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Aestheticism
ENNC986

Karen Marshall**Alderman Library Rm503b**982-2677
kmarshall@virginia.edu
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/Subjects/English/guides/ennc986.htm

 

1. University of Virginia
http://www.virginia.edu

2. University of Virginia Library
http://www.lib.virginia.edu

3. VIRGO
http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu/uva/uval.html

    keyword search:
    aesthetic$ and pater
    gauthier theophile
    james adj henry
    baudelaire bibliography [keyword subject]
    aesthetic$ and (james or wharton)

4.Other Databases

    VIRGO
      MLA International Bibliography (literature)
      Art Abstracts (art)
      Humanities Abstracts (includes history, literature, art , religion, etc.)
      RILM (music)
      Arts & Humanities Search (includes history, literature, art , religion, etc.)
      Social Sciences Abstracts (includes history, government, anthropology, etc.)
      WorldCat (books owned by UVA and other libraries)
      Dissertation Abstracts (dissertations)

    CD-ROM Menu -- Available in libraries, and other ethernetted UVA buildings.
      America:History and Life (American history)
      Historical Abstracts (European History)
      Philosopher's Index (Philosophy)
      Religion Index (Religion)

    OCLC First Search - over 60 databases (Descriptions), most duplicated in VIRGO.

    WINSPIRS -- available only in libraries; much duplication with VIRGO; can search multiple databases simultaneously

5. Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Galenet)
http://galenet.gale.com/m/mcp/db/bgmi

6. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedia Britannica, the Oxford English Dictionary, and more.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/encyc.html

7. Books and Other Electronic Texts
Full text of works literature, philosophy, etc.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu

Rossetti Archive (text and image)
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/framesindex.html

8.Digital Images
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/

9. Subjects Guides to the Web by Academic Department
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/

10. Web Directory -- YAHOO
Search by subject categories. Updated daily.
http://www.yahoo.com/

11.Alta Vista Web Search Engine
http://altavista.digital.com

 
Search and Display the Results

 

Sample searches:
"Walter Pater"
+Ruskin +art

Other Search Engines: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/search.html

12. Library Short Courses
Free courses on Web, Newsgroups, FTP, HTML, Scanning, and more.
http://poe.acc.virginia.edu/~libinstr/courses.html

13. Selected Print Sources in Alderman Reference Department

    1.Balay. Guide to Reference Books. Z1035.1.G89 1996 (2d copy at Ref Desk)
    2.Harner. Literary Research Guide. Z2011.H34 1993
    3.Literary Writings in America. (1850-1940) Z1225.L58
    4.Dictionary of National Biography. DA28.D4 1950
    5.Allibone. Critical Dictionary of English Literature. Z2010.A43O4 1900
    6.Dictionary of American Biography. E176.D563
    7.Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1881. AI3.P7 (Index Table 1)
    8.Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
    Z6265.C65 1982 (Index Table 2)
    9.Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900. Z2005.H6 1966
    10.Literary Index to American Magazines 1850-1900. Z1225.W38 1996
    11.Literary index to American Magazines, 1815-1865. Z6513.W44 (ald stacks; soon to be in ald ref)
    12.Encyclopedia of Philosophy. B41.E52 1967
    13.Author Bibliographies (to find these in VIRGO do a keyword subject search, e.g.baudelaire bibliography)


Karen Marshall 982-2677 Alderman Rm. 511 kmarshall@virginia.edu February 1997

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