LibGuides: Irish Studies: Books

Start here! Recommended eBooks

These E-Books are a great starting point for your research!

If you need a book for your research that is not held by our library, please feel free to recommend it with our online form:

There are several different ways to search the library catalogue to find books that will help with your Historical research:

This guide explains how to find a book on the shelf using the Call Number from the record in the Library Catalogue,

e.g. HA 1107.5.EW5 1972

How to Find a Book on the Shelf
This guide explains how to find a book on the shelf with its Call Number from the Library Catalogue.

If you need a book that is not available here at Otago, you can borrow it from another NZ or Australian library for free!

Interloan service
The Interloan service enables library users to search for items, create requests for items not held in the University of Otago Library, and monitor the progress of those requests.

Te Puna Search: New Zealand National Union Catalogue This link opens in a new window
Search the 'New Zealand National Bibliographic Database' to search for books held in libraries throughout New Zealand. Request books through the Get It Interloan service (see above).

Use these online bibliographies to find more relevant books on Irish History and Literature.

Ricorso
This website consists of a large body of biographical records, bibliographical listings, and textual extracts from primary works and commentaries on them which, taken altogether, offers an overview of Irish literary scholarship as it stands today.
National Library of Ireland Catalogue
This discovery interface allows you to search many of the Library's catalogued collections, including digitised material, simultaneously.
Bibliography of British and Irish History
Bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, from 55BC to the present.

Ask About Ireland: Reading Room: E-Books
Includes a vast collection of unique digital books, arranged by county and subject. Books can be viewed online.

Google Books: Advanced Book Search This link opens in a new window
Offers searches and previews of millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide.
Internet Archive
One of the world's largest collections of over 2 million public domain books.
Library Catalogue This link opens in a new window
Otago's electronic books are listed in the library catalogue. Search by keyword, title or author and limit to EBooks.

These print reference books are a great starting point for your Irish Studies research!