Sources for Business History Explorer
The major source for this bibliography is Francis Goodall, 'Bibliography of British Business Histories', Aldershot, 1987
Part 1: Particular libraries, archives and online catalogues consulted
- Barking & Dagenham Archives & Local Studies [Valence House Library]
- Barnstaple Local History Library
- Bedford Central Library
- Bedfordshire & Luton Record Office
- Bishopsgate Institute Library
- Bournemouth Local Studies Library
- British Telecom Archives
- Calderdale Central Library
- Cambridge City Library [Cambridgeshire Collection]
- Camden Local Studies Library
- Catalyst Museum
- Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
- Centre for Business History in Scotland
- Chartered Insurance Institute Library
- Cheshire Archives & Local Studies
- Chester City Library
- Chiswick Local History Library
- Copac
- Cornish Studies Library
- Dorset History Centre
- Devon Archives & Loval Studies, Exeter
- Ealing Local History Centre
- Enfield Central Library
- Essex Record Office
- Glasgow University Archives Library
- Gloucestershire Archives
- Gordon Russell Design Museum
- Graces [Online] Guide to British Industrial History
- Greenwich Heritage Centre
- Guildhall Library
- Hertfordshire Local Studies Library
- High Wycombe Library
- History of Advertising Trust
- Hounslow Local Studies Library
- Hungerford Library
- Huntingdon Public Library [Huntingdonshire Collection]
- Huddersfield Central Library
- Imperial War Museum Library
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Library
- Institution of Civil Engineers Library
- Institution of Engineering & Technology Library
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers Library
- Islington Local Studies Library
- Kensington & Chelsea Local Studies Library
- Kettering Public Library
- Kidderminster Library
- King's Lynn Library
- Lambeth Local Studies Library
- Law Society Library
- Lancaster Library
- Lincoln Central Library
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Loughborough Library
- Luton Central Library
- Market Harborough Library
- Marlborough Public Library
- Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library
- Newbury Library
- Newham Local Studies Library
- Norfolk & Norwich Record Office
- Norfolk Millenium Library
- Northamptonshire Central Library
- Nuneaton Public Library
- Okehampton Library
- Peterborough Central Library
- Plymouth Central Library
- Plymouth & West Devon Record Office
- Portsmouth Central Library
- Richmond Local Studies Library [London]
- Robinson College Library, Cambridge [Button Collection]
- Royal Aeronautical Society
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Library
- Science Museum Library
- Scottish Brewing Archive
- Somerset Heritage Centre
- Southampton Central Library
- St Bride Library
- Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich
- Surrey History Centre
- Swindon Central Library
- Torquay Local History Library
- Tower Hamlets Local Studies Library
- Waltham Forest Local Studies Library
- Wandsworth Heritage Services Library
- Warrington Library
- Westminster City Archives
- Widnes Library
- Worcestershire Record Office [The Hive]
- Yeovil Library
Part 2: Particular publications consulted
- Anon, Essex and Dagenham. A catalogue of books, pamphlets and maps, 1961, 202pp
- Anon, Index to Theses. A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland since 1716, Expert Information Ltd. Accessed periodically from 2011
- Anon, Middlesex Bibliography, 195--196-, unpaginated but extensive
- John Armstrong et al, Companion to British Road Haulage History, 2003, 446pp
- Bellany, Joyce, Yorkshire Business Histories. A bibliography, 1970,156pp
- Board, Beryl, with Pamela Studd, A History of the County of Essex. Bibliography second supplement. 2000, 204pp
- Business Archives, half yearly periodical of Business Archives Council
- Carter, Kenneth, Catalogue of the Books and Other Printed Materials on the History ... of Dorset, 1974, 183pp
- Checkland, S G, Scottish Banking. A history, 1695-1973, 1975, 784pp
- Cockerell, H A L, & Edwin Green, The British Insurance Business. A guide to its history and records, 2nd ed, 1994, pp224
- Conisbee, L R, Bedfordshire Bibliography; with some comments and biographical notes, 1962, 333pp
- Cordeaux, E H, & D H Merry, Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the City of Oxford, 1975, pp377
- Cordeaux, E H, & D H Merry, Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire (Excluding the University and City of Oxford), 1955, 411pp, and A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire (Excluding the University and City of Oxford), Supplemenary Volume, 1981, 289pp
- Creaton, Heather, Bibliography of Printed Books on London History to 1939, 1994, 809pp
- Darroch, Elizabeth, & Barry Taylor (eds), Bibliography of Norfolk History, 1975, 447pp
- Dyos, H J, Transport history in university theses, Journal of Transport History, 4, 1959-60
- Goodall, Francis, Bibliography of British Business Histories, 1987, 638pp
- Green, Rosemary A M, Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Wiltshire, 1975, 162pp
- Greenwood, John, Industrial Archaeology and Industrial History, 1985-99, 5 vols
- Habgood, Wendy (ed), Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. A guide to historical records, 1994, 241pp
- Hodgson, Henry W, Bibliography of the History and Topography of Cumberland and Westmorland, 1968, 301pp
- Horn, Joyce M (ed), History Theses, 1971-80. Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom, 1984, 294pp
- Horn, Joyce M (ed), History Theses, 1981-90. Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom, 1994, 319pp
- Jacob, P M (ed), History Theses, 1901-70. Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom, 1976, 456pp
- Jeremy, David, Dictionary of Business Biography, 5 vols, 1984-6
- Ottley, George, Transport History in British university theses, Journalof Transport History, 2, 1973-4
- Orbell, John, & Alison Turton, British Banking, A guide to historical records, 2001, 663pp
- Orbell, John, Guide to Tracing the History of a Business, 2nd ed; 2009, 178pp
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Powell, W R (ed), History of the County of Essex. Bibliography, 1959-90, 3 vols
- Richmond, Lesley, & Bridget Stockford, Company Archives. The survey of the records of 1000 of the first registered companies in England and Wales, 1986, 593pp
- Richmond, Lesley, & Alison Turton (eds), Brewing Industry. A guide to historical records, 1990, 485pp
- Ritchie, L A (ed), Shipbuilding Industry. A guide to historical records, 1992, 206pp
- Rowe, D J, Northern Business Histories. A bibliography, 1979, 191pp
- Sainsbury, Frank, with Beryl Board & Shirley Dugan, History of the County of Essex. Bibliography supplement, 1987, 250pp
- Short, D Mary, Bibliography of Printed Items Relating to the City of Lincoln, 1990, 540pp
- Slaven, Anthony, & Sidney Checkland (eds), Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography, 1986-90, 2 vols
- Smethurst, John B, Bibliography of Co-operative Societies' Histories, 122pp
- Steward, A V, Suffolk Bibliography, 1979, 453pp
- Turton, Alison, & Lesley Richmond (eds), Pharmaceutical Industry. A guide to historical records, 2003, pp561
- Victoria County History of England
- Wellings, Fred, & Alistair Gibb, Bibliography of Banking Histories, 1995-7, 2 vols
- Zarach, Stephanie, British Business History. A bibliography, 2nd ed, 1994, 314pp
Part 3: Particular Periodicals Systematically Reviewed [NB: BHE contains articles from many hundreds of periodicals but the titles listed below are the ones so far sysyematically reviewed for relevant material. The reviewing process is ongoing as resources permit]
- Accounting, Business & Financial History, 1990-2010, complete
- Agricultural History Review, 1953-2018, ongoing
- Archaeologica Cantiana, 1858-2023, ongoing
- Bath History, 1986-2019, ongoing
- Business Archives, 1970-2014, complete
- Business History, 1958-2016, ongoing
- Business History Review, 1933-2021, ongoing
- Construction History, 1985-2019, ongoing
- Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, 1961-2018, ongoing
- Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society Proceedings, 1960-2020, ongoing
- Economic History, 1926-40, complete
- Economic History Review, 1927-2019, ongoing
- Essex Archaeology & History Transactions, 1972-2021, ongoing
- Financial History Review, 1994-2023, ongoing
- Furniture History, 1965-2023, ongoing
- Industrial Archaeology Review, 1976-2023, ongoing
- International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology, 2009-17, ongoing
- International Journal of Maritime History, 1989-2018, ongoing
- Journal of Derbyshire Archaeological & Natural History Society, 1927-60, complete
- Journal of History of Collections, 1989-2020, ongoing
- Journal of Industrial History, 1998-2003, complete
- Journal of Transport History, 1953-2016, ongoing
- Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Transactions, 1939-2023 ongoing
- Leicestershire Historian, 1967-2020, ongoing
- Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, 1966-2016, ongoing
- London Journal, 1975-2023, ongoing
- Midland History, 1971-2018, ongoing
- Norfolk Archaeology, 1931-2021, ongoing
- Northamptonshire Past & Present, 1948-2023, ongoing
- Northern History,1966-2018, ongoing
- Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History, 1927-2020, ongoing
- Publishing History, 1977-2022, ongoing
- Southern History, 1979-2018, ongoing
- Sussex Industrial History, 1971-2023, ongoing
- Textile History, 1968-2017, ongoing
- Transactions of Newcomen Society, 1920/1-2008, complete
- Transport History, 1968-1980, complete
- Wandsworth Historian, 1971-2024, ongoing
- York Historian, 1976-2022, ongoing