Welsh and Celtic Studies: Articles & key databases

Why use electronic resources?

• Find reference sources, digitised primary sources and scholarly articles for Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Many openly available
• Option to filter by 'peer reviewed'
• Subscription services noted below (*) are available to Aberystwyth University staff and students on and off campus (will need VPN connection off-campus)

Recommended databases

Historical Corpus of the Welsh Language 1500-1850 - a collection of Welsh texts from the period 1500-1850 in an electronic format. Texts include  include drama, personal letters, ballads, political (didactic) prose, scripture, historical narrative, narrative prose, and religious prose.

Welsh Journals Online - Welsh Journals provides access to journals relating to Wales published between 1735-2007. Titles range from academic and scientific publications to literary and popular magazines

Welsh Biography Online - over five thousand concise biographies of Welsh people who have made a significant contribution to national life, whether in Wales or more widely.

Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature - produced by the School of Celtic Studies at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 

CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts - database of Irish literary and historical culture. A searchable online textbase consisting of over 18.5 million words, in 1620 contemporary and historical documents from many areas, including literature, medicine, and the other arts.