INST 402 Anthologically Possible: How to Edit a Bouquet (Research Tutorial)
Selected Library Sources in the Alderman Reference Room and on the Web
Library Web Page http://www.lib.virginia.edu/
Links to VIRGO, journal indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
electronic texts, etc.
VIRGO http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu/
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.
john stuart mill and biography [keyword subject]
yeats and computer file [keyword to find electronic texts]
pater and (style or aesthet$) [keyword; finds aesthete, aesthetics, etc.]
hardy and poetry [keyword subject; about his poetry]
kipling and (dictionar$ or encyclopedia$) [keyword subject]
LITERATURE
Electronic Text Center http://etext.virginia.edu
Find the electronic full text of Bible, literary texts,
etc.
The English Poetry Database (AD 600-1900) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/epd.html
Oxford Companion to English Literature. PR19.D73 (Ref Desk)
A general handbook to people, places, themes, allusions.
William Butler Yeats Encyclopedia. PR5906.M44
An example of an author handbook.
Thomas Hardy Associationhttp://www.yale.edu/hardysoc/Welcome/welcomet.htm
John Stuart Mill Website. http://www.anova.org/jsmill.html
Lewis Carroll Home Page http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html
Edward Lear Home Page http://www2.pair.com/mgraz/Lear/index.html
Kipling Society. http://www.kipling.org.uk
English Web Resource Guide http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/English/english.html
Good web resources for English study, and where you’ll
find a copy of this guide under Library Guides.
DICTIONARIES
Oxford English Dictionary http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html
Most authoritative dictionary for English language. Based
on historical principles.
BIOGRAPHY
Dictionary of National Biography. DA28.D4 1950
Authoritative signed lengthy scholarly articles on distinguished
people.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index. ( VIRGO
Other Databases)
Tells you where you can find biographical information.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (PN466.D52) (Ald Ref)
Biographical bibliographical critical essays. Use the index
at the back of the most recent volume to locate other authors.
Biography Resource Center. http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC
Includes full-text sketches, articles, and portraits.
BIBLE
Bible http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chbible.html
Full text of the bible. Can be searched word for word. Identify
quotations.
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. BS440.M429
Oxford Companion to the Bible. BS440.O7
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E36 (1910, 11th
ed.) http://search.eb.com/
Oxford Classical Dictionary DE5.O9 (Ref Desk)
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. B41.E52 1967
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/encyphil/
Dictionary of the History of Ideas. CB5.D52
Oxford Companion to British History. DA34.O93
Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia DA550.V53
Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. DA550.E53
London Encyclopedia. DA677.L85
1890’s: an Encyclopedia of British Literature, Art, and Culture. DA560.A18
Grove Dictionary of Art. http://www.groveart.com/
The Victorian Web http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html
Covers literature, history, and culture. Check out Darwin, Carroll, Kipling, Beerbohm.
British History 1700-1950 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html
Information on Victorian monarchy, science, art, literature,
etc.
The Darwin Page http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/05-DARWIN-PAGE.html
GEOGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY
Columbia Gazetteer of the World. G103.5.C65 (Ref Desk)
Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names. DA645.E38
The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People And Events. D11.G78 (Ald Ref)
Karen Marshall 
982-2677
Alderman Rm. 511
kmarshall@virginia.edu
January 2000
