Use our online reading lists to find key readings for your modules. Link directly to an e-book, scanned chapter, or the library catalogue with information about where to find the book in the Library.
Need something we don't have in stock? Simply tell us what you need and we will try our best to add it to our collection or get it from another library.
The following resources are particularly useful for e-books to start your research and study across a wide range of themes and periods in History. These resources include primary source collections as indicated.
Early English Books Online(primary source collection)
Early European Books Online(primary source collection)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online(primary source collection)
Hathi Trust Digital Library(primary source collection)
The Library keeps some older and less used material in external stores. This might include books or printed journals and magazines.
All the store material can be found on Library Search, requested and used. Find out more about using the material in our stores on this page of the Library website
Most of our print books can be borrowed. If the book you want is on loan, you can place a hold on it and you will get an email when it comes back.
Our printed books are arranged by subject classification. The Classification Scheme can seem complicated to start with, but you will soon get used to it.
Most books covering core topics in History from history of places, regions and coutries to history by period, are on floor 3 and floor 3 extension of the Library.
Cambridge Companions: History