Jerusalem: the biography (book review)

Simon Sebag Montefiore's "Jerusalem : the biography" was  published in the U.K earlier this year. The book examines the history of the city from the earliest times to the present day.

Read the latest review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review 


Find the book in SOAS Library at QJ956.944 / 734184

Click here to view the Library catalogue

Welcome to SOAS

Follow the History blog for updates on SOAS Library resources, book reviews, websites, news-stories and much more

You can go to the Information skills pages on the BLE for general research guides, guides to the various databases and subject specific research guides

You can also use the Subject Guide for History on the main Library website for internet resources selected by Library staff : http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/subjects/history/

If you have any queries about the history collections in SOAS Library, finding books and journals, or using any of the online resources, you can contact me:

Mary Seeley (Subject Librarian for History and Religions; Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica)
Room C3 (Library)
Email: ms28@soas.ac.uk
Tel.: 020-7898-4195

Cambridge Histories Online: new online resource

SOAS Library now has access to the complete Cambridge Histories Online containing over 270 volumes published since 1960, covering over 15 different academic subjects. Users can search and browse content, personalise the interface including, saved & most recent searches, workspaces and bookmarks and export citations.

Includes: The Cambridge History of Music, The Cambridge History of Islam & The New Cambridge History of Islam, The Cambridge History of Judaism, The Cambridge History of Political Thought, The Cambridge History of Africa, The Cambridge History of Ancient China, The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, The Cambridge History of Egypt, The Cambridge History of Iran, The Cambridge History of Japan, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, The New Cambridge History of India and many more...

http://histories.cambridge.org/ [On-campus]
http://bit.ly/CHOnline [Off-campus]

"Beyond the syllabus" presentation handout now added to BLE

A PDF copy of the presentation "Beyond the syllabus" on finding your own historical resources, from the Week 7 Approaches to History lecture (Empire) on 22nd November, has just been added to the History pages of Library Information Skills section of the BLE, under the heading "Research guides"
If anyone has any queries about the session, or would like additional information, please contact me.


Mary Seeley (Library, Room C3)
ms28@soas.ac.uk
020-7898-4195

Resources for the study of history : demonstration

On Tuesday 16th November there will be a demonstration highlighting both electronic and print resources in SOAS Library for the study of history. It will look at making the most of the SOAS Library catalogue, full-text and bibliographic databases, internet resources, taking your research beyond SOAS and keeping up-to-date with  the latest research in your topic.
It will take place in Room 379, between 2 and 3 p.m. (maximum 12 places)
Please contact me (ms28@soas.ac.uk) for further details

Egypt: ancient and modern (digital archive)

The Virtual Library on Ancient and Modern Egypt is a collection of digitized documents and rare books from museums, archives and other collections in Southern France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) collated by the E-corpus Virtual Collections project
Enter a simple keyword search, or use "advanced search" to construct a more detailed query to search across the content of documents in the collection. The documents also contain material on other countries of the Middle East and Africa.
The documents are primarily in French.
E-Corpus is worth a browse for other documents relating to French interests in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.