HISTORY 211/311 - The University of Auckland Library

HISTORY 211/311: Darwin's England Library Resources
Recommended Reading Reference Books Bibliographies Journals Literature Reviews Databases & Articles Websites	Alfred Russel Wallace, The World of Life: A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose, London, 1911, p.240.	Subject Librarian: Philip Abela
Recommended Reading Books in the Short Loan Collection are in the Course Materials list. Text Williams, Chris, ed. A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain, Blackwell, 2004. Library copies General Background Texts Evans, Eric, The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain 1783-1870, 3rd edn, Harlow, 2001. Library copies Gilmour, Robin, The Victorian Period: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830-1890, London, 1993. Library copies Hoppen, K. Theodore, The Mid-Victorian Generation, 1846-1886, Oxford, 1998. Library copies McLeod, Hugh, Religion and Society in England, 1850-1914, New York, 1996. Library copies Parsons, Gerald, (ed.) Religion in Victorian Britain, vol.4 Interpretations, Manchester, 1998. Library copies Reference Books Reference books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books. Budge, Gavin, et al. (eds), Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers, Bristol, 2002. Library copies Gillespie, Charles Coulston (ed.), Dictionary of Scientific Biography, New York, 1970-1990. Library copies Lightman, Bernard (ed.), Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists, Bristol, 2004. Library copies Matthew, H.C.G. and Brian Harrison (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, 2004 Library copies McGrath, Alister E., The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought, Oxford, 1993. Library copies McGuire, James, and James Quinn (eds), Dictionary of Irish Biography, Cambridge, 2009. Mitchell, Sally, et al. (eds), Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia, New York, 1988. Library copies Townson, Duncan, The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern History, 1789-1945, 2nd edn, London, 2001. Library copies The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 is available online as part of C19: The Nineteenth Century Index Bibliographies Bibliographies contain the history or systematic description of literature on a specific subject, including information on authorship and publication details. The catalogue has several books about the subject Great Britain - History - 19th century - Bibliography Bibliography of British and Irish History incorporating the Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History. Victorian Bibliography. Published once a year in the journal Victorian Studies. History of Science Technology and Medicine includes the Isis Cumulative Bibliography: A Bibliography of the History of Science formed from Isis Critical Bibliographies Journals Victorian Studies is a journal of 19th century English literature. Literature Reviews Books on historical research methodology and guides to writing bibliographies and literature reviews are shelved at the call number 907.2, including these three: Benjamin, Jules R. A Student's Guide to History, 9th edn, Boston, 2004. Library copies Presnell, Jenny L. The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students, New York, 2007. Library copies Storey, William Kelleher, Writing History: A Guide for Students, 3rd edn, New York, 2009. Library copies You can see a list of other books on historiography by looking in the catalogue for these subjects: Historiography History - Methodology History - Research The Student Learning Centre has resources to help with your research and study skills, including a guide to literature reviews. Book Reviews There are several databases with good sources of book reviews. In many cases you can simply search for the title of the book to find reviews. Historical Abstracts and America: History & Life JSTOR Book Review Digest Retrospective 1.5 million reviews of about 300,000 books published 1905-1982, including excerpts from reviews and descriptive summaries of the books reviewed These web sites are useful sources of recent book reviews H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences Reviews in History Databases & Articles These databases contain references from articles published in journals, newspapers, magazines, books, and conferences proceedings. These databases are recommended for this course: Bibliography of British and Irish History C19: The Nineteenth Century Index Historical Abstracts History of Science Technology and Medicine Expanded Academic JSTOR Project MUSE ProQuest Religious Periodicals Victorian Database Primary Sources British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (1500-1950) Defining Gender 1450-1910 Essays and primary source documents relating to gender studies. Parliamentary Papers British parliamentary papers from 1660 to 2010. Primary Sources - Newspapers Times Digital Archive The Times of London, from 1785-1985. Illustrated London News 1842-2003. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The British newspapers in this collection are The Manchester Guardian and The Observer. British Newspapers 1600-1900 Includes the 19th Century British Library Newspapers Collection. Websites There are lots of interesting websites which have some overlap with the themes and subject matter of the course. They should not be used as a substitute for conventional scholarly sources such as library catalogues and bibliographical databases.
Contact: p.abela@auckland.ac.nz File last updated: 4 February, 2011