History
Explore resources and tools for history and historical research.
Librarian
Siân Evans
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Librarian for: Africana Studies, History, History of Science and Technology, and Women, Gender and Sexuality
Getting Started
Historical research often requires interdisciplinary research skills.
- Research generally involves finding books and articles on your topic.
- From there, you can mine the bibliographies and footnotes of what you've found.
- Plus, investigate specialized resources, like rare books, manuscripts, primary sources, and images.
You may also need to go beyond Hopkins. You can use the databases below to find books and other materials not found at Hopkins. Request directly online.
- WorldCat
Search all US and many European research libraries
- BorrowDirect
Search and request books from the libraries of the Ivy League universities plus Chicago, Duke, MIT, and Stanford. Expect delivery in 3-5 days.