Research Guides: HIST E-1671 Research Guide: Background and Overview

Background Information

Oxford Bibliographies Online helps you identify some of the most important and influential scholarship across a variety of academic disciplines, including African Studies and Atlantic History.
- Use the 'Browse by Subject' to see an alphabetical list of entries within each subject area. The basic search at the top will search all subjects, or use the Advanced Search to create a custom search within one or more subject areas.
Oxford History of the Atlantic World, 1450-1850 contains thirty-seven articles on broad topic areas that can help inspire a topic or provide further research into an existing topic.
The Cambridge History of Travel Writing has relevant chapters within Part 1 "Travel Writing by Period" and Part 2 "Travel Writing in a Global Context."

The Oxford Companion to World Exploration contains two volumes, organized alphabetically, of biographies, national expeditions, and geographic areas of focus.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography provides biographies of people who have shaped aspects of the British past, and is searchable by name or browsable by occupation.
Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, with detailed etymological analyses, tracing the development of words through time.