Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Sally Mitchell, editor. New York: Garland Pub., 1988.

Main Level, Reference: R 941.0810321 V666v

Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature [CREDO Reference], Continuum International Publishing Group, Ltd., 2006.
A comprehensive guide to all British literature, including literature in English from the colonial and postcolonial periods.

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms [Oxford Reference Online] 3rd edition.  Chris Baldick.  Oxford University Press, 2008.

A Dictionary of Literary Symbols [CREDO Reference], Cambridge University Press, 2003.
The first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than "universal" psychological archetypes, myths, or esoterica. Concentrates on English literature, but its entries range widely from the Bible and classical authors to the twentieth century, taking in American and European literatures.
Also available in print: Main Level, Reference: R 809.915 F373D [2000]

Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000.  Peter N. Stearns, ed.

Scribner Pub., 2001. 

Main Level, Reference: R 306.094 En19E  

Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature  Anne Marie Hacht and Dwayne D. Hayes, editors.

Detroit: Gale, 2009. 4 volumes [Gale Virtual Reference Library].

Covers world authors from many periods and genres, building an understanding of the various contexts -- from the biographical to the literary to the historical -- in which literature can be viewed. Identifies the significant literary devices and global themes that define a writer's style and place the author in a larger literary tradition as chronicled and evaluated by critics over time (publisher's description).

The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry. Joseph Bristow, editor. Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Upper Level, CIrculating Collection: 821.809 C144C

Cambridge Guide to Literature in English [CREDO Reference], Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006.
Authoritative and international survey of world literature in English with entries on eras, theses, genres and critical terms, authors, poems, novels, literary journals and plays.

A Companion to the Victorian Novel. Eds. William Baker and Kenneth Womack  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002 [ EBSCO eBook Collection].

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism. Johns Hopkins, 2005.
Main Level, Reference: R 801.950904 J62J
This informative, reliable introduction to criticism and literary theory is for those with interest in theoretical issues but without specialized knowledge. Entries contain cross references, see also, and a bibliography with selected primary and secondary sources. Helpful indexes of Names and Topics in back of volume.

The Oxford Companion to English Literature [Oxford Reference Online]
Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
Also available in print: Main Level, Reference: R 820.9 Ox2O [2000]

The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. John Sutherland

Stanford University Press, 1989

Main Level Reference  R 823.809 Su84S

The Victorian Poets: A Guide to Research. Frederic E. Faverty, editor. Harvard University Press, 1968.  2nd ed.  

Upper Level, CIrculating Collection: 821.809 F278V 1968

Gale Biography in Context [Thomson/Gale]
Biography Resource Center includes biographies from Gale reference books and full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people by name or personal facts [birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender] or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. Stanley J. Kunitz, ed. H.W. Wilson Co., 1936.   Main Level, Reference: R 928.2 K96B

A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors : Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. Containing Over Forty-Three Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects. J. B. Lippincott Pub., 1870-1871. 
Main Level, Reference: R 928.2 Al55c  (3 volumes)

The Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 1921-1922. (with supplementary volumes up to 1985).
Main Level, Reference: R 920.042 D56 suppl. 1981- 1985
Provides lengthy biographical essays on prominent historical British figures from a variety of fields.

Literature Resource Center [Thomson Gale]

Online access to Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and full-text articles from more than 250 literary journals.

Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies : 1970-1984. Compiled & edited by Brahma Chaudhuri. LITIR Database, 1988.

Main Level, Reference: R 016.8209008 C913C  

Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies: 1985-1989. Compiled & edited by Brahma Chaudhuri ; associate editor, F. L. Radford.  

Main Level, Reference:  R 016.8209008 C913C 1990

Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies: 1990-1994. Compiled and edited by Brahma Chaudhuri & Fred Radford.  LITIR Database, 1995.

Main Level, Reference:

R 016.8209008 C913C 1995

The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. George Watson, editor.

Main Level, Reference: R 015.42 N42N

v. 1. 600-1660.--v. 2. 1660-1800.--v. 3. 1800-1900.--v. 4. 1900-1950.--v. 5 Index

Victorian Poetry: An Annotated Bibliography. Laurence W. Mazzeno.

Scarecrow Press, 1995. 

Main Level, Reference: R 016.8218 M459v

Bibliographies of Studies in Victorian Literature for the Ten Years 1965-1974. Ronald E. Freeman, editor. AMS Press, 1981.

Main Level, Reference: R 016.8209 B471B 1965-74

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. Modern Language Association, 2009.   

Main Level, Ready Reference Shelf (located behind Reference Desk) and
Reference: R 808.02 M72M [2 copies]

Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.

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British Writers. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979-2007.
Main Level, Reference: R 820.9 B777B [8 vols, plus 12 supplements].z

Critical Survey of Poetry. Salem Press, 2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 809.1 C869C [8 vols]
This eight-volume set presents an essay on each poet included. Each essay contains essential information including: principal poetry, other literary forms, achievements, biography, analysis, and bibliography. Index to set in Volume 8.  

Literature Resource Center [Thomson Gale] Biographical, bibliographical and contextual information from the Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography databases, as well as full-text criticism from the Contemporary Literary Criticism Select database, as well as content from British Writers, and thirteen Scribner sources. Contains full-text journal articles from more than 250 literary journals, critical essays, and author biographies.  Literature and its Times covers 300 great works of literature viewed in the context of the times in which they are set and the times at which they were written

Literature Resources from Gale Literature criticism, biographies, work and topic overviews, reviews, and full text of many literary works-all searchable at the same time and returned in lists organized according to the type of research needs they serve.

MLA International Bibliography  [EBSCOhost]
Published by the Modern Language Association. Indexes critical literary and language scholarship and provides access to journals and serials published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Nearly 45,000 records are added annually.

Academic Search Complete [EBSCOhost]
Scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.

JSTOR                          
Arts & Sciences Collections I, II, & III contain an archive of over 350 full-text journals which are searchable through JSTOR or accessible through Journal Finder, which guides the user to full-text articles available at Thomason Library. The collections include journals in economics, history, political science, sociology, and humanities. This archive covers the full run of journals from the first issue of volume one; however, the most current three to five year issues of the journals are not available as specified by the publishers in their agreements with JSTOR.

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Project MUSE Basic Undergraduate Collection  
Current and recent volumes of 112 core journals in the humanities and social sciences.

ELH: English Literary History
 
Explicator

Journal of Victorian Culture

Nineteenth-Century Literature

Notes and Queries

Philological Quarterly

Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900

(alternate title: SEL: Studies in English Literature)

Victorian Literature and Culture

Victorian Poetry

Victorian Studies

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