BOOKS:  Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic.  Some topics that might be of interest:

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Some of these indexes are print and some electronic.  Access the electronic resources from the PLU library home page:  (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).  Some electronic resources require a username and password.  A few indexes that might be useful:

Arts & Humanities Search --Keyword and citation indexing of 1,300 leading international arts and humanities journals.  Some abstracts.

Humanities Index -- Indexes scholarly journals in the humanities including literature, art, religion, and philosophy.

JSTOR -- an archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s.  JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

MLA -- Modern Language Association's index to international journals and books on literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, from 1963 to present. No book reviews!  Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

EBSCOhost -- A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals, magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those, nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This academic database provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas – including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and education.
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

Bloomsbury Guide To Women's Literature (ref. PN471.B57 1992)

British Women Writers—a Critical Reference (ref. PR111.B75 1989)

British Writers (ref. PR85.B688)

Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (ref PN41.C83 1998)

Encyclopedia Of British Women Writers (ref. PR111.E54 1998)

Oxford Guide To British Women Writers (ref. PR111.S48 1993)

Oxford Literary Guide To The British Isles (ref. PR109.E18)

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (ref PN761.N56) Provides critical analysis of authors and their works with bibliographies of other useful sources.    There is also an online index to this print source. (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for
all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet"  (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).

Brontë Country (http://www.bronte-country.com/)
Brontë Sisters Web (http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Bronte.html)
Brontë Mailing List (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6459/mlist.html)
Brontës  (http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/8723/bronte.html)
Brontës Forum Frigate (discussion group)
    (http://killdevilhill.com/z/yfired/TheBronteshall/shakespeare1.html)
The Brontës of Haworth (http://www.thebrontes.com/)
Gale Literary Index (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)
Online Literary Criticism Collection (http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/)
 

FULL TEXT ONLINE:

Jane Eyre (http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/9/16/frameset.html)
Shirley (http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/9/16/frameset.html)
Villette (http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/9/16/frameset.html)
Wuthering Heights (http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/9/16/frameset.html)
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU belongs to a consortium of small private colleges and universities.  This consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget Sound.  You may check materials out from these libraries using your PLU ID.

You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan.  Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.

 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.  During Spring semester I will have office hours Tuesdays 10 am-1 pm

http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/engl451bronte.html
 
 

  02/03-gle
 

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