British History: Background Information

To find reference books at UK Libraries search using InfoKat Discovery.

Try starting with a keyword search

1. Enter words that describe your topic (names, places, events, etc.) and the type of work.
2. When you find a book on your topic, examine its subject headings for relevance to your topic.
3. Click on a hyperlinked subject heading to perform subject heading search and retrieve related books.

Example keyword searches (Once you get your list of results, filter the list to resource type: books.): 

• Great Britain history reference
• Great Britain social history encyclopedia
• Great Britain history military encyclopedia
• Great Britain World War 1 historiography

You can also try performing a subject heading search in InfoKat Discovery, if you know a Library of Congress subject heading such as:

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Historiography
• Great Britain -- History -- Encyclopedias
  
• Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography​

Once you get a list of results, you may want to select the Resource Type --> Books to further filter the list (left hand side of the page).