Research Guides: History 130: Online Archives and Databases

Selected Archives and Digital Projects

British National Archives
Catalog contains descriptions of records held by The National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across the country. Over 5% of their collection has been digitized. See online collections research guide.
London Metropolitan Archives
Catalog searches over three million descriptions of books, maps, images and films held by London Metropolitan Archives. Use the "Digital Collections" link to search and browse for materials available online.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Contains information about criminal trials held at London's central criminal court and biographies of executed prisoners. Searches the Old Bailey Proceedings from 1674 to 1913 and the Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts between 1676 and 1772.
National Library of Scotland
Library Search provides a single search engine for their print; manuscript and archive; moving image; and digital collections.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: 1701-1800
Provides the full text of books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides printed in any language in the territories governed by Britain and all items printed in English anywhere in the world during the eighteenth century.
AM Explorer This link opens in a new window
Contains thematic collections of primary sources collected from libraries and archives worldwide. Possible collections of interest include: London Low Life; Poverty, Philanthropy, and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain; and Mass Observation Online.
HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides the full text of public domain books and journals from U.S. research libraries digitized by Google, the Internet Archive, and other digitization partnerships. Can search using library catalog metadata fields or full-text search.