We bring together free introductory resources from across Bloomsbury’s digital resources to help build key skills for students’ future success including how to cite, presentation skills, using primary sources and more.

Written and peer-reviewed by major scholars, this growing series of primary source commentary articles is designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary content. Each article takes an item from the platform’s extensive collection of images and considers the manuscript or object as historical artefacts in their own right, providing a contextual and historical analysis of these fantastic interactive resources.

This exclusive series covers key subject areas from a global perspective to support students new to the field, and provide instructors with useful resources that they can utilize to globalize and expand their curriculum. Each article offers a comparative overview of important topics, outlining the key events, figures, scholarship, and areas of debate, alongside a thorough bibliography of key reading to support further studies.

Providing inspiration to bolster courses, our lesson plans help to support teaching and individual learning using the vast array of material that is available on Bloomsbury History. With links to additional reading, discussion topics, and homework assignments, the following plans can also be seen as navigational tools to assist users make the most of the variety of content available on the site.

These subject guides provide instructors, students, and librarians with a simple shortcut to help them find the material they need across a number of topics. Links can easily be added to a course syllabus or reading list. Explore these gateways for discovery and deepen the research experience with our resources.

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