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Caribbean Pirates : Sources for Historical Analysis
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Background & Overviews
Rogozinski, Jan. Pirates, Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction and Legend. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. Reference Collection G535 .R64 1996
Library Catalogs
Randall Library Catalog = Local holdings of library's books, videos, government documents, manuscript collections and journal holdings. (Note that the journal information in the catalog tells what issues we have but does not index individual articles.) Some web sites are also cataloged.
WorldCat = Cataloged holdings of over 9,000 libraries. WorldCat is the union catalog of books, web resources, and other material located worldwide cataloged by OCLC member libraries (approximately 26,000 libraries.) Books in the catalog are generally available via Interlibrary Loan, and many of the websites are freely available.
Subject Headings
| Suggested Subject Headings: | Also Related: |
| Pirates Pirates in literature Pirates in motion pictures Privateering Trials (Piracy) Women pirates |
Buccaneers |
- The library catalog and WorldCat use Library of Congress Subject
Headings. This list of authorized subject headings is available in the
5-volume set at the Reference Desk. However, you can start with keyword
searches to gather some relevant titles, then look at their subject headings to
discover the official terms to use.
- Libraries and database creators try to structure language in a way to make browsable lists. Subject terms tend to be set up in a hierarchical manner. To understand this better, try a Keyword search in the Randall Library Catalog for "Trials" Then, do a Subject search on " Trials" The hierarchical display of the subject search allows you to browse through results for various aspects and periods of history.
- Subject headings are not "natural language." For example, books on social history commonly use the subheading Social life and customs.
- Keep in mind that the most specific terms will be used as subject headings.
- Just because an item's subject heading does
not include "History" as a subdivision does not mean it has no history in it.
In particular, look at the publication date. It may be a source
contemporary to the period.
- There are several commonly used subject subheadings that indicate an item is a primary source. Look for or search these subheadings:
- correspondence*
- diaries*
- early works to 1800
- interviews*
- personal narratives
- pictorial works
- songs and music
- sources
- speeches, addresses, etc.*
- treaties
Browsing
After finding some sources through searching the online catalog, be sure to browse the shelves near these times. The call numbers are devised to place materials on the same subject together on the shelf. In the catalog, the call number is presented as a link, so you can even browse the shelves when searching the catalog:
You may also wish to browse the Reference Collection to see what special sources are available. A basic outline of the Library of Congress Classification Scheme is at http://library.uncw.edu/web/research/topic/callnumbers.html. For more detail, see the outline from the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
Scholarly Journal Databases & Indexes
Use these databases and journal indexes to search for articles in journals and magazines.
America: History and Life Indexes and summarizes articles and book reviews about U.S. and Canadian history published since 1957.
Historical Abstracts Indexes and summarizes articles and book reviews about history (excluding the US and Canada) published since 1954.
Royal Historical Society Bibliography is a searchable bibliography of articles, books and book chapters relating to British & Irish history from the Roman era to the present.
EbscoHost Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary periodical index to over 8,000 journals and magazines, 4,700 of which are full-text online.
JSTOR Full-text searching of an archive of over 40 history and 25 political science journals. Typically excludes the latest 3-5 years of publication.
Primary Sources
See the guide "Finding Primary Resources for Historical Research" for a more complete discussion of the library's resources. Be sure to consider the following searches and sources:
Bibliography
American Diaries : An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals.
REF CT214 .A7 1983
Documentary Collections
Archivo General De Indias. Further English Voyages to Spanish America, 1583-1594. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1967.
General Collection G161 .H23 2nd ser., no. 99
Berckman, Evelyn. Victims of Piracy: The Admiralty Court, 1575-1678. London: Hamilton, 1979.
General Collection DA350 .B47
Great Britain. Parliament. Proceedings and Debates of the British Parliaments Respecting North America. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1966-70.
REF E187 .G79 1966
Hakluyt, Richard. The Original Writings & Correspondence of the Two Richard Hakluyts. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1967.
General Collection G161 .H23 2nd ser., no. 76-77.
Jameson, J. Franklin, ed.Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents. New York: A. M. Kelly, 1970.
General Collection E195 .J32 1970
Larabee, Leonard Woods, ed. Royal Instructions to British Colonial Governors, 1670-1776. New York: Octagon Books, 1967.
General Collection E187 .L62 1967
New Iberian World: A Documentary History of the Discovery and Settlement of Latin America to the Early 17th Century. New York: Times Books, 1984.
General Collection F1411 .I18 1984
Nuttall, Zelia, ed. New Light on Drake: A Collection of Documents Relating to his Voyage of Circumnavigation, 1577-1580. Nendeln, Liechtenstein : Kraus Reprint, 1967.
General Collection G161 .H23 2nd ser. no. 34
Tawney, R. H, ed. Tudor Economic Documents. London: Longman, 1965.
General Collection HC251 .T3 1965
Thirsk, Joan, comp. Seventeenth Century Economic Documents. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.
General Collection HC254.5 .T48
Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Nendeln, Liechtenstein : Kraus Reprint, 1967.
General Collection G161 .H23 2nd ser., no. 83-84.
Microfilm
Microfilm Edition of the Pre-Revolutionary Diaries, 1635-1774.
Microfilm & Microfilm Guide E187 .G85
Page 30 of the guide lists diarists who were involved in sailing and shipping. Some of these may mention pirates. Pages 34-50 list the contents by reel.
The William Blathwayt Papers at Colonial Williamsburg 1631-1722.
Microfilm & Microfilm Guide E191 .B56 1989
Blaythwayt was a British civil servant active in the administration of the North American and Caribbean colonies. The guide includes a name index and and descriptions of documents. Pay particular attention to the reels for the Caribbean (Reels 5-9.)
Databases
North American Women's Letters and Diaries.
Full text of women's letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950.
Web Resources
The free web is becoming a rich resource for primary source material. In particular, try these resources:
British History Online
Searchable digital library of core primary and secondary sources on British History.
Buccaneers of America
The Library of Congress has produced this 3-D digital model of the 1678 book, with translation and audio versions.
The Newgate Calendar
A popular work of the eighteenth century for the moral upbringing of children, it contains description of well-known criminals such as Captain Kidd and a thematic section on classes of criminals, including pirates.
Pirates and Their Enemies
Online course materials from the University of Melbourne.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Searchable texts of over 100,000 criminal cases heard at London's central criminal court.
Last Update:January 16, 2007