ENTC 484 WOMEN AND MODERNITY

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, 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.

Anti-suffragism [keyword]

Anti-suffrag$ [keyword]

Contraception and united states [keyword subject]

Djuna barnes and bibliography [keyword subject

Gertrude stein and (letter$ or diar$ or journal$) [keyword]

wharton and (dictionar$ or encyclopedia$ or handbook$) [keyword subject]

edna millay [Ebooks author search to find full text]

hull house [“begins with’ subject to get topics]

godey’s [“begins with” journal title]

literature and medicine [“begins with” journal title]

INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES etc.

3.MLA International Bibliography, 1963-. (VIRGO Other Databases)

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

gilman and illness

gilman and (sick$ or ill$ or mental or hyster$ or health or nerv$)

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

Covers the subject of English (and American) literature and language. Scholarly periodical articles, books, chapters in books, and book reviews. Suprisingly little duplication with the MLA.

6.Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac SearchBank) (VIRGO Other Databases)

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

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

9.Evaluative lists of works about the authors, literary works, subjects. Often chronologically arranged. To find in VIRGO do a subject keyword search:

djuna barnes and bibliography

Also look in the Z8000 section of the reference room and in the stacks.

NEWSPAPERS AND CONTEMPORARY JOURNALS

10.New York Times Index, 1851- AI21.N45 (Microforms Rm)

We also have the actual newspaper on microfilm in the same room.

http://historynews.chadwyck.com/noframesny/search

covers 1863 to 1905, and 1913 to September 1922.

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

Covers all subjects.

12.Readers’s Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890- (Index Table #1)

Indexes general interest periodicals and magazines.

13.Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature , 1802-1906. (Index Table #1)

Indexes general interest periodicals and magazines.

14.International Index to Periodicals, 1907- (Index Table #1)

Scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities.

Book Reviews (Index Table #2)

Many of the titles mentioned in this guide are excellent sources of book reviews. See also Index Table #2,

second on the left as you are walking down the reference room, and filled with excellent sources of book reviews -- contemporary and retrospective

15.Book Review Digest, 1905- (Index Table #2)

16.Guide to finding Book Reviews: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/usered/reviews.html

WOMEN

17.Handbook of American women's history. HQ 1410 .H36 1990

18.The women's chronology. HQ 1122 .T73 1994

Year-by-year record through history of what was going on in all spheres, including suffrage, the arts, etc.

18a.Oxford Companion to Women’s Writing in the United States. PS147.094

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

19.Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E363 (current & 1910) http://http://www.britannica.com/

20.Oxford English Dictionary. (OED) 2d ed. http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html

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

WEBSITES

21.Electronic Text Center (UVA) http://etext.virginia.edu

Find full text of literary works.

22.English Web http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/English/english.html

This guide will be here under "Guides"

22a. Women’s Studies Primary Source microform materials in Alderman Periodicals Rm. (3^rd. fl.)

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/permic/women.html

23. North American women's letters and diaries (Full text)

Arranged by date, author, subject, and historical events.

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/asp/NAWLD/

23a. Women’s Suffrage

http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/woman/home.html

23b.Author Sites

Edith Wharton Society http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wharton/index.html

Jane Addams and Hull House http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html

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/sources.htm

BIOGRAPHY

26.Dictionary of Literary Biography (VIRGO Other Databases) (Ald Ref)

Biographical bibliographical critical essays. Use the index at the back of the most recent volume to locate other authors.

27.Biography Resource Center. (VIRGO Other Databases)

Includes full-text sketches, articles, and portraits.

28.Biography and Genealogy Master Index. (VIRGO Other Databases)

Tells you where you can find biographical information. Good for minor characters, as well as major.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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

Alderman Library, 2^nd 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.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION RESOURSES

30. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/

Alderman Library, 3rd fl.

A repository for the entire output of the U.S. Government, including Census material, and international documents as well. Visit the GeoStat Center for statistical and geographical data.

Karen Kates Marshall * kmarshall@virginia.edu * 982‑2677*Alderman Library 511 * February 2002