Sources
The major source for this bibliography has been 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
- 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
- King's Lynn Library
- Lambeth Local Studies Library
- Law Society Library
- Kidderminster Library
- Lincoln Central Library
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Loughborough Library
- Luton Central Library
- Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library
- Newham Local Studies Library
- Norfolk & Norwich Record Office
- Norfolk Millenium Library
- Northamptonshire Central 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
- Tower Hamlets Local Studies Library
- Waltham Forest Local Studies Library
- Wandsworth Heritage Services Library
- Warrington Library
- Westminster City Archives
- Worcestershire Record Office [The Hive]
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
- Bellanmy, 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 [many other titles are covered but not yet systematically]
- Accounting, Business & Financial History, 1990-2010, complete
- Agricultural History Review, 1953-2018, ongoing
- Archaeologica Cantiana, 1858-2018, ongoing
- Construction History, 1985-2019, ongoing
- Business Archives, 1970-2014, complete
- Business History, 1958-2016, ongoing
- Business History Review, 1933-2021, ongoing
- Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, 1961-2015, ongoing
- Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society Proceedings, 1960-2017, ongoing
- Economic History, 1926-40, complete
- Economic History Review, 1927-67, ongoing
- Essex Archaeology & History, 1972-2016, ongoing
- Financial History Review, 1994-2022, ongoing
- Industrial Archaeology Review, 1976-2018, ongoing
- International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology, 2009-17, ongoing
- International Journal of Maritime History, 1989-2016, ongoing
- Journal of Derbyshire Archaeological & Natural History Society, 1927-60, complete
- Journal of Industrial History, 1998-2003, complete
- Journal of Transport History, 1953-2016, ongoing
- Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, 1966-2014, ongoing
- Midland History, 1971-2018, ongoing
- Norfolk Archaeology, 1931-2017, ongoing
- Northern History,1966-2018, ongoing
- Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History, 1927-2018, ongoing
- Southern History, 1979-2017, ongoing
- Textile History, 1968-2017, ongoing
- Transactions of Newcomen Society, 1920/1-2008, complete
- Transport History, 1968-1980, complete
- York Historian, 1976-2017, ongoing