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Cite Source
Cite Source is a guide on the library web site that illustrates different citation styles. For papers in English and other modern languages use MLA citation style.
Finding books in the Trinity Library and beyond
- Trinity Library OneSearchSearch for items in the Library and beyond.
- Internet ArchiveAll material in the internet archive is full text and can be printed. The content is historical but includes a range of material from books, to documents, reports, legal papers, etc.
- Google BooksSearch Google Books to identify titles that we might have at Trinity, or another library.
Best Bets--Article Databases
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowIndex for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations, with links to full text in JSTOR, Project MUSE, and other resources.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchive of past issues of scholarly journals from all areas of study. Includes full runs of covered journals, excluding content from the past 2-5 years. Includes full runs of covered journals. NOTE: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by JSTOR. See 'More Info' re: browser troubleshooting.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowThis multi-disciplinary database provides active full text for more than 3,100 journals, including active full text for nearly 2,750 peer-reviewed journals.
Primary Sources
- British Library Newspapers: Nineteenth Century This link opens in a new windowThe British Library Newspapers collection contains 71 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Trinity subscribes to Part I and Part II which covers 1800-1900.
- Nineteenth Century U.K. Periodicals This link opens in a new windowPeriodicals included in the collection provide coverage on many aspects of life in the nineteenth century, including literature, culture, feminism, politics, empire, sport and leisure, science and medicine. The collection is comprised of material published primarily in England, but also includes titles from Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, and many more.
- AM Explorer This link opens in a new windowAccess millions of pages of primary source collections across the entire portfolio of Adam Matthew Digital, spanning content from the 15th-21st centuries.
- U.K. Parliamentary Papers This link opens in a new windowThese are the working documents of the British government for all areas of social, political, economic, and foreign policy. Trinity Library has access to Bills and Acts: 1801-2010, Command Papers: 1833-2010, House of Commons Papers: 1801-2010, and Hansard: 1803-2005.
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive This link opens in a new windowFirst weekly illustrated newspaper. Contains all issues from 1842-2003.
- Sunday Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowArchive of the Sunday Times (London) from 1822-2016.
- Victorian Britain-The British LibraryExplore posters, newspapers, illustrations and much more, along with expert articles, that showcase Victorian Britain
- A primary source is a piece of information created by participants in a specific event, or witnesses to an event or specific period in history, up to the present. Examples include letters, diaries, official government records, artifacts, newspaper articles, interviews, original photographs, memoirs and autobiographies
- A secondary source uses primary sources to formulate a thesis and develop an argument. These are typically books and articles written about a topic, by a non-participant in an historical event or time period
Searching TIP: Many primary sources can be found within the bibliographies and notes in secondary sources.