History 208L: Historical Research and Methods Seminar: The British Atlantic World, 1575-1825

Cate Brennan
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This page contains links to electronic resources useful for researching the history of the British Atlantic world as well as information about other relevant library resources. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library resources and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page.

Because of licensing agreements, off-campus access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students; consult Off-Campus Access to Library Resources for further information. Databases and electronic journals can be accessed remotely through Research Port.

Secondary Sources

• Reference Sources
• Books: UM Libraries
• Books: Other Libraries
• Scholarly Journal Articles

• Research Using Primary Sources
• Online Sources
• Microform Collections
• Early American Newspapers on Microfilm

• Britannica Online
• Oxford English Dictionary

Reference Sources: Britain

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Gerald Newman, ed., Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. McKeldin Reference DA480.B75.

Reference Sources: United States

• John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography (24 vols., 1999). McKeldin Reference T213.A68.
• Dictionary of American Biography (10 vols., 1928-1936) with ten supplementary volumes covering period to 1980. McKeldin Reference E176.D562.
• Kenneth T. Jackson, ed., Atlas of American History (1978). McKeldin Reference G1201.S1J3 1978.
• Jacob Ernest Cooke, ed., Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (3 vols., 1993). McKeldin Reference E45.E53 1993.
• James Ciment, ed., Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History (5 vols., 2006). McKeldin Reference E162.C68 2006.
• Alan Gallay, ed., Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763: An Encyclopedia (1996). McKeldin Reference E46.5.C65 1996.
• Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole, eds., The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution (1991). McKeldin Reference E208.B635 1991.
• Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole, eds., Colonial British America: Essays in the New History of the Early Modern Era (1984). McKeldin stacks E188.C72 1984.

Reference Sources: Africa

• Willie F. Page, ed., Encyclopedia of African history and Culture (3 vols., 2001). McKeldin Reference DT3.P27.
• John Middleton, ed., Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (4 vols., 1997. McKeldin Reference DT351.E53.

Reference Sources: Caribbean

• Simon Collier et al., eds., The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean (1992). McKeldin Reference F1406.C36.

• UM Libraries' Catalog
  The Libraries' catalog provides information about books, periodicals, and other holdings of all libraries in the University System of Maryland. Books owned by other libraries in the system can be ordered at the computer for delivery to College Park (or elsewhere); click on "Request" in the catalog record.

• WorldCat
  Combined catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Items not owned by University System of Maryland libraries can be ordered at the computer for borrowing through interlibrary loan; click on "find it."

• America: History and Life
  Information about articles, books, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history/ To locate an item, click on the "find it" button.

• Historical Abstracts
  Information about articles, books, and dissertations on non-U.S. and non-Canadian history since 1450. To locate an item, click on the "find it" button.

Research Using Primary Sources
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Online Sources

• English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
  Catalog of English-language imprints and imprints in all languages published in English-speaking countries, 1473 to 1800.

• Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  The full text of many English-language imprints and imprints in all languages published in English-speaking countries, 1473 to 1700.

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online
  Full text in page images of books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in England and elsewhere.

• Early American Imprints
  Full text in page images of books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in the British North American colonies and the early United States, 1630s to 1800.

• American Periodicals Series
  More than 1,000 American periodicals published between 1740 and the early twentieth century.

• Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800

Microform Collections in the UM Libraries

The UM Libraries own many primary sources on microfilm and similar formats. Most of these collections can be found in the current periodicals room on the first floor of of McKeldin Library. The following is a list of microform collections relevant to early American history:

• American Culture Series (1493-1806).
• The American Revolution in Context.
• American Women's Diaries. Segment I: New England Women.
• American Women's Diaries. Segment II: Southern Women.
• Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795. The Papers of Josiah Bartlett. 1729-1795.
• The Charles Carroll Papers.
• Carter Family. Papers, 1659-1797, in the Sabine Hall Collection.
• The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia.
• Early British Periodicals.
• Early English Newspapers.
• East Florida, Naval Officer. Naval Office Shipping Lists for 1764-1769.
• The Eighteenth Century.
• English Literary Periodicals
• Great Britain. Colonial Office. Colonial Office, American and West Indies, Original Correspondence, Etc., 1606-1807: Massachusetts and New England, 1620-1783.
• Great Britain. Colonial Office. Colonial Office, American and West Indies, Original Correspondence, Etc., 1606-1807: New York 1664-1781.
• Great Britain. Colonial Office. Colonial Office, American and West Indies, Original Correspondence, Etc., 1606-1807: South Carolina, 1699-1784.
• Great Britain. Colonial Office. Colonial Office, American and West Indies, Original Correspondence, Etc., 1606-1807: Virginia. 1606-1781.
• Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Reports from Committees of the House of Commons Which Have Been Printed by Order of the House but Not Inserted in the Journals. (1715-1801)
• Great Britain. Privy Council. Acts of the Privy Council of England, Colonial Series.
• Great Britain. Public Record Office. Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina, 1663-1782.
• Hakluyt Society. Works.
• Isaac Hobhouse and Co. The Hobhouse Papers 1722-1755: Letters and Other Papers of Isaac Hobhouse and Co., Bristol Merchants.
• Lloyd. (Ship) Journals of the Ship Lloyd, N. Pocock, Captain, 1767-1772.
• Maryland (Colony). Naval Office. The Naval Office Shipping Lists for Maryland, 1689-1754, in the Public Record Office, London.
• Massachusetts (Colony). Naval Office. The Naval Office Shipping Lists for Massachusetts, 1696-1765.
• Mather, Cotton. The Mather Papers: Part I, The Papers of Cotton Mather.
• Moravian Mission Records Among the North American Indians.
• The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803.
• Peale Family Papers.
• Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775. The Thomas Penn Papers, 1729-1832 at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
• Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discovery to the Present Time.
• Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Records.
• South Carolina. Treasury. Records of the Public Treasurers of South Carolina, 1725-1776.
• Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767. Charles Townshend Papers at Dalkeith: Material Relating to America from the Charles Townshend Papers in the Possession of the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith House, Midlothian.
• Women Advising Women.

• If you have any questions about these or other library resources, contact Eric N. Lindquist, history reference and instruction librarian, University of Maryland Libraries, at ericl@umd.edu.