Hayden Reference Service
British Empire and Culture, 1870-1914
ARS 498/591, ENG 494/545, HUM 494/598
Selected resources
Historical Abstracts (1954+): Covers the world's scholarly literature in history. Includes article abstracts and bibliographic citations of books and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present, except for the United States and Canada. AVAILABLE OFF-CAMPUS
Humanities Abstracts (2/1984+): Indexes articles in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, communications, language, literature, literary and political criticism, performing arts, philosophy, religion, etc. AVAILABLE OFF-CAMPUS
MLA Bibliography (1963+): Indexes articles in the subjects of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore from journals, books, proceedings, dissertations, etc. AVAILABLE OFF-CAMPUS
Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Poole's Index) (1787-1906): Merges every indexes to 19th-century newspapers, periodicals, books and government documents into a single, searchable site. Provides unprecedented access to the printed output of this extraordinary period. AVAILABLE ON-CAMPUS
PCI Full text (1770-1990/91): PCI Web is an electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1990/1991. AVAILABLE ON-CAMPUS
Print Resources:
The 1890s: An Encyclopedia of British Literature, art, and culture - DA 560 .A18 1993 REFERENCE
Articles highlight events, people, and publications of the decade. Includes an entry on periodical literature.
Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899 - AI3 .R47 REFERENCE CASE 2A
Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia - DA 550 .V53 1988 REFERENCE
Useful for background information on the period. Includes a chronology of events. Articles are written by scholars and include a bibliography.
Victorian Periodicals: A Guide to Research - PN 5124.P4 V5 vols. 1 & 2
Victorian Periodicals and Victorian Society - PN 5117 .V53x 1994 REFERENCE
Essays on periodicals as they fit into five sections of society: commerce, popular culture, professions, arts, and societal classes.
Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 - PN 5117 .N67x 1997, vols. 1-10 (see Internet Resources for online access)
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 - AI3 .W45 vols. 1-5, REFERENCE
Indexes prose articles published in 43 periodicals of the period. Table of contents for the periodicals is included along with publishing history for each title.
Internet Resources:
Athenaeum Index to Reviews and Reviewers, 1830-1870
Illustrated News of London links
Internet Library of Early Journals
Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900
Microfilm:
English Literary Periodicals of the 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries - PR 1098.E5 FILM (Hayden Microforms)
Guide to this collection: Accessing English Literary Periodicals, A Guide to the Microfilm Collection - PR 1098.U5x Ref.
