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Irish Studies: a Selective, Annotated Guide to the Reference Collections and Databases at Doherty Library IRISH STUDIES: A SELECTIVE, ANNOTATED GUIDE TO THE REFERENCE COLLECTIONS AND DATABASES AT DOHERTY LIBRARY CONTENTS: 1. FINDING BOOKS: LIBRARY CATALOGS & MORE 2. FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES & MORE…PERIODICALS INDEXING 3. REFERENCE SOURCES A. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY B. COUNTRY GUIDES C. GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HISTORIES AND CHRONOLOGIES D. BIOGRAPHY E. HISTORICAL ATLASES F. RELIGION, FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY 4. MCFADDEN-MORAN COLLECTION MICROFORMS 5. SELECTED WEB SITES SOURCES KEY: à = Free Web / Internet = Doherty Library Database 1. FINDING BOOKS: LIBRARY CATALOGS & MORE \ Books & most other materials in university libraries are classified by their subject. Learn the subject words most relevant to your topic / area of interest. You can then use these terms when searching both our library catalog and others. A great subject heading to begin exploring is (what else?): Ireland. \ Try searching the à Doherty library catalog first. Begin with some general keywords that broadly define your topic and refine your search strategy based on the results, making note of key subject headings relevant to your topic. \ Want more? Try the Worldcat database once you’ve identified good subject headings and/or keywords. Worldcat is library meta-catalog that allows you to search across thousands of library catalogs at once (like à Google books, only better…). \ Link to other Texas libraries here (Rice, U. of H., more). \ à Google Book Search http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search. = Doherty library database. RM 7/07 2. FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES & MORE… PERIODICALS INDEXING START WITH THESE / ALL TOPICS: JSTOR – Multi-disciplinary, full-text scholarly journals; major periodicals in history, language, literature, philosophy, sociology, economic history, more. Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) – Our largest periodicals source; over 4,000 full-text scholarly journals in all subjects. Project Muse– Scholarly journals in full-text. FOR HISTORY: Historical Abstracts – World history outside North America from 1450 to the present. For articles & essays on the Irish in America, try America: History and Life. à Irish History Online – An online bibliography from the Royal Historical Society, U.K.; Irish history from earliest times to the present. World History Collection - Global history; indexing about 150 journals. ITER. - ITER’s Bibliography indexes all types of literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). MORE SUBJECTS / SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES: Catholic Literature and Periodical Index – all aspects of the Catholic faith and lifestyle; Vatican, general scholarly & popular publications are indexed. Lexis-Nexis Academic – Includes the newspapers Irish Times, Belfast News Letter and the Belfast Telegraph full-text in its European News Sources section. MLA International Bibliography – Early-modern to contemporary language and literature topics. (For other literature resources, please see the library’s Irish Literature user guide.) Social Science Abstracts Plus - useful to those researching social issues, minorities and public life. EVEN MORE: \Browse Doherty’s databases by subject page for more resources that correspond to the subject matter of your project. Check our other subject resource guides for discipline- specific advice… The BIBLIOGRAPHIES listed below will also help you identify periodical articles & monographs… = Doherty library database. RM 7/07 3. REFERENCE SOURCES AT DOHERTY LIBRARY: A. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY à Irish History Online http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie/ – An online bibliography from the Royal Historical Society, U.K.; Irish history from earliest times to the present. à Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History. – The RHS Bibliography is available online at http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibwel.asp,including the Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History, 1975 onwards. Doherty owns 1975 to 1986 in print; call number: Ref DA 27.5.A55. Worldcat – A huge database containing the catalog records from libraries across the U.S. and the World. A Guide to Irish Bibliographical Material: A bibliography of Irish bibliographies and sources of information. (2nd ed.) Alan R. Eager. Ref DA 906 .E26 1980 - Arranged by general subject areas, then by source type; Author and subject indexes. Directory of Irish Archives. (4th ed.) Helferty and Refaussé. Ref CD 1100.D57 2003 Early Christian Ireland: Introduction to the sources. Kathleen Hughes. Ref DA 908.H83 1972 – The scholarship on early Christian Ireland up to the mid-20th century. Medieval Ireland, c. 1170-1495. P. W. A. Asplin. Ref Z 2041.A85 1971 – A bibliography of secondary works on medieval Irish history up to 1495, published before 1972. Irish Historiography, 1936-70. T. W. Moody. Ref DA 907.M64 1971 – A survey of the historical writing on Ireland published between 1936 and 1970. Irish Republic. (World Bibliographic Series 69). Michael O. Shannon. Ref DA 906 .S5323 1986 – Published 1986 (slightly dated); Still a good starting-point listing general reference works and more specific subjects on Ireland. Northern Ireland. (World Bibliographical Series 129). Michael O. Shannon. Ref DA 990.U46 S52 1991 Northern Ireland 1921-1974: A select bibliography. Richard R. Deutsch. Ref Z 2043.N6 D48 1975 Women in Ireland: An annotated bibliography. Anna Brady. Ref HQ 1600.3 .B782 1988 FIND MORE: \Subject keyword search Ireland and Bibliography and History in the library catalog. \Subject keyword search "Ireland Historiography" in the library catalog. = Doherty library database. RM 7/07 B. COUNTRY GUIDES Country Watch – Select “Ireland” for maps; statistics and demographic data; sections on: politics, business & the economy, people & culture; also the latest news out of the region. à Background Notes from the U. S. State Dept. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ à BBC News Country profiles. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm à CIA World Fact Book. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ à Library of Congress Country Studies. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html CultureGrams. REF GT 150 .C85 2004 - Includes info on family life, customs, etiquette for visitors (i.e. greetings, gestures). à For more country information consult the library’s International Studies subject guide. C. GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HISTORIES AND CHRONOLOGIES The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture. W.J. McCormack, editor. Ref DA 925 .B47 1999 – Organized as a dictionary; Signed entries with bibliographical notes. A Book of Irish Quotations. Compiled by Sean McMahon. Ref PN 6080 .B662 1984 A Chronology of Irish History Since 1500. J.E. Doherty and D.J. Hickey. Ref DA 910.D66 1990 – Political and military history emphasized, but includes religious, social, cultural, and sporting events; chronology ends in 1989. Companion to Irish history, 1603-1921: From the submission of Tyrone to partition. Peter R. Newman. Ref DA 912.N485 1991 – The land issue is particularly stressed. Criteria for biographical entries were that they “illuminate or exemplify aspects of Irish history or crucial and central themes to that history.” – pref. Conflict in Northern Ireland: An encyclopedia. (5th ed.) Sydney Elliott & W.D. Flackes Ref DA 990.U46 E44 1999 – Includes: A chronology of major events, 1921-99; a dictionary; election results; government systems; office holders; security statistics. A Dictionary of Irish History Since 1800. D. J. Hickey and J. E. Doherty. Ref DA 950.H53 1981 Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, groups, and movements of the twentieth century. Peter Barberis. Ref DA 566.7 .E53 2000 – Over 2500 20th century organizations, “including those of earlier origin which have or have had some existence from 1900 onwards.” – intro; Bibliography and index. Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Victor Mealy, principle ed. Ref DA 979.E5 1968 – One of the first large-scale encyclopedias on Ireland (1968); Sections include the geology, topography & wild life of the island, archeology, history, the people, the language, religion, agriculture, industry, commerce and finance, literature, music, theatre, folklore, games and sport, and the visual arts. Encyclopedia of Ireland. Brian Lalor, ed. (Yale UP) Ref DA 906 .E52 2003b = Doherty library database. RM 7/07 Encyclopedia of Irish History & Culture. J. S. Donnelly Jr., ed. Ref DA 912 .E53 2004 v.1-2 Historical Dictionary of Ireland. Colin Thomas, Avril Thomas. Ref DA 910 .T39 [1997] – Includes a chronology and appendixes listing the various viceroys, lords lieutenant, chief secretaries, prime ministers, and secretaries of state for both Ireland and Northern Ireland. Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America. John A. Wagner. Ref DA 357 .W34 1999 – “England’s centuries-long attempt to impose its political control on Ireland acquired a new edge under Elizabeth, whose government sought also to impose a new religious regime on the Irish people…” – pref. Ireland, a Cultural Encyclopaedia. Brian De Breffny. Ref NX 546.A1 I73 1983 – Includes not just the obvious subjects but also Irish “cultural expressions,” such as equestrian sports, Celtic monasticism, and the Ogham alphabet. Irish Studies: The Essential glossary. John Goodby, ed. (Oxford U P) Ref DA 910 .D38 2003 Northern Ireland: A chronology of the Troubles, 1968-1999. (2nd ed.) Paul Bew and Gordon Gillespie. Ref DA 990.U46 B3593 1999 – Chronology of events up to May 1999; Index, bibliography, maps. D. BIOGRAPHY Biography & Genealogy Master Index – Use this to locate biographical entries contained in
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