English 12: Jane Austen

Professor: Ann Kibbie
Librarian: Joan Campbell
 Fall 2008

Finding Background/Biographical Information


British women writers, 1700-1850 : an annotated bibliography of their works and works about them. Main Ref  PR111 .H67 1997

British women writers : a critical reference guide. Main Ref PR111 .B75 1989

Dictionary of National Biography
The father of all British biographical sources.

An Encyclopedia of British women writers.  Main Ref  PR111 .E54 1988

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Searchable online version of the four volume encyclopedia.

Oxford English Dictionary
The mother of all historical dictionaries.

 See also the Quick Facts page for online reference sources to get quick, authoritative definitions and facts.

Finding Books

Library Catalogs for Books

Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Access to Bowdoin Library's holdings of books, videos, government documents, etc.

NExpress
Search --and borrow from--the combined collections of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Williams, Northeastern, Middlebury, and Wellesley for both books and articles. Books arrive from Colby and Bates in two days.

 Finding Journal Articles

British Periodicals
British Periodicals provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century.

JSTOR
Full text of scholarly journal articles up until about 2003.

MLA International Bibliography
An index to journal articles, books, and chapters in books on literature and film. Many links to the full text of journal articles.

Persuasions: the Jane Austen Journal Online

Additional Sources

Citation & Style Guides
Provides links to online guides and call numbers for guides in the library. 

Republic of Pemberly

See also the Research Guide to English