ENNC382 LIVES OF THE VICTORIANS

Selected Library Sources in the Alderman Reference Room and on the Web

1.Library Web Page http://www.lib.virginia.edu/

Links to VIRGO, journal indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, electronic texts, manuscripts (letters, diaries, etc.)

Find what the library owns, including electronic materials. Use "Other Databases" to find journal and newspaper indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. Renew and recall books that are checked out.

margaret oliphant [keyword anywhere]

trollope anthony [“first words”subject for an index]

jane carlyle and biography [keyword subject]

josephine butler and (correspondence or diar$ or memoir$) [keyword subject]

BIOGRAPHY

3.Dictionary of National Biography. DA28.D4 1950

Authoritative signed lengthy scholarly articles on distinguished people.

4.Dictionary of Literary Biography (PN466.D52) (VIRGO Databases)

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/GLD/form?l=4

Biographical bibliographical lengthy essays. The print version includes good portraits. Use the index at the back of the most recent volume to locate other authors.

m.e.braddon

5.Biography Resource Center. (VIRGO Databases)

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC?finalAuth=true

Includes full-text sketches, articles, and portraits.

isambard kingdom brunel

CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS

6. The Times, Digital Archive 1785-1985 (VIRGO Databases)

http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_TTDA?sw_aep=viva_uva

Search the full text of The Times (London) including articles, obituaries, advertisements, and picture captions. See an image of either just the article or the full page.

Ellen Terry [for obituary limit by death year]

7.ProQuest Historical Newspapers (VIRGO Databases)

http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=U01EPTYmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTFBQ0QrMUFDQysyNjhB&clientId=3507

Search and see full text of articles from the New York Times (1851-1999), the Wall Street Journal (1889-1995), and the Washington Post (1877-1987). Good for reviews and interviews. Truncation=* Elizabeth Blackwell

8.Periodicals Contents Index, 1770-1995 (VIRGO Databases)

http://pcift.chadwyck.com/

Search for articles and book reviews in over 4000 international journals in all subjects. Includes full text of articles in over 300 journals.

Elizabeth Blackwell

9.Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906 - Index Table #1)

10.Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890- present. (Index Table #1)

Mostly American coverage.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

11.Oxford English Dictionary http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html

Most authoritative dictionary for English language. Based on historical principles.

12.Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E36 (1910, 11^th ed.) http://search.eb.com/

13.Grove Dictionary of Art. http://www.groveart.com/

whistler

14.Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia DA550.V53

15.Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. DA550.E53

16.London Encyclopedia. DA677.L85

17.1890’s: an Encyclopedia of British Literature, Art, and Culture. DA560.A18

CHRONOLOGY

18.The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People And Events. D11.G78

SPECIALIZED INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES etc.

19.MLA International Bibliography, 1964- present. ((Virgo Databases)

Covers the subject of literature and language. Periodical articles, books, chapters in books, etc

20.Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac), 1980-to present. (Virgo Databases)

Covers all subjects. Scholarly and popular journals. Some Full Text.

21.Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. (Virgo Databases)

Indexes 45 of the most important periodicals published in Great Britain between 1824-1900.

22.For a list of all our specialized indexes go to:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/indexes/finders.html

Web Pages

23.The Victorian Web http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html

Covers literature, history, and culture. Check out individual writers.

23a.Victorian Research Web http://victorianresearch.org/

Dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain, and to aiding researchers, teachers, and students in their investigations of any and all aspects of this period.

STYLE MANUALS

24.MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. PN147.G444 1998 (Ref Desk)

25.MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web. http://www.mla.org/style_faq4

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

26. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/

Harrison Small Library

Hours: 9:00am-9:00pm Monday-Thursday and 9:00am to 5:00pm Friday-Saturday.

Extraordinary collection of unpublished materials, e.g. diaries, letters, manuscripts; plus rare and valuable published works, including first editions of most significant American literature. All of their holdings are searchable in VIRGO and your search can be limited to Special Collections, or more specifically, to Manuscripts.

27.ACCESSING UVA DATABASES FROM OFF-GROUNDS

To access all of the databases we looked at today, plus more, from off grounds or when away from Charlottesville, set up a 1) proxy server account or use 2)“UVA Anywhere”. This is very easy to do. For instructions see:

http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/proxy/

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/indexes/authent.html

28.GETTING BOOKS OR ARTICLES OUR LIBRARY DOESN’T OWN

When in VIRGO, choose Interlibrary Services from the blue side bar on the left and fill out a request form for items we don’t own or which are missing from our collection. We try to get books to you within a week. Journal articles come sooner, sometimes on the same day. We can also purchase titles that we don’t own and have them for you within a week. Fill out a purchase request form to have this done.

Karen Marshall * Alderman 511* 982-2677 * kmarshall@virginia.edu * September 2004

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