British History: InfoKat Discovery

Book from Project Gutenberg: The British Navy Book, Internet Archive.

To find books at UK Libraries search using InfoKat Discovery. 

(Note: You can also find articles and all other types of formats searching in InfoKat Discovery, but for a more targeted, powerful search to locate relevant articles try the database's native interface.) 

Try starting with a keyword search

1. Enter words that describe your topic (names, places, events, etc.).
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.

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

• Great Britain -- History
• Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs
• Great Britain -- Church history

Keep in mind that there are still many Library of Congress subject headings relevant to British History that do not begin with "Great Britain -- History" such as:

• Fires -- England -- London
• World War, 1939-1945 -- England
• Wales -- History -- Early works to 1800

Often times you'll find relevant books on your topic just by simply browsing the stacks.  

The following call number ranges contain works relevant to American history:

• DA1-995-DA690 : History of Great Britain - British Empire - England
• DA700-745: History of Great Britain - Wales
• DA750-890: History of Great Britain - Scotland
• DA900-995: History of Great Britain - Ireland

For more detailed call number information see:

• D -- WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC.

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