Curator and Librarian
Julie Tanaka
Contact: Website
Rare Books and Special Collections
102 Hesburgh Library
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-7845
jtanaka1@nd.edu
Subjects:History, Western Europe, History, World
Overview
This Western European history guide provides the most relevant resources regarding topics related to the history, culture, and politics of modern Western Europe, especially with regard to major geographic areas of teaching and research at Notre Dame, including Britain, France, Germany/Austria, Italy, and Ireland. These resources cross disciplines to include such areas as gender, literature, film, film theory, archival theory, and religion to address the expanding research approaches and perspectives.
Related subjects include: Byzantine Studies, Catholic Studies, Classics, Gender Studies, Global Affairs, History and Philosophy of Science, History: United States and Canada, Irish Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, Peace Studies, Theology and Religion.
For a primer on general research, review the Getting Started with Research guide.
Scholarly Resources
Article Databases
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JSTORJSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. Contains digitized current and many back issues of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
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Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)One of the most extensive search engines for academic open access web resources
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DigiZeitschriftenA German JSTOR of sorts, providing full-text access to back runs of German journals in a wide range of humanistic disciplines: Anglistik, Bibliothekswesen, Geowissenschaften, Germanistik, Geschichte, Naturwissenschaften, Neuere Philologien, Rechtswissenschaft, Romanistik, Soziologie, Wirtschaftswissenschaften.
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Regesta Imperii OnlineOne of the largest interdisciplinary databases for European History from Antiquity through the 16th century that indexes over 1,300 periodicals and articles contained in 20,000 journals. Disciplines covered include archaeology, art, history, literature, music, philosophy, theology among others.
Books
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryA digital repository for the nation's great research libraries that brings together the immense collections of its partner institutions. It was initially conceived as a collaboration of the thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the University of California system, and the University of Virginia to establish a repository for those universities to archive and share their digitized collections, and quickly expanded to include additional partners with fast growing treasure of digitized collections.
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Hesburgh Libraries Online Catalog (ND Catalog)ND Catalog lets you search the holdings of the Hesburgh Libraries, Kresge Law, and Holy Cross libraries' catalogs separately or together. It includes content from the University Archives, the Center for Research Libraries, and working papers from the Institute for Latino Studies.
Bibliographies
Theses and Dissertations
United States
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CurateND
Digital Repository for the University of Notre Dame. Includes dissertations and theses by Notre Dame graduates.
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ProQuest Digital DissertationsProvides information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with subject, title, and author access to almost all American dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Offers full text for most dissertations (Notre Dame and other) added since 1997. Access info: Access to full text (PDF) of Notre Dame dissertations since 1997, restricted to users with valid Notre Dame NetIDs.
European/Combined
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Center for Research Libraries – CRL Dissertations90+ countries
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DART-Europe E-theses PortalDART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.
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EThOSUK
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Index to ThesesUK and Ireland
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National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertationsover 1 million records
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Open Access Theses and Dissertationsover 800 institutions throughout the world
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Center for Responsive PoliticsNation's premier website tracking the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives.
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ProQuest Dissertations and Thesesmost comprehensive collection from around the world, 1743 to present
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ThèsesFrance
Beyond Europe
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CybertesisLatin America
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Trove: DissertationsAustralia
Datasets and Full-text Collections
Datasets
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European Data PortalThe European Data Portal provides access to 415,000 public datasets harvested from 70 data catalogues in 34 countries (European Union member states, the EEA, Switzerland and countries in the EU Neighborhood Policy program).
Full-text Collections
European History - General
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IntraText Digital LibraryOnline concordance for original language editions of Dante's collected works.
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Past mastersFull text for Philosophy, but includes History of Science.
European History—Region/Period Specific
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Gallica bibliothèque numerique de la Bibliothèque nationale de France(Gallica Digital Library)
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Munich Digitization CenterContains the Verhandlungen des Reichstags in addition to a wide variety of other primary sources for Germany.
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Regesta Imperii OnlineOne of the largest interdisciplinary databases for European History from Antiquity through the 16th century that indexes over 1,300 periodicals and articles contained in 20,000 journals. Disciplines covered include archaeology, art, history, literature, music, philosophy, theology among others.
European History—Early Modern
Image and Multimedia Collections
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Digital Pictures Archives of the Federal ArchivesFor modern German history
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Moving Image Archive (Internet Archive)Digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news
Hesburgh Libraries Special Collections Inventories
Manuscripts
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Gallica ManuscriptsThe manuscripts digitized in Gallica represent the richness of the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). It includes almost all the manuscripts brought back from the oasis of Dunhuang by Paul Pelliot, the masterpieces of Carolingian illumination, literary texts of the Middle Ages (novels of the Round Table , Roman de la Rose, works by Froissart or Christine de Pizan, etc.), Arabic, Turkish and Persian manuscripts, paintings and xylographic books from Japan, and important literary and philosophical works of the nineteenth century and 20th century, including those of Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, Auguste Comte and Hippolyte Taine.
Maps
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map CollectionView and download scanned maps from around the world (includes historical and thematic maps).
Archives and Archival Resources
The archives below, despite some of the local-sounding names, contain materials related to European history. Many can be searched by keyword. Some have digital collections; others have only physical collections. More resources can be found on the Archives and Archival Resources Libguide.
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National Register of ArchivesA comprehensive catalogue compiled from English and Scottish Archives that contains information about the nature and location of manuscripts relating to British History. This is the best resource to begin with for archival resources related to British History.
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Zentrale Datenbank NachlässeGerman archive search for personal papers.
Best Bets for Archival Research
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ArchiveGridArchiveGrid covers over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more.
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Archives Portal EuropeThis portal represents 28 national archives in Europe and provides information about their holdings and makes some of their materials searchable online.
More Resources to Locate Repositories
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American Historical Association’s Archives WikiThis site provides listings of archives throughout the world, subdivided by country. This listing includes contact information, holdings, access policies, and other pertinent information.
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ArchiveFinderDirectory that describes more than 220,000 collections of primary-source materials located in repositories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
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ArchivesHubLocate unique sources held at over 220 institutions in the United Kingdom.
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Consortium of European Research Libraries Portal (CERL Portal)The CERL Portal gives access to descriptions of manuscripts of all periods and early printed materials (up to 1830) in collections in Europe, the United States and Australia.
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National Register of ArchivesA comprehensive catalogue compiled from English and Scottish Archives that contains information about the nature and location of manuscripts relating to British History. This is the best resource to begin with for archival resources related to British History.
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National Register of ArchivesA comprehensive catalogue compiled from English and Scottish Archives that contains information about the nature and location of manuscripts relating to British History. This is the best resource to begin with for archival resources related to British History.
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Repositories of Primary SourcesListing of more than 5,000 websites that describe holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources in the Unites States, Canada, Europe, Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Near East. [No longer updated or maintained.]
Archival Research Tool
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Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC)This is a prototype research tool that provides researchers with convenient, integrated access to historical collections held by multiple private and public archives and libraries around the world while also setting the stage for a cooperative program for maintaining information about the people documented in the collections.
Historical Newspapers
Historical Newspapers
Europe
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Arbeiter-ZeitungNewspaper archive covering 1945-1989.
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Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Newspapers Search LinkMostly print newspapers. Available through Interlibrary Loan. Some digitized.
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)Nexis Uni delivers unmatched depth and quality when it comes to content. With more than 15,000 news, legal and business sources, Nexis Uni helps students find credible sources including: Print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs; Local, regional, national and international newspapers with deep archives; Extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790; Unparalleled business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives.
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Nineteenth Century British Library NewspapersExtensive collection of primary sources that focuses on politics and history with a strength in the territories Britain colonized (America, India, Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, Australia, and Melanesia). Introductory guides overview the collections and some provide bibliographies for the topic.
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17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapersFull-text access to the British Library's Burney Collection.
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Starie Gazeti(1912-89)
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Times digital archive, 1785-1985 (London)Searchable database of full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-1985. Digital reproduction, cover to cover, of the paper in PDF files. Includes advertisements, illustrations, and photos.
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ZEFYSPortal for finding and using current and historical newspapers from Germany and the world. from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
Beyond Europe
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Caribbean Newspapers. Series 1 (1718-1876)The largest collection of 18th and 19th-century Caribbean newspapers. Colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, New World slavery and more a comprehensive resource for studying the development of Western society.
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Historic Mexican and Mexican American PressThe Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press collection documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.
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International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON)International and U.S. collections