Asia and the Victorians: Key Research
Resources
Secondary Literature
(journal articles, book
chapters, theses etc)
MLA International Bibliography
Project Muse
A large E- journal platform offering access to
scholarly titles from several American
university presses in the humanities, social
sciences, and mathematics.
The most comprehensive and sophisticated
database in English and modern language and
literatures. It contains over 2 million records
indexing books, conference proceedings and
articles from over 4000 periodicals, published
since 1963. Links via WebBridge allow you to
check for full text at Warwick, both online and
in print.
LION (Literature Online)
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This is an invaluable resource for English
Literature, including an index of secondary
criticism, as well as being a key resource for
primary texts (containing over 355,000
literary works from the English speaking
world). It also includes reference sources,
such as author biographies.
JStor
A large archive of full-text scholarly journal
articles. The major benefit is that most of the
items you find will be available in full text.
However, note that it is an archive and most
of the content is only available up to the last
3-5 years, so you cannot access current
scholarship. It is also not as sophisticated a
search tool as MLA or LION.
Introductory research
resources (scholarly overviews
& introductions)
Cambridge Companions
Subject or theme based collections of content.
Volumes provide a scholarly overview of a
topic, and provide suggestions for wider
reading.
Oxford Handbooks
Review essays from leading scholars that
evaluate the current thinking on a field or
topic, and make an original argument about
the future direction of the debate.
Cambridge Histories
A collection of volumes on world history,
which can provide a useful introduction and
overview to a time period or region.
Oxford Reference
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2 million entries, with quick reference in
dictionaries and encyclopedias, and more indepth articles from companions.
These databases are all available from: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/search~S1/v?english
Asia and the Victorians: Key Research
Resources
Primary sources (primary
texts and contemporary
source materials)
LION (Literature Online)
An invaluable source of primary texts,
containing over 355,000 literary works from
the English speaking world, from the 8th
century to the present day.
Gale News Vault
This collection allows you to search across:
the 19th Century British Library Newspapers,
the 19th Century UK Periodicals, the Times
Digital Archive and the Times Literary
Supplement Historical Archive.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive and Open Library offers
over 6,000,000 fully accessible public domain
eBooks. Contains searchable full-text of many
out of copyright works. Archive.org
Getting to the full text
In the database
Some databases, e.g. JStor, Project Muse and
the e-books of the Cambridge Companions
and Histories contain the full-text. In these
cases, you should usually have an option to
view or download a PDF.
British Periodicals
WebBridge
Searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals
from the late seventeenth century to the early
twentieth. Topics covered include literature,
philosophy, history, science, music and
articles.
If the resource you are searching does not
give you the full-text, look for the WebBridge
icon. This will link you to our Library
collections and try to find you electronic fulltext. If it can’t, it will give you the option to
check in Encore for a print copy.
Proquest Historical Newspapers (Guardian
and Observer)
Article Reach
The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer
(1791-2003) database offers article images
and searchable full text back to the first issue.
Empire Online
A searchable online database providing
around 60,000 images of original documents
and printed publications from 1492-1969,
relating to Africa, the Americas, Australasia,
Oceania, and South Asia. Material is arranged
thematically and linked to essays by leading
scholars in the field.
If WebBridge does not give you the full-text of
an article, you can place an Article Reach
request. This is a reciprocal service, between
Universities worldwide, to share journal
articles, and you may be able to have the
article emailed directly to you.
More help
Academic Support Librarian: Kate Courage
Kate.courage@warwick.ac.uk
tel: 02476 528151
These databases are all available from: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/search~S1/v?english