History

Meet the Subject Team

Anne and Sharon 300 ‌

Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

anne.worden@port.ac.uk

(023) 9284 3243

Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk

(023) 9284 3243

Subject Locations

Although many history books are kept on the Second Floor in the University Library, social history, including women’s history, is on the First Floor. Specific classmarks of interest include:

Decolonization: 325.3Early modern Europe: 940.2
Empire: 909.097124…
English history: 942
French Revolution: 944.04
German history: 943
Historiography: 907.2
The Holocaust: 940.531503924
Local history: Hampshire: 942.27
Netherlands history: 949.2
Nineteenth Century Europe: 940.28
Russian history: 947
Slavery: 305.567…
Social class history: 305.5…
UK history: 941
Witchcraft: 133.4
Women’s history: 305.409…
World War II: 940.53,940.54
What is history? 901

We've got together the resources that we think you'll find most useful for your subject.

Before you get started on the various resources, you may find the following guide useful:

Library Guide to History (pdf)

Advice about Archives and Primary Sources

Using Primary Sources on the Web (History)
Internet for Archives
Advice about accessing archives

Suggested Resources

Databases
Journals
Reference Works
Websites
Additional Resources (including reading lists)

Manage the references for your dissertation using EndNote Web

You can use EndNote Web to gather all the references for books, journal articles etc which you want to use for your dissertation. The references can be accessed anywhere you have Internet access and you can get EndNote Web to create an instant bibliography for you - references to books and journal articles come out perfectly formatted for Harvard APA as used in Portsmouth.

Guide to EndNote Web