Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers

Using BBIH: how to find and link to the resources you need

The BBIH is the largest and most comprehensive record of what has been published in British and Irish History, as well as on the British Empire, and histories of migration, gender, and race. BBIH has detailed records of over 650,000 books, articles, essays, and theses, including thousands that were published this year.

Each record has a detailed index to help with discoverability. Records also provide links to locate a copy of a book in your Library, or go directly to a journal article if your Library subscribes. This makes BBIH the best way to find what's been published, create reading lists, write a literature review, or swiftly identify the different kinds of academic publications used at university.

A new and improved interface is now available for the Bibliography of British and Irish History. The new interface is designed to enhance user experience and provide more precise results.

Watch this short video to learn more about the features and functionalities of the new interface.

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The Bibliography's editors have created a set of videos that introduce BBIH, and show how to use it for teaching preparation and study.

The current set of videos are for:

• First and Second-year undergraduates studying History, with a focus on Britain and Ireland, the history of the British empire and the Commonwealth.
• Third-year History undergraduates looking to plan, research and write a dissertation on British and Irish history, including the histories of empire, race and migration.
• MA and PhD researchers for whom an understanding of principal and sub-fields of study is key, for shaping their research plans and creating a literature review.
• History lecturers and college librarians, with a focus on using BBIH for teaching -- both to find relevant content and enable students to identify and distinguish between different kinds of history publications.

In creating this package we've consulted widely with students and lecturers, but no doubt there's more we can do. We want this pack to be useful, please contact us if you've ideas for further development.

This first set of videos are intended for First and Second-year undergraduates studying History, with a focus on Britain and Ireland, the history of the British Empire and the Commonwealth.

In this section, we have two videos that explain how BBIH can be used when writing your dissertation or thesis.

Video 1 looks at using the Bibliography for your undergraduate dissertation and how to find the secondary literature that's most useful to you. Video 2 is for students (and their supervisors) writing an MA or PhD thesis. BBIH is the essential resource for mapping a subject and for creating that all-important literature review.

In this video, we explain the history and background of the Bibliography of British and Irish History. BBIH is created and extended by specialist editors and historians, making it the most useful and fullest guide to the British and Irish past.

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• The Bibliography of British and Irish History: a guide to online teaching and student research
• BBIH for Teachers and Students
• GUIDE: more for librarians on getting the most from BBIH

1. Export bibliographical references from BBIH:
   How to export and save the results of a search
2. Use Zotero to manage BBIH records:
   Manage your footnote references by using Zotero
3. Set up email alerts for new BBIH updates:
   Email alerts provide details of the latest publications in your area of research
4. Use BBIH's OpenURL function:
   OpenURL priovides direct online access from BBIH to copies of articles, where available
5. Connect from BBIH to external content:
   Link to external content including abstracts, full texts, reviews and library catalogues.