ENNC
482 FICTIONS OF THE BRONTES
Alderman
Library
1.Browse VIRGO for subjects:
Do
a BEGINS WITH SUBJECT search on
Bronte
2.To do a KEYWORD search in VIRGO
Bronte
and religion
Bronte
and religio$
Bronte and (religio$ or
supernatural$ or spiritual$)
3.To Browse the stacks
(either in person or in VIRGO with a Call Number Search)
PR4162 – editions
PR4168 – biography
PR4169 – criticism
4.To find ELECTRONIC texts in VIRGO
Select “Ebooks” from the pull-down menu and do an
author search, e.g.
Bronte
5.VIRGO – OTHER DATABASES (Green Buttons)
Find indexes to journal articles in all subjects and
in many cases, the full text of the article itself. Find other types of electronic databases as well. Some
examples:
MLA --
English Literature
Religion
Index – Religion
Historical
Abstracts – History
INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
ARTICLES etc.
6.MLA International
Bibliography, 1963-. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Covers
the subject of literature and language.
Scholarly periodical articles, books, chapters in books, etc.
Bronte and sexuality
Bronte and (disability or madness)
Bronte and
(mad$ or sick$ or insane$)
7.Annual Bibliography of
English Language and Literature, 1920-.
(VIRGO Other Databases)
Covers
the subject of English literature and language. Scholarly periodical articles, books, chapters in books, and book
reviews. Suprisingly little duplication
with the MLA.
8.Expanded Academic
Index (InfoTrac SearchBank) (VIRGO Other Databases)
Very general.
Scholarly and more popular journals.
Some Full Text. 1980-present.
9.Periodicals Contents Index,
1770-1993 (VIRGO Other
Databases)
Covers
all subjects and includes some full text.
10.The Times (London), 1790-present
World's most famous and authoritative daily newspaper.
on microfilm (Ald Periodicals Rm, 3rd fl.East)
Index:
1790-1905: Palmer's Index to the Times (VIRGO
Other Databases)
The current release of Palmer's Full Text Online contains data from the years 1800 (January 9) to 1870.
To
find a bibliography (listing) of all criticism written about the Brontes in
VIRGO
Do
a KEYWORD SUBJECT search:
Bronte and bibliography
11.Crump. Charlotte and Emily
Brontë : a reference guide. Z8122
.C78 (Alderman Reference)
v. 1. 1846-1915--v. 2. 1916-1954--v. 3.
1954-1983.
12.To get a listing of how many times each word in a work is used and in what context, do a VIRGO search for concordances:
Bronte and concordances
ARCHIVES
13.
The Brontë
manuscripts MicroFilm 5859 (Alderman 3rd
fl. Periodicals Rm)
Includes
Guide.
The
literary manuscripts and correspondence of the Brontë family from the Brontë
Society collection at Haworth Parsonage
and the British Library, London.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
14.Encyclopedia Britannica.
AE5 .E363 (current &
1910) http://searcheb.com
15.Oxford English Dictionary.
(OED) 2d ed. http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html
NEW
Third Edition: http://dictionary.oed.com/
BIOGRAPHY
16.Dictionary of Literary
Biography (VIRGO Other Databases)
Biographical
bibliographical critical essays.
STYLE MANUALS
17.MLA Style Manual and Guide
to Scholarly Publishing. PN147.G444 1998 (Ref Desk)
18.MLA Style: Documenting
Sources from the World Wide Web. http://www.mla.org/
Select
“Style”, and then FAQ.
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Bronte.html
20. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/
Alderman
Library, 2nd fl.
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.
Karen Marshall * Alderman
511* 982-2677 * kmarshall@virginia.edu
* March 2002