Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide (2nd edition) Available to Purchase

The nature of this book is best captured by the advice given by Philip Dormer Stanhope, the Earl of Chesterfield, to his son on 5 February 1750, quoted at the opening to the preface of the first edition of this work:

This book is an annotated bibliographical listing of the historian's “tools of the trade”:

This work is obviously a selective one with the emphasis on good, current, up to date sources, mainly in the English language. Even so, it has expanded considerably since the first edition in 1990. Whereas, in the first edition, 685 reference works and related titles...