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Collections Collection items can be found by browsing the open shelves or by searching our online catalogue.
For SAS Students An IHR Wohl Library user guide for research students in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London.
23 feb Exploring diaries in the IHR library Susie Tucker, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant in the IHR Wohl Library, discusses the process of finding and choosing diaries in the library's collection to s…
11 jan History Day 2022 Now in its ninth year, this free one-day event aims to bring together students, researchers, and anyone with an interest in history, with information profession…
12 nov At home and in the classroom: histories of science and technology in the IH… This blog post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is often surprising the b…
08 sep Researching in the IHR library: Nineteenth Century Women and the Legal syst… The post Researching in the IHR library: Nineteenth Century Women and the Legal system appeared first on On History.
24 may IHR library survey 2022 Kate Wilcox summarises the results of the recent IHR library survey. The post IHR library survey 2022 appeared first on On History.
03 nov Join us for History Day 2020: Thursday 19th November History Day 2020 takes place online on Thursday 19 November. Here co-organisers Kate Wilcox and Argula Rublack introduce some of the 50 collections and panel se…
21 may Research Under Lockdown: an update on Open and Free Access Material for Res… Among all this activity, in April teams across the IHR, including the library, IHR Digital and the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community, compil…
15 may ‘What’s in a name?’: cataloguing in a decolonising library By Michael Townsend In February of this year we outlined in Diversity and inequality in the library the measures the IHR library is taking to make its spaces an…
Research Training The IHR offers a wide range of training courses for historians at all career stages, from digital research and oral history to archives and publishing.
Research Resources: support for historians in 2021 The IHR creates resources to encourage, support and facilitate new research by historians.
Our Mission The Institute of Historical Research is the UK's national centre for history. Learn more about our mission, our values and our vision for the future.