This is a brief and selective list of reference works on open access, which are most frequently requested by users of the Humanities Reading Room. It is arranged alphabetically by title and gives short title and shelfmark details only. Electronic resources can be accessed in the Electronic Resources Rooms in both Humanities - Floor 1 and 2.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W- Z
| American books in print Also available online as part of Global books in print, onsite only | HLQ 015.73 |
| Annual register | HLR 909.08 |
| Arts and humanities citation index Also available online via Web of science, onsite only. | HUR 011.34 |
ASLIB directory | HLQ 026 and HUR 026 |
| BBC Sound Archive | HUS 025.34809421 |
| Bible, New English | HLR 220.5206 |
| Bibliotheque Nationale catalogue | HLR 017.436 |
| Book review digest Also available online, onsite only. | HUR 028.1 |
| Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable | HLR 423.1 |
| British archives | HLQ 027.041 and HUR 027.041 |
| British humanities index Also available online, onsite only. | HUL 011.340941 |
| British national bibliography Also available as the BNB subset of Explore the British Library | HLR 015.41 |
| British union catalogue of periodicals | HUR 011.34 |
| Burke's Peerage Also available online, onsite only. | HLR Enquiry Desk 929.72 |
| Calendar of state papers | HLR 941 RS120- |
| Catalogue of political and personal satires | HLR 769.5 |
| Catalogue of printed maps | HLR 912.016 |
| Catholic encyclopedia | HLR 282.03 |
| Chicago manual of style | HLR 808.027 and HUR 808.027 |
| Commonwealth universities yearbook | HLQ 378 and HUR 378 |
| Complete peerage (G.E.C.) | HLR 929.72 |
| Complete works of Freud | HLR 150.195 |
| Complete works of Shakespeare | HLR 822.33 |
| Comprehensive dissertation index | HUR 011.75 |
| Contemporary authors Also available online as part of Literature resource center, onsite only | HLR 808.042 |
| Crockford's clerical directory | HLQ 283.42 |
| Cumulative book index | HLL 015.73 |
| Debrett's peerage | HLR Enquiry Desk 929.72 and HLM 920.041 |
| Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications | HLR 014.2 |
| Dictionary of literary biography Also available online as part of Literature resource center, onsite only. | HLR 809 |
| Dictionary of national biography Also available online with the Oxford dictionary of national biography and on CD-ROM, both onsite only. | HLR 920.041 |
| Directory of British associations | HLQ 062 |
| Directory of rare books and special collections | HLQ 027.041 |
| Domesday book | HLR 333.322 |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica Also available online, onsite only | HLR 032 |
| Encyclopaedia Judaica | HLR 909.04924 |
| Encyclopaedia of Islam | HLR 909.09717 |
| Encyclopaedia of religion | HLR 200.3 |
| English catalogue of books | HLR 015.41 |
| English historical documents | HLR 941 |
| Gazetteer of the world Also available online, onsite only | HLR 910.3 |
| Gentleman's magazine | RAR 052 |
| Gramophone | HUS 050 |
| Granger's index to poetry | HLR 808.81 |
| Grove dictionary of art Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 703 |
| Harleian Society publications | HLX 929.341 |
| Historical Manuscripts Commission publications | HLR 941 MC1-81 |
| Index of English literary manuscripts | HLR 820.8 |
| Index of manuscripts in the British Library | HLR 011.31 |
| Index to the Times Also available online as Palmers full text online 1790-1905 and on CD-ROM 1906-1980, onsite only. | HUR 072.1 |
| Index to theses Also available online from 1970, onsite only. | HUR 011.750941 |
| Index translationum | HLR 011.7 |
| International who's who Also available online in World who's who, onsite only. | HLQ 920.02 |
| Inventories of historical monuments | HLR 942 |
| Kunstler-Lexicon | HLR 709.22 |
| Libraries and information services in the United kingdom and the Republic of Ireland | HLQ 027.041 |
| London stage | HLR 792.65 |
| Macmillan dictionary of art Also available online as Grove art, onsite only. | HLR 703 |
| Master atlas of Greater London | HLQ 912.421 |
| MLA international bibliography Also available online, onsite only | HUR 809 |
| Monumenta Germaniae historica | HLL 943 |
| National union catalog | HLL 018.3 |
| New Cambridge bibliography of English literature | HLR 820.16 |
| New Grove dictionary of music and musicians Also available online, onsite only. | HUS 780.3 |
| New Musical Express | HUS 050 |
| New York Public Library dictionary catalog | HLL 018.47 |
| Newspaper Library catalogue Also available as the Newspaper catalogue subset of Explore the British Library. | HLR 011.35 and HUR 011.35 |
| Nineteenth century short title catalogue Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 015.41 |
| Notes and queries | HLR 052 |
| Oxford classical dictionary Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 938.003 |
| Oxford companion to childrens' literature | HLR 809.89282 |
| Oxford companion to English literature Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 820.9 |
| Oxford dictionary of national biography Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 920.041 |
| Oxford dictionary of quotations Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 808.882 |
| Oxford dictionary of the Christian church | HLR 270.03 |
| Oxford English dictionary Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 423 and HUR 423 |
| Pevsner, Buildings of England Index also available on CD-ROM, onsite only. | HLR Enquiry Desk 720.942 |
| Picture researchers' handbook | HLR 026.7 |
| Pipe rolls | HLR 941 R |
| Radio Times | HUS 050 |
| Record Commission volumes | HLL 941 (RC1-78) |
| Register of preservation microforms | HLM 011.36 |
| Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques Also available online as part of Art sales catalogues online, onsite only. | HLL 702.94 |
| Roget's thesaurus Also available online. | HLR 423.1 and HUR 423.1 |
| Rolls series | HLR 941 RS1-204 |
| Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | HLR 103 |
| Short title catalogue of books 1475-1640 (Pollard & Redgrave) | HLR 015.41 |
| Short title catalogue of books 1641-1700 Also available on CD-ROM, onsite only. | HLR 015.41 |
| Survey of London | HLR 942.1 |
| Thieme & Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler Also available online as Artists of the World Online, onsite only. | HLR 709.22 |
| Times atlas of the world | HLL 912 |
| Times literary supplement Also available online, onsite only. | HUL 809.005 |
| Ulrich's international periodicals directory Also available online, onsite only. | HUR 011.34 |
| Union list of serials | HUL 011.34 |
| Victoria county histories | HLL 942 |
| Waterloo directory of English newspapers and periodicals Also available on online, onsite only. | HUR 011.340942 |
| Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900 Also available online, onsite only. | HUR 011.340941 |
| Who was who Also available online, onsite only. | HLR 920.041 |
| Who's who Also available online, onsite only. | HLR Enquiry Desk 920.041 |
| Willings press guide | HUR Enquiry Desk 338.470705 |
| World of learning Also available online, onsite only. | HUR Enquiry Desk 378 |
| Writers' and artists' yearbook | HLR Enquiry Desk 808.02 |
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