, newspapers and maps. Some digitised primary sources are available, as well as guides to research using NLS physical collections.

Explore around 800,000 items that tell the story of modern war and conflict, collected by the museum since 1917.