Find Background Info
- Empire onlineFulltext collection of original documents and essays about the British Empire
- The Captain Cook EncyclopaediaCall Number: G 420 C65 R63 2004
- The Australian EncyclopaediaCall Number: DU 90 A93 1996
- The Oxford companion to Australian folkloreCall Number: GR 365 O98 1993
- Australia: The Complete EncyclopediaCall Number: DU 90 A97 2001 folio
Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other FiguresCall Number: D 214 C54 2002- The Oxford companion to Australian historyCall Number: DU 110 O93 2001
Library Catalogue
When you're getting started, try searching for keywords that describe your topic, ie:
women and Australia and coloni$ation
Subject: Australia Discovery and Exploration
Subject: Oceania Discovery and Exploration
Author: Samson, Jane
Bibliographies
- Bibliography of British history, 1851-1914Call Number: DA 530 Z9 H23 1976Contains 10,829 entries in 15 chapters. Bibliographies arranged chronologically and subsequently by regions and special topics. Good coverage of the British Empire. Also includes an index.
- Bibliography of British history, 1914-1989Call Number: DA 566 Z9 R63 1996Contains 27, 264 entries in 15 chapters. Bibliographies arranged under broad socio-economic-cultural-historical time periods. Good coverage of the British Empire and the Commonwealth. Also includes an index.
- National Library of Australia: Trove- select "available online" and "Australian content" to limit to Australian digital collections. Not all titles are open access.
- Bibliography of Imperial, Colonial, and Commonwealth History since 1600 by
This link opens in a new window
What will I find?
Search in the Library Catalogue to find books, government information, and primary sources.
You will find books at libraries across the U of A, and in our NEOS partner libraries.
You can request books to be brought to the library of your choice. You can also request books that are already signed out.