Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks offer generalist information that may be useful in learning more about a topic or beginning research. The links below offer resources for British history.
Leading historical and reference work containing more than 3,800 entries describing the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 B.C.E.
A collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times to the end of the year 2000.
The most comprehensive biographical database available, providing biographical information on over 6 million people from the 8th century B.C.E. to the present.