Subject Guides: Lifelong Learning: Railway Studies

Welcome!

You'll find information and resources on this page to support you with Railway Studies.

Search the Library and National Railway Museum collections

Books in the National Railway Museum's library and archive centre, Search Engine, are listed in the YorSearch catalogue.

Shelf locations

Perform a keyword search for rail* on YorSearch to find general texts on the subject. You can also refer to the following specific locations in the University Library:

Shelfmark	Floor	Subject
GA 5	1	Transport Economics; Railways
GA 5.0942	1	Railways in Britain

Accessing your reading lists

Each of your modules will have an online reading list in the VLE where you can access all the recommended reading from your tutors. Click the 'Reading Lists' link in the left-hand menu in the VLE to get started. Happy reading!

Find resources for Railway Studies

Modern resources

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An online archive of journal texts.
A digital archive collection of core scholarly journals starting with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s). See JSTOR's online help guide for further information.

Accessibility information
Bibliography of British and Irish History (Brepolis) This link opens in a new window
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An index of existing literature.
Previously known as the Royal Historical Society Bibliography this is a comprehensive guide to historical writing about the history of Britain, Ireland, and the British overseas from 55BC to the present.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.
British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Includes: Parts I & II (1800-1900); Part III (1741-1950); Part IV (1732-1950); Part V (1746-1950); Part VI (Ireland, 1797-1950) - Parts IV to VI are new to the University from February 2023.

Also known as: 19th Century British Newspapers
A major collection of almost 6.4 million facsimile pages from more than 240 national, regional, and local newspapers published between the 1700's and 1950. The collection includes both daily and weekly publications with titles from established country or university towns, the industrial towns of the Midlands and the North, and from Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Newspapers associated with particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule have also been included along with penny papers aimed at a working class and clerical readership.

Accessibility information
House of Commons and House of Lords Parliamentary Papers; Public Petitions to Parliament (ProQuest UK Parliamentary Papers) This link opens in a new window
The University has perpetual access to the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (18th - 21st centuries). There is temporary access to the House of Lords Parliamentary Papers (1800-1910) and Public Petitions to Parliament (1833-1918) until 30th June 2023. If you would like us to keep access to these collections contact your Academic Liaison Librarian.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers gives access to over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material back to 1688. It includes page images and searchable full text for each paper, along with detailed indexing.

House of Lords Parliamentary Papers covers the period 1800 to 1910 and includes many bills which originated and were subsequently rejected by the Lords along with the final version of a bill passing from Commons to the Lords.

Public Petitions to Parliament covers the period 1833 to 1918 and gives access to the records of the Select Committee on Public Petitions including the full text of each petition that the Committee transcribed.

Accessibility information

For more online resources explore our E-resources Guide.

Google Scholar

Search for academic materials like journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports.

When you use a campus-networked PC, Google Scholar will automatically link to the University of York library catalogue and display articles where we have full-text access. When off campus, you will need to select University of York - Full Text @ York in the Settings option (under Library Links).

Watch our Google Scholar video for more information.