ENWR 210-10

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS

VIRGO—THE LIBRARY CATALOG

Virgo.lib.virginia.edu

1.Browse VIRGO for specific items:

Do a FIRST WORDS search on:

Melville [subject]

Hopi [subject]

Benito cereno [title]

Putnams [journal title]

2. KEYWORD search VIRGO to search every word.

Melville and benito

Mutiny and slave$

Revolution and (hopi or pueblo)

INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES

3.MLA International Bibliography, 1963-. (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

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

Mutiny and slave*

4..Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, 1920-. (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

Covers the subject of English literature and language. Scholarly periodical articles, books, chapters in books, and book reviews. Suprisingly little duplication with the MLA. Also included in #10 LION.

5.Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac OneFile) (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

Very general. Scholarly and more popular journals. Some Full Text. 1980-present.

Amistad and review*

Mutiny and slave*

6Literature Resource Center (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

One stop shopping for secondary sources in literature. Includes MLA Bibliography (# 6) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (#18 )

Benito cerino

7LION - Literature Online (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

One stop shopping for primary and secondary sources in literature. Includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (# 7)

Herman melville

NEWSPAPERS

8.Lexis-Nexis (VIRGO Databases; Newspaper Articles)

Wonderful source for full text of current Newspapers and other media, including the New York Times, London Times, Irish Times. Find Book reviews, articles, interviews, etc. Truncation=*

amistad

9.ProQuest Historical Newspapers (VIRGO Databases; Newspaper Articles)

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).

10.The Times, Digital Archive 1785-1985 (VIRGO Databases; Newspaper Articles)

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

HISTORY

11.History Resource Center (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

Integrated collection of primary documents, secondary reference sources, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day. Includes references from resources such as Scribner's Dictionary of American History and the Dictionary of American Biography. Complete full-text coverage of approximately 65 scholarly periodicals.

12.America History and Life, 1964- (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

Literature of the History of the United States and Canada from pre-history to present timers appearing in scholarly journals.

Hopi revolution

FULL TEXT DATABASES BY HISTORICAL PERIODS

13.Early American Imprints, Series I, Evans (1639-1800) (VIRGO / Databases/E-Books) Based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography this database lists books published in 17th- and 18th-century America and links to images of the books themselves.

almanacs

14.Eighteeenth Century Collection Online (ECCO) (VIRGO / Databases/E-Books) Searchable fulltext and page images for works printed between 1701-1800 in any language in the British Isles and North America, and in the English language throughout the rest of the world. Includes books on every subject, almanacs, broadsides, magazines, pamphlets, songs, and sermons. For books before 1701, see Early English Books Online.

15..Early English Books Online (EEBO) (VIRGO / Databases/E-Books)

Digital collection of every significant work published in English from 1475 to1700. The works appear as page facsimile images and include books, pamphlets, prayer books, proclamations, almanacs, calendars and other primary sources in all subjects. For books printed after 1701, see Eighteenth Century Collections Online.

Leviathan

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

16Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E363 (current & 1910) (VIRGO / Databases/Reference)

17.Oxford English Dictionary. (OED) 2d ed. (VIRGO / Databases/Reference)

NEW Third Edition: http://dictionary.oed.com/

STYLE MANUALS

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

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

IMAGES

19a. Archive of Early American Images

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/pages/ea_hmpg.html

A database of pictures of the colonial Americas, from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego, based entirely on primary sources printed or created between 1492 and ca. 1825.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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

Harrison-Small Library (one floor down)

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.

21.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.lib.virginia.edu/indexes/authent.html

22.REQUEST A TITLE BE PURCHASED

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/purch/purch.html

Request that the library buy a book, journal, or database that the Library does not own. In the case of books, request an additional copy if book is frequently checked out.

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

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/leo/

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.

24.REFWORKS BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION MANAGER

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

RefWorks has the ability to import citations, store them in a database until you need them, and then format them for use in your footnotes and bibliographies. Go to www.refworks.com, sign up for an account, and then go to the RefWorks Web site whenever you want to add to your data or use it.

Karen Marshall * Alderman 511* 982-2677 * kmarshall@virginia.edu * September 2005

IM: Karma0412 (when I am online) * UVALibRef (Reference chat service)