Library
Image from: The Girlhood of Queen Victoria;
A Selection from Her Majesty's Diaries
Between the Years 1832 and 1840.
History 321: The Victorian Age
Study Guide
Professor: Susan Tananbaum
Librarian: Ginny Hopcroft
Spring 2007
Library Catalogs
Bowdoin College
Library Catalog
Search our catalog for books, videos, microfilm, web sites, etc. owned or subscribed to here at Bowdoin.
MaineCat
Search the combined holdings of most Maine Libraries; users make ILL requests online; materials arrive from Colby and Bates in two days.
NExpress
Locate books and articles within the combined collections of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Williams, Northeastern and Wellesley; users make ILL requests online.
WorldCat
A union catalog for book/monograph holdings for academic libraries nationwide.
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000
Main Ref HN373 .E63 2001
Victorian Britain: an encyclopedia
Main Ref DA550 .V53
Britain in the Hanoverian age, 1714-1837 : an encyclopedia
Main Ref DA480 .B75 1997
British Diaries: an annotated bibliography of British diaries written between 1442 and 1942
Main Libr Z2014 .D5 M3 1950
Annual bibliography of Victorian studies
Main Ref Z2019 .A64 1980-present
Cumulative bibliography of Victorian studies: 1970 - 1984
Main Ref Z2019 .A639 1984
Bibliography of British history, 1789 1851
Main Ref Z2019 .B76 1977
Bibliography of British history, 1851 1914
Main Ref Z2019 .H35 1976
Indexes and Databases
Some of these databases are strictly bibliographic, i.e. they provide citation only. Others contain the full text of the journal articles. Use either the “Check Availability” link in the database or the “Journals” tab in the Library Catalog to determine availability of a journal article.
Historical Abstracts
1960 to present.
The foremost bibliographic index for the scholarly literature of history covering articles, books and dissertations published throughout the world from the 1960’s to the present. The content covers the world except for North America
Academic Search Premier
Date coverage varies.
Academic Search Premier indexes over 1800 peer reviewed journals in the social sciences, humanities and science, as well as general interest magazines and a few major American newspapers.
History Journals in the J-Stor
Electronic Journal Service
Date coverage varies.
The J-Stor service makes available full text articles from selected scholarly journals. All articles from all years of the journal are reproduced, except for the most recent five years.
Poole's Index
1802 to 1906
Main
Per Index
Poole's Index is a subject index to British and American periodicals of the nineteenth century. This index provides excellent subject access to these periodicals, many of which are held in the library’s collections.
The Wellesley index to Victorian periodicals, 1824-1900.
Main Ref Z2005 .W4
Although titled an index, this series is really a table of contents listing with cross- references to subjects. It is a very helpful access source for locating nineteenth century periodical articles, especially if a particular author is known or a specific journal is noted for articles on your research topic.
Primary Sources
For more about primary and secondary sources, please see the CBB guide.
The Nineteenth Century
Main Micro Fiche 1151
A microfiche collection of nonfiction books, essays, reports and letters from the British Library. The entire collection is comprised of several modules; here at Bowdoin we have the General Collection, numbers 1.1.1 through 1.1.11236. This microfiche collection has an online index for subject/author/title searching.
The Annual register of world events; a review of the year, 1758- present
Main Ref D2 .A7
A yearly British publication describing the events of the year in the U.K. and abroad. Useful for a contemporaneous view of events.
Parliamentary debates (Hansard). House of Commons official report. House of Lords official report.
Bowdoin has 1806 to present. 1806 to 1990 are print volumes; from 1991 on the series is in microfiche.
Main Libr J301 .K22 v.1-211
Main Micro Fiche 1179 6th ser. v.198
This series, generally cited as Hansard, reports debates in the houses of Parliament. The first four series, covering debate up to 1908, although authorized, are neither complete or necessarily verbatim. The fifth and sixth series, starting with 1909, are complete and verbatim.
British And Foreign State Papers , v.1-170 1812-1969
Main Libr JX103 .A3
World Wide Web Virtual Library (WWW V-L) World History Index and History Central Catalog
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Last updated Spring 2007.