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A collection of miscellaneous tips and tricks not covered in other articles that might help you with your research.
 
A collection of miscellaneous tips and tricks not covered in other articles that might help you with your research.
  
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*'''Access some subscription websites with a Library Card.'''
 
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**There are a number of websites including ''Eighteenth Century Collections Online'' (ECCO), ''House of Commons Parliamentary Papers'', ''The [London] Times Digital Archive 1785-1985'' and other newspaper sites  which may help you in your research, where access is restricted .  Card holders  of participating Libraries including the following National Libraries (noting there is generally a residential requirement)  [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many University Libraries can access some, or all of these websites. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
 
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**In England, a Borough or County Library Card may enable you to access ''The Times'' '''remotely''' but probably not other historical newspaper sites. However, enquire what is available to you both from your local library and the libraries of surrounding boroughs as what is on offer can differ widely and membership requirements are usually easily met. Popular choices available online include ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' and ''Who's Who & Who Was Who''. Other subscription sites may be available from terminals in the library itself e.g. ''Ancestry'' - this may sound restrictive but, if you already subscribe at a base level, may be useful for consultation when you want to look up a source restricted to premium subscribers.
 
  
 
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**Read about location, opening times, and many aspects covered in Reader FAQ’s in this [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/stpancrasrr.html link]
 
**Read about location, opening times, and many aspects covered in Reader FAQ’s in this [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/stpancrasrr.html link]
 
**For further hints, read the following postings from the India List dated  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-01/1041699871 1/2003]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-01/1042319089 1/2003] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-04/1049840159 4/2003]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-06/1086322671 6/2004]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-07/1088805244 7/2004]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-10/1098215283 10/2004] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-04/1113156142 4/2005]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-04/1113208844 4/2005]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-09/1126773678 9/2005] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-02/1171990710 2/2007]  
 
**For further hints, read the following postings from the India List dated  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-01/1041699871 1/2003]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-01/1042319089 1/2003] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-04/1049840159 4/2003]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-06/1086322671 6/2004]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-07/1088805244 7/2004]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-10/1098215283 10/2004] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-04/1113156142 4/2005]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-04/1113208844 4/2005]  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-09/1126773678 9/2005] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-02/1171990710 2/2007]  
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*'''Access some subscription websites with a Library Card.'''
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**There are a number of websites including ''Eighteenth Century Collections Online'' (ECCO), ''House of Commons Parliamentary Papers'', ''The [London] Times Digital Archive 1785-1985'' and other newspaper sites  which may help you in your research, where access is restricted .  Card holders  of participating Libraries including the following National Libraries (noting there is generally a residential requirement)  [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many University Libraries can access some, or all of these websites. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
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**In England, a Borough or County Library Card may enable you to access ''The Times'' '''remotely''' but probably not other historical newspaper sites. However, enquire what is available to you both from your local library and the libraries of surrounding boroughs as what is on offer can differ widely and membership requirements are usually easily met. Popular choices available online include ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' and ''Who's Who & Who Was Who''. Other subscription sites may be available from terminals in the library itself e.g. ''Ancestry'' - this may sound restrictive but, if you already subscribe at a base level, may be useful for consultation when you want to look up a source restricted to premium subscribers.
  
  

Revision as of 11:25, 26 July 2009

A collection of miscellaneous tips and tricks not covered in other articles that might help you with your research.



  • Access some subscription websites with a Library Card.
    • There are a number of websites including Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, The [London] Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 and other newspaper sites which may help you in your research, where access is restricted . Card holders of participating Libraries including the following National Libraries (noting there is generally a residential requirement) Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, State Library of NSW, and many University Libraries can access some, or all of these websites. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
    • In England, a Borough or County Library Card may enable you to access The Times remotely but probably not other historical newspaper sites. However, enquire what is available to you both from your local library and the libraries of surrounding boroughs as what is on offer can differ widely and membership requirements are usually easily met. Popular choices available online include The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Who's Who & Who Was Who. Other subscription sites may be available from terminals in the library itself e.g. Ancestry - this may sound restrictive but, if you already subscribe at a base level, may be useful for consultation when you want to look up a source restricted to premium subscribers.



  • Find the meaning of words used in India.
    Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke published by Wordsworth Editions, 1996. Limited View Google Books

The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge: A Companion to "The Hand-book of British India." by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1848,Full View Google Books


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