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Religion 362: Religion in Victorian England
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Fall 2007 — Prof. Foley
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Outline of this guide:
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Course Reserves for this class
Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
- Reference Works
Biographical Sources | Religion & Church History | History & Culture
- Biographical Sources
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
- The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography, 1730-1860. Ed. Donald M. Lewis. 2 vols. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995.
Reference R 269 B632
- Cantuar: The Archbishops in their Office. Edward Carpenter. 3rd ed. London: Mowbray, 1997.
Little Library Stacks 262.12 C295c
- The Europa Biographical Dictionary of British Women: Over 1,000 Notable Women from Britain's Past. Ed. Anne Crawford et al. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1983.
Reference R 920.7 E89
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Reference R 920 N2111
See also the first edition: Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee (22 vols.; 1885-1901; reprinted London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1963-1965), shelved in Reference at call number R 920 N211.
- Religion & Church History
- Bibliography of British History, 1789-1851. Ed. Lucy Brown and Ian Christie. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.
Reference R 016.942 B878b
Includes a section on "Ecclesiastical History" (pp. 101-132), with lists of primary and secondary sources.
- Bibliography of British History, 1851-1914. Ed. H.J. Hanham. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976.
Reference R 016.942 H239b
Includes a section on "The Churches" (pp. 387-463), with lists of primary and secondary sources.
- The Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 1549-1999. David N. Griffiths. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll, 2002.
Reference R 016.264 G855b
- Encyclopedia of Christian Theology. Ed. Jean-Yves Lacoste. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Reference R 230.03 D5541-T
- Encyclopedia of Christianity. Ed. Erwin Fahlbusch et al. 5 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999- .
Reference R 230.03 E92
Note: This set is still being published. The Library currently has volumes 1-3.
- Encyclopedia of Christianity. Ed. John Bowden. New York: Oxford, 2005.
Reference R 230.03 E56
- Encyclopedia of Protestantism. Ed. Hans J. Hillerbrand. 4 vols. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Reference R 230.4 E56
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
Includes over 120 full-text reference works, including:
- Historical Dictionary of Methodism. Ed. Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. and Susan Warrick. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2005.
Reference R 287 H673
- Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers). Ed. Margery Post Abbott et al. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.
Reference R 289.6 A133h
- Late Georgian and Regency England, 1760-1837. Robert Smith. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1984.
Reference R 016.942 S658L
Includes a section on "Religious History" (pp. 73-78).
- The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Ed. F.L. Cross. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
Reference R 203 O98 1997
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation. Ed. Hans J. Hillerbrand. 4 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.
Reference R 270.6 O98
- The Oxford Movement and its Leaders: A Bibliography of Secondary and Lesser Primary Sources. 2nd ed. Lawrence. N. Crumb. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2009.
Reference R 016.283 C956o2
- Papers of British Churchmen, 1780-1940. London: H.M.S.O., 1987.
Reference R 016.274 P214
- Religion in Victorian Britain, from The Victorian Web, the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore
- The Religious Press in Britain, 1760-1900. Josef L. Altholz. New York: Greenwood, 1989.
Reference R 070.4 A467r
- Women and Religion in Britain and Ireland: An Annotated Bibliography from the Reformation to 1993. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1995.
Reference R 016.2 J66w
- History & Culture
- The 1890s: An Encyclopedia of British Literature, Art, and Culture. Ed. G.A. Cevasco. New York: Garland, 1993.
Reference R 942 E34
- Atlas of the British Empire. Ed. C.A. Bayly. New York: Facts on File, 1989.
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- Bibliography of British History, 1789-1851. Ed. Lucy Brown and Ian Christie. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.
Reference R 016.942 B878b
- Bibliography of British History, 1851-1914. Ed. H.J. Hanham. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976.
Reference R 016.942 H239b
- British Women's History: A Bibliographical Guide. Comp. June Hannam et al. New York: Manchester Univ. Press, 1996.
Reference R 016.305 H243b
- The Columbia Companion to British History. Ed. Juliet Gardiner and Neil Wenborn. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1997.
Reference R 942.03 H673
- The Encyclopedia of Britain. Oxford: Helicon, 1999.
Reference R 942 E56
- Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe 1789-1914. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. 5 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner's, 2006.
- Encyclopedia of the Victorian Era. Ed. James Eli Adams. 4 vols. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2004.
Reference R 942.08 E56
- Historical Atlas of Britain. Ed. Malcolm Falkus and John Gillingham. New York: Continuum, 1981.
Reference R 911.42 H673
- Late Georgian and Regency England, 1760-1837. Robert Smith. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1984.
Reference R 016.942 S658L
- The Oxford Companion to British History. Ed. John Cannon. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
Reference R 942 O98
- The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History. Ed. Harold E. Raugh, Jr. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Reference R 355.009 R244v
- Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Sally Mitchell et al. New York: Garland, 1988.
Reference R 942.08 V645
- Victorian Culture and Society: The Essential Glossary. Adam C. Roberts. London: Arnold, 2003.
Reference R 942.08 R643v
- Victorian Web, the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore
- Books
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
- To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
- To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
Useful subject headings include:
- Anglo-Catholicism
- Church of England
- Church of England doctrines history 19th century
- Church of England history 19th century
- Dissenters religious England
- Evangelicalism England history 19th century
- High Church movement
- Oxford movement
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- WorldCat
Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalog first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Articles
Starting Points | Core Databases for Religion | Core Database for History | Nineteenth-Century Sources | Other Indexes & Databases
- Starting Points
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- OmniFile Full Text Mega
(1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Core Databases for Religion
- ATLA Religion Database
(1949 to present) Indexes book reviews on all aspects of religion and theology.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Proquest Religion
(1986 to present) Indexes articles from more than 90 religion periodicals.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Core Database for History
- Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Nineteenth-Century Sources
- 19th-Century Masterfile
Indexes articles in 479 British and American periodicals published in the nineteenth century.
Note: The print version of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906), which is part of 19th-Century Masterfile, is available in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 P82.
- British Literary Magazines: The Victorian and Edwardian Age, 1837-1913. Ed. Alvin Sullivan. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984.
Reference R 052 B862
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- The Religious Press in Britain, 1760-1900. Josef L. Altholz. New York: Greenwood, 1989.
Little Library Stacks 070.4 A467r
- The Times [London] (1785 to present) [microfilm]
Index: Reference Index Area R 070 T58
- Victorian Periodicals and Victorian Society. Ed. J. Don Vann and Rosemary T. VanArsdel. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1994.
Reference R 052 V6452
- The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900: Series 2. Ed. John S. North. 20 vols. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo Academic Press, 2003.
Reference R 015.42 W327
This directory provides descriptions of Victorian periodicals as well as many title page facsimiles.
- The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. Walter E. Houghton. 5 vols. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1966-1989.
Reference Index Area R 050 W451
Note: The Index is also available on CD-ROM; ask for the CD-ROM at the Circulation Desk.
Indexes the prose contents of 45 Victorian periodicals.
- Other Indexes & Databases
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- MLA International Bibliography
(1926 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.
For more information, see the MLAIB Search Planner.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Project Muse
Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
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