LibGuides: History: Books

Finding books in the library

UoG Library book collections

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Using our eBooks

eBook collections at UoG

UoG eBooks are available through Library Discovery. They can also be accessed directly via our eBook provider platforms.

The main eBook providers for Creative Arts courses are:

ProQuest Ebook Central

Ebooks from scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers.

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Taylor and Francis eBooks

Access to a collection of e-books on the Taylor and Francis platform.

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Library Discovery

Selected new books for History

From World War to postwar : revolution, Cold War, decolonization, and the rise of American hegemony, 1943-1958

The Greater Second World War : global perspectives

The Cambridge History of Ireland, 1550-1730

The Chief Governors : the rise and fall of reform government in Tudor Ireland, 1536-1588

America's Uncivil Wars: the Sixties era : from Elvis to the fall of Richard Nixon

Calvinism, Reform and the Absolutist State in Elizabethan Ireland

Until I Am Free : Fannie Lou Hamer's enduring message to America

How Long? How Long? : African-American women in the struggle for civil rights

Divisions : a new history of racism and resistance in America's World War II military

Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London: sexuality, politics and literary culture, 1630-1685

British Culture after Empire: race, decolonisation and migration since 1945

Same-Sex Desire in Early Modern England, 1550-1735: an anthology of literary texts and contexts

Making the World Clean: wasted lives, wasted environment, and racial capitalism

Red Lines: political cartoons and the struggle against censorship

Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July

Difficult women: a history of feminism in 11 fights

Cults, Martyrs and Good Samaritans: religion in contemporary English political discourse

African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920

The Jacobites: Britain and Europe, 1688-1788

The Wrath to Come: Gone with the wind and the lies America tells

European Fascist Movements: a sourcebook

Have a look at the full list of new resources for History

Inter-Library Loan service for Books

Book not in the library?

Use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to obtain print books and chapters from print or electronic books not held by the university. The service is primarily for final year undergrad students, postgrads, researchers and academics. Staff and students have an initial allocation of free requests. More information is available in the Guide to Inter-Library Loans.

Main subject areas in the Library

Topic	Shelf number
British politics	320.941
Civil and political rights	323
Civil rights in America	323.1196073
Ethnic groups, including history	305.8
Black American History	305.896073
History and geography	900
Historical research	907.2
History of Europe	940
History of World War II, 1939-1945	940.53
History of British Isles	941
Period of House of Hanover (Georgian Britain)	941.07
Victorian and modern era	941.08
History of England and Wales	942
Period of House of Tudor	942.05
History of Russia	947
History of United States of America	973
Political ideologies	320.5
Politics and government	320
Women, incl. feminism and women's history	305.4

History: Books