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Course Guide: History 454

Finding Books and videos.

Use XPLORE, the library's online catalog, to find books and videos available at Xavier (see link in left menu).

Here are some subject searches on XPLORE:

Nationalism -- Ireland
Nationalism -- Ireland -- History
Nationalism -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century
Nationalism -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Nationalism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Ireland -- Church history
Ireland -- Civilization -- 19th century
Ireland -- Civilization -- 20th century
Ireland -- Economic conditions
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration
Ireland -- Famines
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Ireland
Ireland -- Historiography
Ireland -- History
Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901
Ireland -- History -- 18th century -- Bibliography
Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921
Ireland -- History -- 1922-
Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Ireland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923
Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916
Ireland -- History -- Partition, 1921
Ireland -- History -- Rising of 1848 -- Biography
Ireland -- History -- Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916
Home rule -- Ireland
Nationalism -- Ireland
Northern Ireland -- Relations -- Ireland
Ireland -- Politics and government
Republicanism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Ireland -- Social Conditions

Here are some specific subject headings in XPLORE to find representation of Irish nationalisms through literature.

Women and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Ireland -- Intellectual life
Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Ireland -- Literary collections
Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
Nationalists -- Ireland -- Biography
Political ballads and songs -- Ireland
Ireland -- poetry
Ireland -- drama
Ireland -- in literature
Ballads, Celtic
Folk-songs, Irish
Ireland -- in motion pictures

OhioLINK is a combined online catalog for all public and many private colleges and universities in Ohio (see link in left menu).  (You can request books directly using your XU All-Card.) It takes 3-5 days to get a book through this service. For instructions for ordering OhioLINK books see this page.

Selected databases.  Use to find articles on a topic. 

There are many databases which are useful for your topic.

Electronic Journal Center

The Electronic Journal Center is a database of full-text journals. Your results are returned to you in relevancy order. There are a good number of articles on Irish Nationalism.

Historical Abstracts

Historical Abstracts is the best history database to go to for information on Ireland This database covers history in countries other than the United States. Below are some suggested subject searches.

IRELAND
NATIONALISM

You can specify the time period also such as 1900H.

Humanities Abstracts

Humanities Abstracts also has a lot of information on Irish Nationalism. Some suggested subject searches are:

Nationalism -- Ireland
Home rule -- Ireland
Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History
Irish propaganda.
Irish unification question

JSTOR
When searching JSTOR, select history journals before you enter your search term, such as Irish Nationalism. Results are given in relevancy order. There are many full text articles in JSTOR so it is important to try and be as specific as possible. When you find a result that you like, click on either the print or download tab to get the full article.

New York Times Historical Database
There is a huge amount of information in the New York Times Historical Database. It is important therefore to put in dates when you search for a topic, otherwise you will just get far too many articles. There are many articles on Irish Nationalism and Irish Revolts.

Articles not available at the Xavier Library can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Loan.  Fill out an article request form for each article that you want, filling in all the information. 

Online request forms are available from the Library's home page or print forms are available at the Reference Desk. Remember it can take 1-2 weeks to get an article through this service. 

Library Liaison

Anne Davies, 513 745-4803 Davies@xavier.edu


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