Irish History

Scholarship

This is an introductory guide to resources available to students at Boston College on Irish History.

What's on This Page

This page has a lot on it. You can use the following anchors (links down the page) to jump straight to a relevant box.

Reference Shelf

Oxford Reference Online
This is a quick go-to for high-quality, short, dictionary style descriptions, definitions, facts, and figures. Great for date and name checking.

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Bibliography of British and Irish History This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic data on historical writing that deals with the British Isles, the British Empire and Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland, and the Irish in America.

For a full list of BC Libraries' dictionaries, encyclopedia, bibliographies, and more see the Irish Studies Reference Shelf (tab in subpage menu).

Books: Find & Request from BC & Beyond

Your local libraries have excellent monographs and anthologies located in O'Neill library as well as through the BC libraries portal. Try searching for books (only books) through the WorldCat library system to see if we have what you need. If we don't, you can order material through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

WorldCat Catalog

Journal and eBook Database Recommendations

For a selection of excellent journals and some e-books on various topics in global history, we recommend a few databases. Remember to explore these database "advanced search" options for date and other modifiers before you run your searches.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journals and ebooks across multiple disciplines. Content includes back issues and some current issues.
Project MUSE
Full-text access to a large number of scholarly journals and eBooks in the humanities and social sciences published by over 120 of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.
Historical Abstracts
Index of journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and dissertations pertaining to the study of World History (Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America), from 1450 to the present. Coverage is 1955-present. Some full text coverage.

Additional Recommendations

Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
Cambridge Core is the place to find valuable, useful and inspirational research and academic information. Includes journals and books across the humanities and sciences. Of particular note are the Cambridge Histories, the Cambridge Companions, and the Cambridge Handbooks.
De Gruyter This link opens in a new window
Based out of Berlin, De Gruyter has been publishing academic books and journals for more than 250 years. Their fields of focus include humanities (e.g., history, classics, ancient near east, philosophy, religion, and more), social sciences, medicine, mathematics, engineering, computer sciences, natural sciences, and law. This interface provides affiliates with access to Boston College's subscriptions to De Gruyter's journals as well as ebook and some open access material.
Oxford Academic This link opens in a new window
Oxford University Publisher's access point for their reference, journals, and books. Material covers arts and humanities (including history and theology); law; medicine and health; science and math; as well as the social sciences.
Taylor & Francis This link opens in a new window
Access to our T&F journals and other e-content. Includes more than 200 history journals with full or partial access. Keep in mind that BC affiliates can order articles we don't have through ILL.

Irish Studies

JSTOR Ireland Collection This link opens in a new window
Titles and resources related to Ireland or Irish writing across the arts, humanities, and sciences in disciplines such as music, art, history, literature, archaeology, mathematics, and biology. Materials span from the 1780s to the present.

National Archives and Libraries

National Archives of Ireland
Access to researching geological, government, historical, and legal documents pertaining to Irish history. Some digital material in exhibits, most material requires visit to Ireland.
National Library of Ireland
Includes access to the catalogs for the holdings of the National Library. Some digitized materials, including newspapers, photographs, and more.

Recommended Journals

Irish Historical Studies
A Cambridge journal. Available from 1938.
Irish economic and social history
The journal of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland. Available since 1974.

History Liaison

Erin Kate Scheopner

she/her/hers

Email Me

Contact:

O'Neill 314

617-552-3457

Subjects: History, Irish Studies

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What's on This Page

Reference Shelf

Books: Find & Request from BC & Beyond

Journal and eBook Database Recommendations

Additional Recommendations

Irish Studies

National Archives and Libraries

Recommended Journals

History Liaison