Research Catalog

Title

Literary research and the British romantic era : strategies and sources / Peggy Keeran, Jennifer Bowers.

Author

Keeran, Peggy, 1959-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bowers, Jennifer, 1962-

Description

xi, 257 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

Literary Research and the British Romantic Era: Strategies and Sources explores primary and secondary research resources of this prolific era, including general literary research guides; union library catalogs; print and online bibliographies; manuscripts and archives; microfilm and digitization projects; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century journals and newspapers; contemporary reviews; and electronic texts, journals, and Web resources. Each chapter addresses how research methods and tools are best used to extract relevant information and compare and evaluate references, enabling scholars to take full advantage of all available sources. The strengths and weaknesses of core and specialized electronic and print research tools and standard search techniques are also examined, making this book an invaluable guide for any scholar of the British Romantic era.

Series Statement

Literary research ; no. 1

Uniform Title

Literary research ; no. 1.

Subject

• 1700-1899
• Geschichte 1798-1832
• Romanticism > Research > Methodology. > Great Britain
• Romanticism > Great Britain > Bibliography > Methodology
• English literature > 18th century > Research > Methodology
• English literature > 19th century > Research > Methodology
• English literature > 18th century > Bibliography > Methodology
• English literature > 19th century > Bibliography > Methodology
• English literature > Bibliography > Methodology
• English literature > Research > Methodology
• English literature
• English literature > Bibliography > Methodology
• English literature > Research > Methodology
• Literatur
• Anglistik
• Romantik
• Great Britain
• Englisch

Genre/Form

• Reference works
• Reference works.
• Ouvrages de référence.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.

Contents

Basics of online searching -- General literary reference resources -- Library catalogs -- Print and electronic bibliographies, indexes, and annual reviews -- Romantic literature : scholarly journals -- Contemporary reviews -- Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century journals and newspapers -- Microform and digital collections -- Manuscripts and archives -- Web resources -- Researching a thorny problem.

ISBN

• 0810852098
• 9780810852099

LCCN

2005014537

OCLC

• ocm60550977
• 60550977
• SCSB-14503479

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library