Literary research and the British romantic era
Subtitle: strategies and sources
By: Peggy Keeran, Jennifer Bowers.
Contributors: Bowers, Jennifer, 1962-
Series: Literary research -- no. 1
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Romanticism -- Great Britain -- Research -- Methodology; Romanticism -- Great Britain -- Bibliography -- Methodology; English literature -- 18th century -- Research -- Methodology; English literature -- 19th century -- Research -- Methodology; English literature -- 18th century -- Bibliography -- Methodology; English literature -- 19th century -- Bibliography -- Methodology; English literature -- Bibliography -- Methodology; English literature -- Research -- Methodology
Description: "Literary Research and the British Romantic Era: Strategies and Sources explores primary and secondary research resources of this prolific era, including general literary research guides; union library catalogs; print and online bibliographies; manuscripts and archives; microfilm and digitization projects; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century journals and newspapers; contemporary reviews; and electronic texts, journals, and Web resources. Each chapter addresses how research methods and tools are best used to extract relevant information and compare and evaluate references, enabling scholars to take full advantage of all available sources. The strengths and weaknesses of core and specialized electronic and print research tools and standard search techniques are also examined, making this book an invaluable guide for any scholar of the British Romantic era."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basics of online searching; title: General literary reference resources; title: Library catalogs; title: Print and electronic bibliographies, indexes, and annual reviews; title: Romantic literature : scholarly journals; title: Contemporary reviews; title: Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century journals and newspapers; title: Microform and digital collections; title: Manuscripts and archives; title: Web resources; title: Researching a thorny problem.