The Library has excellent holdings of modern British books and periodicals on history and society. These extend in subject matter far beyond the recent history of the British Isles but the emphasis within these pages is on British-related topics from the first decades of the 20th century to today.
General research guides and Links | Special collections | Subject guides and Links
In addition, the Modern British Collections contain many publications which are themselves the subject of historical research, from legislative documents and political pamphlets to recipe books and popular magazines: each, in their own way, evidence of the particular time in which they were created. These are entered individually in the Explore the British Library and additional guidance is given below.
General research guides and Archives
- Bibliographies of the British Isles
- History: humanities resources for research
- Collect Britain : Online images and recordings relating to Britain over the centuries
- Institute of Race Relations
- Archives Hub Archives in Higher Education
- BASA (Black and Asian Studies Association)
- FamilyRecords.gov.uk
- Genesis Women's history collections
- History and Policy
- History On-line Institute of Historical Research
- Moving here Digitised items recording 200 years of migration experience
- Museum of Welsh Life
- National Archives
- Neighbourhood Statistics
- RASCAL Research And Special Collections Available Locally (Northern Ireland)
- Scottish Archive Network
- TUC History Online
- Wales on the Web
Special collections
- Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Early Printed Collections
- Manuscript Collections
- Map Library
- Newspaper Library
- Sound Archive
- Web Collections
Subject guides and Links
This list includes guides to particular parts of the Modern British Collections, subject bibliographies, databases available onsite at the Library, subject-focused groups of links, and broader-based guides from across the Library's collections within which British history and society feature strongly. As the site develops, more pages will be added.
- Australian Collections
- Bibliography and book history links
- British Isles in old photographs: bibliography and links
- British Overseas Territories
- Canadian Collections
- Caribbean Collections
- Channel Islands Collections
- Church history and theology: electronic databases
- Electoral registers
- Genealogy
- Irish Collections
- Library history links
- New Zealand Collections
- Oral History
- Political parties
- Railway and canal histories
- United States Collections
- Women's studies reference sources
