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British Literature Websites

The British Library
Go to "Catalogues and Collections" or "Discover and Learn" for some great resources related to British literature.
BritLitBlogs
Brit Lit Blogs is the brainchild of six British literary bloggers. Each working hard at bringing readers to forgotten or overlooked books, our BritLitBloggers decided that combining their latest blog entries together in one place would highlight the breadth and depth of British literary blogging.
Early Modern Literary Studies
This full text e-journal with holdings dating back to 1995 concentrates on sixteenth and seventeenth century English literature.
Eighteenth-Century Resources - Literature
This page, edited by Jack Lynch of Rutgers — Newark, is part of the larger collection of Eighteenth-Century Resources on the Net.
English Literature Essays Page
Compiled by the London School of Journalism, this resources site offers free electronic texts, general and author-specific web sites on English literature, and includes a section titled "Help for Students".
English Literature Links: Directory of Internet Resources on Literature
A guide to internet resources for studying or teaching English Literature.
The Labyrinth-Resources for Medieval Studies
Old English and Anglo-Saxon literature resources and e-texts from Georgetown University.
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author
Locating a novel, short story, or poem without knowing its title or author can be very difficult. This guide is intended to help readers identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase.
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
This site combines several sites first created in 1996 to provide a starting point for students and enthusiasts of English Literature. Nothing replaces a quality library, but hopefully this site will help fill the needs of those who have not access to one.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
Prepared by the Norton Anthology editors, this extensive, freely accessible Web resource for The Norton Anthology of English Literature offers twenty-seven topics for study and discussion.
Paris Review Interview Archives
Published since the 1950s, contains interviews with literature's major writers.
Victorian Database Online
Search over 100,000 records listing books, articles, and dissertation abstracts published from 1945 to 1999 on every field of nineteenth-century British studies. Provides bibliography only-no full-text.
Victorian Women Writers Project
The Victorian Women Writers Project (VWWP) began in 1995 at Indiana University and is primarily concerned with the exposure of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century. The collection represents an array of genres - poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Primary vs Secondary Sources Text Alternative

Google

Google can be helpful for your research. Here are some ways to make sure you're getting the best you can out of it:

Use Google Advanced Search: next to the search box, click on Advanced Search. Use AND, OR, and NOT.
Use Google Scholar: go up to the top of the Google page, and click on the link "more." Choose Scholar from the list. Google Scholar will bring you back scholarly journal articles; we have access to the ones with links on the right!
Use Google Books: in the same place you clicked for Scholar, try Books. Some books are available online, full-text, in PDF!
Use your skepticism: don't forget that Google is primarily a company that exists to make money. Try going to the second and third results pages.

Using Google

Quotation Marks “” : Just like when searching in our databases you can use quotation marks to search for an exact set of words or name
- “To infinity and beyond!”
Dashes - : Instead of the word “not” to remove a word from your search results google uses dashes before the word. Essentially you are subtracting the word from your search
- Liberty - Justice
TILDE ~: You can use the tilde to include synonyms in your search
- Breakfast ~Pastry
SITE:www.query.com: This allows you to search only with in a specific site or type of site
- SITE:GOV -Searches through only .gov websites
- SITE: www.sc4.edu -Searches through only SC4.edu
Two Periods .. : This allows you to look for things within a range
- Fashion 1940..1945: This gives you results that have the word fashion in it and any date between 1940 and 1945