Secondary Sources - HIST 4420 / 5420 - History of Ireland - Connors - Research Guides at University of Northern Iowa

Reference (Biographical) Sources

Biographical Sources

Print and online biographical resources.

Dictionary of National Biography DA28.D4 (Reference & Stacks)
Newer editions are in Reference (2nd floor of the library), older editions are in Stacks (third floor of the library). In this older edition, individuals who died before 1900 in main volumes; others in supplementary volumes organized by decade they died in (1910-19, etc.); each supplementary volume includes all individuals included in all supplementary volumes to date.
Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers - UNI Reference PR872B51985
Burke's Peerage 1st edition published in 1826 (HathiTrust)
Burke's Peerage 72 edition published in 1910 (HathiTrust)
Burke’s Peerage. CS420.B851967
Burke's Peerage - Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage. UNI Reference CS420.B85 (main floor) and & UNI Stacks CS420.B85 1967 (third floor).
"Gives a genealogical account of the families of the Peers and Baronets of the realm." -- The Reference Catalog of Current Literature - J. Whitaker & Sons - 1902
Compendium of Irish Biography - published in 1878 (HathiTrust)
Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography - UNI Stacks DA916C71970
Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980 - UNI Stacks NC1470 .B78 1994
Dictionary of Irish Biography - UNI Stacks CT862B69
Dictionary of Irish History since 1800 - UNI Stacks DA950.H23
Dictionary of Irish Literature - UNI Reference PR8706D51979
Ireland and Her People: A Library of Irish Biogrpahy - 5 volumes published in 1911 (HathiTrust)
National Cyclopedia of American Biogrpahy (HathiTrust)

Secondary Sources - Journals

The following are indexes and database that point to recent (secondary) scholarly journal articles.

Historical Abstracts
Focus on European. History.
JSTOR
Narrow by "Articles"
Project Muse
A complement to JSTOR as Project Muse covers the most recent five years of scholarship.
Limit search results by "Content Type = Journals - Articles" and "Research Area = History".

Secondary Sources - Books

Secondary Sources - Scholarly Monographs

The following are indexes and database that point to recent (secondary) scholarly books on the early twentieth century

Ebook Central
Consider using Advanced Search for more focus.
OneSearch (Rod Library Catalog)
Print and online books owned by Rod Library.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
Consider searching by "SU Subject" or "TI Title" for more focus. Alternatively, set the search field to "TX All Text Fields" to search the entire text of the book.
Google Books (Advanced)
Not without issues - Google Books will at times provide brief snatches of useful text online and can point to works to be requested via interlibrary loan

More Options for Locating Additional Secondary Historical Sources

Books NOT Owned by UNI Rod Library

WorldCat
Simultaneously search thousands of library catalogs.

Use Advanced search

Search by either Keyword, Title or Subject

Set the Year (publication date) to recent years (e.g. 1985 to: 2023)

Most of the books found in WorldCat will need to be requested via interlibrary loan

Journals Owned (and NOT Owned) by Rod Library

Project Muse
Provides access to articles from 51 history journals and indexing to articles from another 64 history journals. Use Advanced Search (found as an option under the horizontal lines icon beneath "Menu").

In Advanced Search you can check the box for journal articles under "Content Type" and History under "Research Area".

Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles found in journals not owned by Rod Library.

Cambridge University Press Journals (Cambridge Core)
UNI has full access to 14 history journals. Though some of the articles in the remaining 57 Cambridge University Press history journals are open access - many of these articles will need to be requested via Interlibrary Loan

After searching limit results to Articles, Publication Date, and Subject = History.

Note - you can also limit results by Access to UNI-owned articles - or leave this option unchecked (in which case many of the articles will need to be requested via Interlibrary Loan).

Note - Cambridge Core also identifies books (and book chapters) published by Cambridge University Press. In most instances these books will need to be requested via Interlibrary Loan

Library Discovery Systems from Major Universities

Library Discovery Systems
Library Discovery Systems (like UNI Rod Library’s OneSearch) can be used to identify both books and journal articles. Searches can be limited by title and subject. Results can be limited by format, peer-review, and publication date.

The following Discovery Systems – from universities with premier history programs – will help you identify secondary sources not owned by UNI. Check sources found with these Discovery Systems against OneSearch and if not owned by UNI request them requested via Interlibrary Loan).

Be sure to utilize Advanced Search options when available and to limit your search results to specific formats of information when possible.

Universities in Ireland

Universities in England

Universities in the United States