Librarian Agnes Widder's research guides on British History are exhaustive. Please scan for appropriate material. Please also see librarian Michael Unsworth's research guides on American History (http://www.lib.msu.edu/unsworth/american/AHHP.html).
GETTING STARTED: A Set of Basic Guides
Hundreds of research tools are available in the MSU Libraries,
so it can be confusing to know where to begin. Guides to "Getting
Started" are available for major subject areas, disciplines and fields
of study. Each guide typically notes key bibliographic indexes,
relevant materials in the print format Reference collection, and the
name of the librarian assigned to the topic as a subject specialist.