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*'''Access an obsolete website in ''archives.org''.'''
*'''Access an obsolete website in ''archives.org''.'''
**Go to http://www.archive.org/web/web.php and type in the website you require in the ''Wayback Machine'' and click <Take Me Back>.
**Go to http://www.archive.org/web/web.php and type in the website you require in the ''Wayback Machine'' and click <Take Me Back>.
**A helpful website which has closed is ''regiments.org'', here is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080116090419/http://www.regiments.org archived site at January 2008]
**A helpful website which has closed is ''regiments.org'', here is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080116090419/http://www.regiments.org archived site at January 2008]. This is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108080429/www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm Regiments page] and this is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118041521/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/bargxrefn.htm British Army Regiments page]
 





Revision as of 12:26, 30 December 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, 19th Century UK Periodicals 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.



  • Search for books on a particular topic.

The Royal Historical Society Bibliography Search may be of use if you are researching a particular topic and wish to find books written about the topic.As an example, entering East India Company produced over a thousand results, mainly books and articles written in the last forty years.



  • Find the meaning of words used in India.



  • Copying Information from Full View Google Books

Refer Google Books