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LITERARY TRAVEL

 

 

1.Browse VIRGO for subjects:

Do a BEGINS WITH SUBJECT search on

            Bronte

 

2.To do a KEYWORD search in VIRGO

            dickens and travel

            dickens and travel$

            dickens and (travel$ or guide$ or map$)

 

3.To Browse the stacks (either in person or in VIRGO with a Call Number Search)

            Bronte

PR4162 – editions

PR4168 – biography

PR4169 – criticism

 

TEXTS

4.To find electronic texts in VIRGO

Select “Ebooks, etc Search” from the top of the blue sidebar under “Search Virgo” and do an author search, e.g.

            Hnery James

For texts on the Etext server you can browse/read the whole text or search texts word for word:

·download the whole text and the use the find function in your browser.  OR

            ·choose “All on-line databases”; “English”; “Modern English Collection” (for most)

            ·”Search all the texts”

·put in your search and constrain by author or title, e.g. word: travel and author: james, henry; or travel and title: daisy miller

For texts not on the etext server, there will be others specific instructions.

 

 

CONTEMPORARY PERIODICAL COVERAGE

10.Periodicals Contents Index, 1770-1993 (VIRGO Other Databases)

Covers all subjects and includes some full text.  International in focus.

 

11. American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1900  (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

Full text of over 1000 journals published in the US between 1740 and 1900.

 

 

 

 

NEWSPAPERS – Full Text

12.Lexis-Nexis (VIRGO  Databases/Newspaper Articles)

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

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=*

                        Sense and sensibility

 

13.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).  Good for reviews and interviews. 

 

 

14.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.

 

 

 

INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES

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

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

Travel literature

Dickens and travel*

Also try a subject guide  search on “travel”

 

16.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 #19 LION.

 

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

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

           

 

18.Literature Resource Center       (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

One stop shopping for secondary sources in literature.  Includes MLA Bibliography (# 15) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (#25 )

           

 

 

 

19.LION - Literature Online       (VIRGO Databases / Journal Articles)

One stop shopping for primary and secondary sources in literature.  Includes Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (#16)

           

 

 

FULL TEXT DATABASES

20.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.

author search:  montagu or

genre search:   travel literature

 

21.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.

 

 

           

22.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.

 

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

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

 

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

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

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

25.Dictionary of Literary Biography  (VIRGO Databases / Reference Sources)

Biographical bibliographical critical essays.  See  #18 Literature Resource Center (where it is now included)

 

26Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.  (VIRGO Databases / Reference Sources)

Biographies of British persons from the earliest times to the end of the 20th century.

 

 

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHICAL

27.Geographical and Statistical Data Center

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/

Alderman Library 3rd fl. West.

Geostat (the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center) houses maps, geospatial data, and social science datasets. We offer specialized software to analyze digital geographic and statistical data, and trained staff to help you find and access the data you need.  The information desk is staffed between 9 - 5, Monday - Friday. geostat@virginia.edu

 

28. Library of Congress Digital Map Collections: 1500 - 2004
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than
4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small
fraction, those that have been converted to digital form. The focus of Map
Collections is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of
Congress. These images were created from maps and atlases and, in general,
are restricted to items that are not covered by copyright protection.

29. U Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is a general collection of more
than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world. More than 5,000 map
images from the collection are available online. This includes the general
use maps such as those produced by the CIA as well as some historic city
plans that are included from travel guides and bluebooks.

30. David Rumsey Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
The David Rumsey Collection is a privately held map collection housed in
California. It specializes in 18th and 19th century cartography of the
Amreicas. Areas included, but not limited to: Washington DC, San Francisco,
Boston, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Japan Historical.

 

 

STYLE MANUALS

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER

33.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

34.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.

 

35.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.

 

36.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.

 

37.FIND @ UVA  (ELECTRONIC JOURNALS)

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

Find electronic journals that UVA provides access to.

 

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

38. 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.

 

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

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