The Libraries’ at UM have an excellent collection of primary source materials such as books, articles, newspapers, and literacy sources covering all aspects of European history including specialized guides on the history of medicine and witchcraft. This guide is intended for graduate and undergraduate students and presents a variety of library and open web resources. Please contact Shatha Baydoun, History Liaison Librarian, for an individual research consultation or for more information about resources in European history.
General Database Resources
General Database Resources
Shatha Baydoun
- History and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
- sbaydoun@miami.edu
- (305) 284-6027
Select Topics and Databases
- Early European Books
- E-Codices
- European History Primary Resources
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
- German Historical Institute (GHI)
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- Mozart
Shatha Baydoun
- History and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
- sbaydoun@miami.edu
- (305) 284-6027
Shatha Baydoun
- History and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
- sbaydoun@miami.edu
- (305) 284-6027
- ARTstor: Comprised of contributions from museums, individual photographers, scholars, special collections at libraries, and photo archives. All images are accompanied by comprehensive metadata and are rights-cleared for educational use.
- Bildindex Der Kunst and Architektur: An online database of millions of artworks, photography, and architectural objects from the German Documentation Center for Art History.
- Britain From Above: Aerial photographic negatives and albums dating from 1919 to 2006.
- Europeanna.eu: A free digital platform for cultural heritage artifacts created by the European Union.
- Images of France, 1795-1880: Includes images of French prints, photographs, engravings, lithographs presented by the ARTFL Project.
Shatha Baydoun
- History and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
- sbaydoun@miami.edu
- (305) 284-6027
The University Libraries’ have an extensive collection of primary documents and reference materials that cover various historical periods in British history such as the Shakespearean and Victorian era.
General Reference Resources
General Reference Resources
- Bibliography of British and Irish History
- Brepolis Medieval and Early Modern Bibliographies
- Dictionary of British History
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online
- The Kings and Queens of Britain
- The Oxford Companion to British History
- British Humanities Index (BHI)
- British Literary Manuscripts Online
- Defining Gender
- Early English Books Online
- State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe, 1509-1782
- Victorian Popular Culture
- British Library Newspapers 1732-1950
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
- Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers
- Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Newspapers
- Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006
- Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000
- The British Colonist Newspaper, 1858-1910 (Univ. of Victoria)
Shatha Baydoun
- History and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
- sbaydoun@miami.edu
- (305) 284-6027
- A Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Organs
- American Experience: Influenza 1918
- Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
- Decameron Web
- Discourse Upon the Plague, With a Preparatory Account of Malignant Fevers
- Drug Trade: Therapy, Pharmacy, and Commerce in Early Modern Europe (University of Oxford)
- ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online)
- From Monsters to Modern Medical Miracles (National Library of Medicine)
- Landmark in Medical History (British Library)
- Leprosy Archives in Bergen
- Medical History of British India
- Medicine and Madison Avenue - Duke University
- Practicing Medicine: A Historical Glimpse at Utah and Beyond (USU Library)
- Rare Books on Plague, Small Pox and Epidemiology (WHO)
- Smallpox: A Great and Terrible Scourge
- The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France
- The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (New York University)
- Tuberculosis: The Enduring Enemy
- Witchcraft & Medicine (1484-1793): National Library of Medicine
Shatha Baydoun
- History and Modern Languages & Literatures Librarian
- sbaydoun@miami.edu
- (305) 284-6027
- Early Modern Europe: The Witch Hunts (Internet Archive of Texts & Documents, Hanover College)
- Galdrasyning Strandagaladur : Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft
- Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
- Malleus Maleficarum
- Medieval Sourcebook: Witchcraft Documents [15th Century] Fordham University
- Salem Witch Museum
- Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive & Transcription Project (Univ of Virginia)
- Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
- Scottish Burghs in Seventeenth Century Witch-Hunts (Scottish Archive Network)
- The Damned Art (University of Glasgow)
- The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697)
- Treatise of Witchcraft
- Witchcraft & Medicine (1484-1793): National Library of Medicine
- Witchcraft and the Law: A Selected Bibliography of Recent Publications (Louisiana State University)
- Witchcraft Collection (Cornell University Library)
- Witchcraft Legends (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
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