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HISTORICAL STUDIES OF IRISH MIGRATIONS:
RESOURCES IN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
 
 


VIA THE LIBRARY WEBPAGE
http://www.library.wisc.edu/
 

MADCAT: LIBRARY CATALOG
http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/

    There are many ways to find what you need in the catalog.  Here are some possibilities:
 

BY SUBJECT:

Often your first search will be by SUBJECT as you try to decide what the library has on the topic you are thinking about.  It is helpful to know that all non-fiction books in the library catalog are assigned a standardized  subject heading (Library of Congress Subject Heading), which brings books on the same subject together regardless of their titles.  You can take advantage of this in doing a "Basic Search " or "Keyword" search.

Some useful subject keywords include:  "Irish", for materials about the Irish as an ethnic group and "Ireland" for materials about Ireland the place.  If you use these terms by themselves you will get too many results, but you can combine them with other subject keywords.

    FOR EXAMPLE:  along with IRELAND  use FAMINE  or LABOR
 
 

    HERE IS AN EXAMPLE WHICH USES A " GUIDED KEYWORD"   SEARCH:

guided keyword example
 
 

 

For materials about the Irish as an ethnic group, use IRISH as SUBJECT keyword and combine it with the PLACE you are interested in.

        For example: SUBJECT: IRISH combined with SUBJECT: NEW YORK.

subject browse example

 

HINTS FOR SUBJECT SEARCHING:

  • To do a more general search, use the "GUIDED" keywords option

  • If you know one good book about your subject, look it up by author or title (using the "basic" search option on the Madcat menu.) Then click on the "full" record option to look at the list of subject headings for your book, and click on one that looks good. This will usually take you to a list of related books on your subject.

    If you would like to find primary documents, combine "Ireland" or "Irish" with "Sources" or "Personal Narratives" in your keyword search

      TO FIND OUT IF THE LIBRARY OWNS A CERTAIN PERIODICAL:

    •     To find out if the library owns a certain periodical:  Use the Title or Journal Title choice on the "Basic" Madcat Search Screen (for example: Journal of Modern History as Journal Title).

      journal title example

     

      JOURNAL, PERIODICAL, AND NEWSPAPER DATABASES
          http://www.library.wisc.edu/journals/journals.html
       

      FULL-TEXT OF JOURNAL ARTICLES:       
      JSTOR logo

      JSTOR: a full-text database of more than 115 journals including some of the most important ones for history, literature, political science, population studies, and sociology. Coverage begins with volume one of each title and usually continues through the early 1990s. Graphs, photographs, and other images are included. To get to JSTOR, go to the Libraries Website, then choose "Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Databases," and choose "J" on the alphabetical menu.

      ALSO USEFUL

      HUMANITIES FULL TEXT(1984-)

      SOCIAL SCIENCES FULL TEXT(1983-)  
       

      • INDEXES TO PERIODICAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

        book logo

        To get to these indexes, go to the Libraries Website, then choose "Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Databases" and click on the alphabetical menu.

        AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE (1982-)

        HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS (1979-)

        These are the most important resources for historians, and they complement one another. America: History and Life focuses on the history and civilization of Canada and the United States. Historical Abstracts focuses on the history of the rest of the world.

        ALSO USEFUL:

      • Academic Search

        REFERENCE RESOURCES

          ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND COMPILATIONS

    • The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.    Harvard Univeristy Press, 1980. Memorial Library Reference Room 262 :E 184 A1 H35

    • Irish historical statistics : population, 1821-1971 / edited by W. E. Vaughan and A.J. Fitzpatrick. -- Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, 1978.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262 : HA1146 I74

    • Atlas of Irish history / Sean Duffy ... [et al.] -- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 1997.
                  Memorial Library Reference Room 262 : DA911 A85 1997b

    • Boylan, Henry. A dictionary of Irish biography / Henry Boylan. -- 2nd ed. -- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1988.
                  Memorial Library Reference Room 262: CT862 B69 1988

    • Bennett, Douglas. Encyclopaedia of Dublin. -- Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 1991.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262: DA995 D8 B45 1991

    • The Cambridge historical encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland / editor, Christopher Haigh. -- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262: DA34 C28 1985

    • A concise Ulster dictionary / edited by Dr. C. I. Macafee. -- Oxford : Oxford University Press,c1996.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262: PE2587 C66 1996

    • Hudson, Kenneth.The Cambridge guide to the historic places of Britain and Ireland / Kenneth Hudson and Ann Nicholls. -- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262: DA660 H89 1989

    • Irish historical documents since 1800 / Edited by Alan O'Day and John Stevenson. -- Dublin ; New York : Gill and Macmillan, 1992.
                 Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving: DA958 I69 1992

    • Newman, P. R. Companion to Irish history : 1603-1921, From the Submission of Tyrone to Partition / Peter R. Newman. -- Oxford [England] ; New York : Facts On File, 1991.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262:DA912 N485 1991

    • The Oxford companion to Irish history / edited by S.J. Connolly. - Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262 : DA910 O935 1998

    • Thomas, Colin, 1939- Historical dictionary of Ireland / Colin Thomas, Avril Thomas. -- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1997.
                  Memorial Library Reference Room 262 : DA910 T39 1997

    • O hOgain, Daithi, 1949- Myth, legend, & romance : an encyclopaedia of the Irish folk tradition. New York : Prentice Hall Press, c1991.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262 : GR153.5 O16 1991

    • Smyth, Daragh. A guide to Irish mythology / Daragh Smyth. -- 2nd ed. -- Blackrock, Co. Dublin : Irish Academic Press, 1996.
                  Memorial Library Reference Room 262 : BL980 I7 S6 1996
       

          BIBLIOGRAPHIES

    • Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities Memorial Library Reference Room 262: E 184 A1 M52

    •   Shannon, Michael Owen. Northern Ireland. -- Oxford ; Santa Barbara : Clio, 1991.
                 Memorial Library Reference Room 262: DA990 U46 S517 1991

    •   Shannon, Michael Owen. Irish Republic. Oxford; Santa Barbara: Clio, 1986.
                  Memorial Library Reference Room 262: DA 910 S48 1986

    • Brady, Anna.Women in Ireland : an annotated bibliography / compiled by Anna Brady. -- New York :Greenwood Press, 1988.
                  Memorial Library Reference Room 262: HQ1600.3 B7 1988
       

      BROWSING AREAS IN MEMORIAL LIBRARY

          DA-900-DA 990 (stack levels 7 South and 5 North)

          Irish historical documents since 1800 / Edited by Alan O'Day and John Stevenson. -- Dublin ; New York : Gill and Macmillan, 1992.
                 Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving: DA958 I69 1992

          Irish historical documents, 1172-1922 / edited by Edmund Curtis and R.B. McDowell.London [England] : Methuen, 1943.
                 Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving : DA905 C8
       

      IN-PERSON HELP

    • Help is available at the Information Desk on the Second floor of Memorial library for using Madcat and finding your way around
    • For help and advice on all aspects of finding information about your topic, talk with the staff of the Reference Room, 262 Memorial Library.
       

     

      INTERNET SITES

  • THE AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT  AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ( also available on the Electronic Text and Multimedia section of the Libraries Webpage)            http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

  • THE MAKING OF AMERICA  ( also available on the Electronic Text and Multimedia section of the Libraries Webpage)             http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/

  • AN GORTA MIR : THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE     http://history.wisc.edu/archdeacon/famine/ 

          

  • DIRECTORY OF SOURCES FOR WOMENS' HISTORY IN IRELAND http://www.nationalarchives.ie/wh/

  • EURODOCS  : PRIMARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS FROM WESTERN EUROPE: IRELAND            http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/ireland.html  

  • IRISH HISTORY ON THE WEB             http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/irehist.html

  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND            http://www.nationalarchives.ie/

    ELECTRONIC TEXT OF PRIMARY SOURCES

    North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950

    This is a searchable electronic version of over 400 diaries and other primary source materials written by American women. It is available via the "Electronic Text and Multimedia" pick on the Libraries Website



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