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The Romantic-Realistic
Novel |
| "Reading" (1870) by
Berthe Morisot Scan by artchive.com Mark Harden |
Contents
Works Available On-line | Film
Versions in the Barnard or Columbia Libraries
Starting Your Research | Using Reference Books to Find Background Information
Using CLIO | Using
Indexes | Using the World Wide Web
Classes on Research Skills
WORKS
AVAILABLE ON-LINE
There are several Web sites with collections of on-line books:
Bartleby.com
Bibliomania
Concordance.com Full text
along with searchable word indexes
Internet Public Library
The Reading Room
at the University of Maryland
The On-Line Books Page
at the University of Pennsylvania
Project Gutenberg
The following is a list of books on the syllabus with links to on-line versions:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontė: Bibliomania version | Brontė Sisters Web |
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: Project Gutenberg version |
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: Bibliomania version |
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens: Bibliomania version |
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Christian Classics Ethereal Library | Bibliomania version |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy: Bibliomania version |
| Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: Christian Classics Ethereal Library | Bibliomania version |
Wuthering Heights by Emily
Brontė |
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis
Carroll |
Great Expectations by Charles
Dickens |
Our Mutual Friend by Charles
Dickens |
The Brothers Karamazov by
Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
1998 A&E television version: BARNARD MEDIA PR4748 .A1 1998g |
| Tess 1980 movie by Roman Polanski with Nastassia Kinski: BARNARD MEDIA PR4748 .A1 1985, and BUTLER MEDIA VIDEO PR4748 .A1 1985 |
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
STARTING
YOUR RESEARCH
When you start your research for a paper, if you have difficulty choosing a topic or
coming up with a good research question, feel free to ask for help from a reference
librarian at the library. You can come to the Reference Desk on the second floor,
call 854-3953, e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu, or
request a one-on-one consultation using the form at http://www.barnard.edu/library/forms/consult.htm.
You might also find useful the following sources of help on the Web. These On-line
Writing Labs offer help with brainstorming for ideas, writing an outline, dealing with
writers block, and so on:
Princeton University
Writing Center
MIT Writing
Center
Brown
University Writing Center
Purdue
University Writing Lab
FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON
YOUR TOPIC USING REFERENCE BOOKS
Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books can provide useful background
information and bibliographies that can lead you to relevant books and articles. The
reference books in this list are available in the Barnard Library reference area on the
second floor.
| Title | Barnard
Reference Call Number |
|
General |
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory |
PN41 .C83 1998 |
Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs |
PN43 .D48 1988 |
|
Encyclopedias |
Charles Dickens A to Z |
PR4580 .D38 1998 |
The Columbia History of the British Novel |
PR821 .C65 1994 |
|
Encyclopedia of the Novel |
PN41 .E487 1998 |
|
A Jane Austen Encyclopedia |
PR4036 .A28 1998 |
|
The Oxford Companion to German Literature |
PT41 .G3 1997 |
|
Guides and Handbooks |
Handbook of Russian Literature |
PG2940 .H29 1985 |
The Lewis Carroll Handbook |
Z8234.8 .W72 |
|
Reference Guide to Russian Literature |
PG2940 .R43 1998g |
|
Criticism |
NCLC: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism |
PN761 .N56 |
Biographical |
British Writers |
PR85 .B688 |
DLB: Dictionary of Literary Biography |
PS129 .D5 |
|
European Writers |
PN501 .E9 1983 |
|
Bibliographies |
Charlotte and Emily Bronte: An Annotated Bibliography |
Z8122 .P37 |
The Stature of Dickens; a Centenary Bibliography |
Z8230 .G65 |
USING CLIO
TO FIND BOOKS AND JOURNALS
You can enter CLIO from the Barnard Library home
page or from the Columbia University
LibraryWeb.
CLIO (Columbia
Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for materials added to the Columbia
University Libraries since 1981. Use the card catalogs for older materials.
There are two search interfaces, the Web version, which is in development, and the Telnet
version. Click here for the
CLIO Quick Guide for help with searching. Most of the materials in CLIO are
classified by subject according to the Library of Congress Classification
Schedule.
Other Library Catalogs
Please note that Teachers College, Union Theological
Seminary and the Law Librarys holdings are not listed in CLIO and that they have
their own online library catalogs. CATNYP is the online catalog of the NYPL research
library. There are links to these in the Catalogs
list on CU LibraryWeb, available from the Electronic Reference Tools list.
| USING INDEXES TO
FIND CITATIONS TO PERIODICAL ARTICLES |
| On the Electronic Reference Tools list on the Barnard Library homepage, there are over 200 indexes, databases and catalogs which can enable you to find citations for relevant journal articles and books, and also the full text of many articles. |
|
The indexes and databases listed below will probably be the most relevant to your research. |
Humanities Abstracts: |
|
MLA Bibliography |
|
JSTOR |
|
ProQuest Direct |
|
Women's Resources International |
|
FINDING INFORMATION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Subject Guides to the Internet on the Barnard and
Columbia Libraries Homepages
Both the Barnard and Columbia Library homepages have lists of recommended Web pages on
various topics. These make a good place to start with finding information on
the World Wide Web.
The Subject Guides to the Internet
page, available from the Barnard Library homepage, includes subject guides on art,
history, literature, politics, ready reference, science, theater, women's studies, etc.
The Selected Subject Guides & Resources page is available from the Columbia University LibraryWeb page (under Reference).
| Some useful Web pages for this course are: |
|
Click here for a Quick Guide to Web Searching and Evaluating Information from the Web
OTHER LIBRARY SERVICES
Demonstrations of Library
Resources and Research Skills
Barnard Library offers classes on CLIO,
the World Wide Web, and online databases and indexes on Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. and
3:15 p.m., and Fridays at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Come to the Reference Desk
on the second floor.
Research Skills Worksheet
Click here for a Research Skills Worksheet to print out which
will enable you to test and improve your library research skills.
Consultation with a Reference Librarian
Click here to complete a
form you can e-mail to the library requesting a consultation on your research, or come to
the Reference Desk on the second floor. We'll be happy to help you find additional
information.
Contact a reference librarian: e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu
or call 212-854-3953.
Last Modified 04/06/01
Lois Coleman
Reference Librarian
Barnard College Library