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Reference Sources (Background)
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British Historical Facts, 1830-1900 (1984)
Ref DA 539 .C66 1984
Includes timeline and statistics and facts for political, economic and social life.
Bibliography of British History, 1789-1851 and 1851-1914 (1970)
Ref DA 520 .B75 and Ref DA 530 .H35)
Lists a wide variety of both reference and general books on all aspects of British economic, political and social life.
The Companion to British History (2001)
Ref DA 34 .A76 2001
The Columbia Companion to British History (1997)
Ref DA 34 .H64 1997
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) (2004; 60 volumes)
Ref DA 28 .O95 2004
Biographies of over 50,000 prominent individuals in British history.
The 1890s: An Encyclopedia of British Literature, Art and Culture (1993)
Ref DA 560 .A10 1993
English Historical Documents (1979)
Ref DA 26 .E55 1979
Oxford Companion to British History (1997)
Ref DA 34 .O93 1997
Short entries on people, places and events throughout British history, including the Victorian era.
Victorian Britain: an Encyclopedia (1988)
Ref DA 550 .V53 1988
A good overview of the period. Articles include additional reading.
Who's Who in British History (1998; 2 volumes)
Ref DA 28 .W616 1998
Includes brief biographical entries, with suggestions for further reading.
Locating Books
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
Academic Search Complete
Project MUSE (full text; dates vary, most late-1990s to present)
Scholarly articles from journals in the fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences, including Victorian Studies (from 1999).
JSTOR (full text; dates vary by journal)
An archive of back issues of over 400 journals in many disciplines.
The Times, London
Library has 1789-1828, 1848-1859, and 1939-1948 on microfilm.
Websites
Academic Info. - British History: Victorian England
Victorian Research Web
The Victorian Web
YAHOO!
A selective search engine to specific Web sites. Try "burrowing" your way down through "Arts and Humanities" until you get to sources on 19th century British history.
Evaluating Sources
Citing Sources