Documents in the library
Books, journals, dictionaries, encyclopeadias, theses, audiovisual material, etc., are searched in the catalogue of the libraries of the University of Valencia TROBES.
You can search by any word of the record, by author, or by matter (always in Valencian language). Por example:

For further information, check the User's guide.

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Journals

The electronic journals subscribed by the library can also be searched by title, subject and sub-subjects.
Click here in order to see the list of journals about History and Archaeology. Journals edited by UV.
In order to look for more journals or directly full-text articles, you can use the Recolecta searcher. You can also search on Dialnet, which offers contents of journals and in some cases full-text.
 

Encyclopaedias

• Oxford Reference Online: bilingual dictionaries and multithematic encyclopaedias collection, among them various dedicated to history, military history, prehistory, names and places, classical world, mythology and folklore, etc.
• Codicologia: catalogue of French terms relating to the manuscripts with equivalences in English, Italian and Spanish.
• Numismatics dictionary in pdf, edited by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

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Specialised Databases   These are the accessible databases from the website of the library where you can find information about history:

• Historical Abstracts: references and abstracts in English of articles published in about 2000 journals in History, Humanities and Social Sciences references, also includes chapters of monographs and theses.
• International Medieval Bibliography: multidisciplinary biography of Europe, North Africa and Near East (300-1500).
• Textes de la Renaissance: Collections Honoré Champion: full-text collection of the great texts of the European Renaissance of literature, sciences and arts. It contains a full-text collection of the greatest texts of the European Renaissance of literature, phylosophy, sciences and arts. It contains the collections Textes de la Renaissance, Études et essais sur la Renaissance, and the Dictionnaire de la Langue Française du 16 siècle d'Edmond Huguet.
• Latin Patrology: electronic version of the same edition of the Latin Patrology by Jacques-Paul Migne, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four index volumes published between 1862 and 1865. It contains the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200, to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. 
• Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL4): more than 900 works of Latin literature since the editions of the Bibliotheca Teubneriana.
• In Principio: Incipit Index of Latin Texts: contains 1 million of incipits that covers Latin literature in all their genres, from the pre-classical period until the Renaissance.
• Thesaurus Linguae Latinae: dictionary of Latin language, that covers from the origins of the dictionary to Isidore of Seville (†636). You must install ICA Citrix Client.
• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: ancient Greek texts between VIII century b.C. to 1453 that have survived until today.
• Collection of photographs of the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain access to over 400,000 photographic documents from the 2nd half of the 19th century and the whole 20th century.

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Online Resources

• General history
• Prehistory and archaeology
• Ancient and medieval history
• Modern and contemporary history

GENERAL HISTORY

Resource web portals

• Open Access Net: German collection of academic and free access research information (journals, repositories, web portals...).
• Artehistoria: Spanish art and history web portal, with information about painting, universal history, history of Spain, great civilisations, etc.
• Biblioteca Virtual Miquel de Cervantes- Sección Historia: point of entry to the digital catalogue of authors and works related to almost all the civilisation ages. It includes web portals dedicated to Archaeology, Ancient History, Middle Ages, and Modern and Contemporary History.
• Educahistoria.com: Web portal of teaching materials for the teaching of history in secondary school.
• Spanish History Index: Resources collection about the history of Spain made by Iñaki López Martín, from the European University Institute. It allows to carry out geographic and cronological searches.
• The world wide web virtual library: selection of links about history compiled by Serge Noiret from the European University Institute. They are organised by periods, continents, material and methods, etc. In English.
• Best of history web sites: selection of resources of history organised by categories. In English.
• Internet History Sourcebooks Projects: selection of website resources about ancient, medieval and modern history. In English.
• Pomoerium: list of resources about archaeology, religions, epigraphy, classical languages, old law, etc. In English.
• Internet Public Library-History: classified links of IPL directory.
• Historical Archive of the Royal Society: for the study of the history of science. There are around 60,000 scientific articles with more than 70 years old (among which there are the first work by Isaac Newton, the geological works by a young Charles Darwin or the experiment of the electric kite by Benjamin Franklin).

Historical maps

• GeaCron:World History Atlas and Timelines since 3000 BC.
• Atlas d'Histoire de l'Europe:atlas of Europe from the year 1 to 2000, in French and English.
• Atlas de historia de Aragón:project by the "Fernando el Católico" Institution and the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the University of Zaragoza.
• Perry Castañeda Library-Map Collection:historical maps section at the University of Texas library.
• Others historical cartography resources:selection of resources compiled by the Centre for Research Assistance in Archaeometry and Archaeological Analysis at the Complutense University of Madrid.

 Museums

• Museums and Collections of Spain
• Museums around the world: collection of links to webpages of museums from all over the world, organised by continents and countries.

News

• SINC: Information and Scientific News Service: scientific news web portal organised in 7  areas: Natural Sciences, Technologies, Biomedicine and Health, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Humanities and Art, Social Sciences and Legal and Scientific Politics. Within Humanities and Art there is a History subsection.

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PREHISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Resource web portals

• Terra antiquae: news, blogs, and discussion forums about archaeology and ancient and medieval history.
• Pomoerium- Archaeology: list of resources made by Dr Ryszard Pankiewicz.
• Archaeolink.com: very extensive collection of links about archaeology, anthropology and ancient civilisations. In English.
• Great archaeology.com: history of archaeology: resource that provides information about great discoveries, and about the different disciplines and methods of research within archaeology. It also gives news about last discoveries. In English.
• Archaeological Data Service: archaeology papers and datasets.

 Journals

• Complutum: publication by the Complutense University, that deals with various topics, always following the most recent trends of theoretical, methodological and interdisciplinariety innovation of archaeological and prehistoric sciences.
• Arqueoweb: journal about online archaeology, by the Complutense University.
• Archivo español de arqueologia: publication of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) about archaeology and ancient history in the Mediterranean and European cultural field.
• Lucentum: journal by the University of Alacant about prehistory, archaeology and ancient history, specialised in topics from Alicante and Valencia.
• Zephyrus: prehistory and archaeology journal edited by the University of Salamanca.

Journals from the University of ValenciaRevistas de la Universitat de València:

• Saguntum: electronic version paper version

Social networks

• Arqueólogos: Red Española de Historia y Arqueología (REHA): Social community created by professionals and dedicated to the research and dissemination of history, art and archaeology. It has various blogs and working groups.
• Lista de prehistoria: distribution list for the exchange of news about the field of Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula.

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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY

General resources

• Buscopium: buscador medieval: classified online resources web portal about Middle Ages.
• Interclassica: web portal created by the University of Murcia for the research and dissemination of ancient Greek and Roman world. It contains full text classical works.
• Greek Mythology Link:  web portal dedicated to Greek mythology created by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology. In English.
• Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World: collection of resources and digital materials, mainly focused on the ancient Rome and Greece. In English.
• Traianvs: website about Roman engineering in Europe, with information roads, aqueducts, dams, bridges, mines, etc.
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies: selection of online resources about medieval studies collected by the Georgetown University. In English.

Historical maps

• Ancient World Mapping Center: project by the University of North Carolina with resources on historical cartography.
• Oriental Institut Map Series: ancient Near East maps, by the University of Chicago.

Encyclopaedias and dictionaries

• The ORB Encyclopedia: online encyclopaedia for medieval studies. Collection of different resources: primary sources, essays, journals, lectures, associations. Page made by university professors from the USA.
• Encyclopedia mythica: online encyclopaedia about mythology, folklore, and legends. It contains more than 7,000 entries about gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary criatures and fantastic beings from all over the world.

Digital and virtual libraries

• Perseus digital library: digital library of history, literature and culture of the Greek and Roman world. It has numerous search options.
• The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL): collection of some of the most important literary texts of classical and medieval literature. It can be searched by author, title, genre and language.
• ManuscriptaCSIC: manuscripts digitalised in Hebrew, Arabic and text written in Arabic characters of the collection of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), works from the 13th to 20th centuries.

Journals and databases

• L'Année philologique: published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, is a specialized bibliography of academic works related to all aspects of the Greek and Roman civilizations. It includes all the volumes of the annual index, beginning with volume I published in 1928.
• Hispania epigraphica: epigraphy of the Iberian peninsula, from ancient times to the Visigoth period.
• En la España medieval: publication by the Complutense University, which pays special attention to the Hispanic kingdoms, Al-Andalus and areas close to the Iberian peninsula.
• Arqueologia y territorio medieval: journal of the area of Medieval History by the University of Jaen.
• Herakleion: revista interdisciplinar de historia y arqueologia del mediterráneo: Protohistory, Classical Archaeology and History of ancient world journal.
• Studia historica. Historia medieval: journal about medieval history by the University of Salamanca.

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 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

 Sources

• NO-DO: open audiovisual archive of the Documentary News Broadcast (1943-1981) posted on the Internet and the Spanish Film Collection.
• Arxiu Municipal de Girona. Newspaper library: Service, Archives and Publications(SGDAP) Girona City Council has published scanned copies of 22 different header for ease of reference and use information purposes, cultural, educational and research.

General resources

• D’història. El fil d’Ariadna: index of resources of contemporary history collected by Anaclet Pons and Justo Serna of the University of Valencia.
• HistoriasigloXX.org: interesting web portal about 20th century history, mainly focused in Spain and Europe, and structured by topics.
• Base documental d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya:  texts about contemporary history of Catalonia destined to secondary education teachers and students.
• The world wide web virtual library- Modern period: list of links of Spanish modern history, made by Iñaki López Martín, from the European University Institute. In English.
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook: list of resources about modern history within the Internet History Sourcebooks Project project. In English.

Historical maps

• Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century: historical maps of the 20th century, some are interactive.

Journals

• Hispania Nova: revista de historia contemporánea: journal with special dedication to the History of Spain of 1808 up to the present day. It gives access to the full text of all the issues since 1998.
• Cuadernos de historia contemporánea:  publication by the Complutense University dedicated to the universal and Spanish contemporary history.
• Cuadernos de historia moderna:  publication by the Complutense University dedicated to the universal and Spanish modern history.
• Tiempos modernos: journal dedicated to the study of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in all their aspects.
• Studia histórica. Historia contemporánea: journal about contemporary history of the University of Salamanca.
• Directory of journals by A. Pons

Edited journals by the University of Valencia

• Studies: modern history journal

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