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== FIBIS Resources==
*Fibis chairman, Peter Bailey, has created an informative slide show [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZQlMGocPQ ''Advice For Your First Visit to the APAC Reading Rooms'']*''Baxter's guide: Biographical sources in the India Office Records'' by Ian A Baxter. :FIBIS, in association with the British Library, have published the Third Edition of this invaluable guide to the India Office Records (held at the British Library). This is the bible for all who are researching ancestors in British India and South Asia. Available from the [http://shop.fibis.org/books.htm FIBIS Shop]
*''Getting started with the India Office Records. 2009'' (FIBIS fact files; 2)
:Planning your first visit to the British Library? This very practical booklet contains two articles which will reduce stress and possible frustration when beginning research using the India Office Records at the British Library in London. Lawrie Butler was the former [http://www.fibis.org/research.htm FIBIS Research Officer] and his helpfully illustrated article "Hints on research in the India Office Records at the British Library Asian and African Studies reading room" carefully sets out what can be accomplished before visiting the library, how to gain admission to the library, and what to do once you enter the reading room in order to obtain maximum results. Elaine MacGregor's article "First visits to the OIOC by a 'newbie'" is a useful case study recounting her experience of using the reading room. Both articles were previously published in the [[FIBIS Journal]]. Available from the [http://www.shop.fibis.org/books.htm FIBIS Shop] or the FIBIS representative in Australia, Sylvia Murphy (refer [http://www.fibis.org/committee.htm FIBIS Committee]).
* Fibis can provide a research service and/or supply copy documents to Fibis members unable to visit the British Library. (This is expecially useful for obtaining further information where a reference has been found on the Fibis website). For further information about this service email the research co-ordinator on [mailto:research@fibis.org research@fibis.org]
==Other guides to the records==
''Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920: A Guide to Sources in the India Office Records'' by Richard Axelby and Savithri Preetha Nair 2009. The guide is arranged in eleven chapters: plants; agriculture; forests; animals; geology; meteorology; health and disease; water; communication networks and the built environment; ethnography; landscape and topography. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0712309454 FIBIS Shop]
== Visiting the British Library ==
*You will need a Reader Pass to enter the British Library Reading Rooms - which is where research is conducted. Read [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/register/stpregister.html How to Register for a Reader Pass]
