LIT 361 and LIT 455 - Victorian and British Literature
This guide is will help you identify and locate the resources that you will need for LIT 361 and LIT 455. There is also information available on library services, tools, and other web resources to help you write your papers, and more.
Archives Research
1853 Collection
- 1853 CollectionThe Shapiro Library maintains a collection of primary source material specifically designed to support your research for this class.
Resources
- Introduction to Archives (Purdue) This link opens in a new windowA good introduction to archives and typical practices for archival access.
- Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research This link opens in a new windowFrom the Society of American Archivists
- ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new windowA database of archival holdings from over 1,000 institutions.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowSearchable database of library collections. Includes records for rare materials.
- Google This link opens in a new windowSearch for archives, special collections, rare books, or related terms
Digital Archives
- Open DOAR This link opens in a new windowSearchable database of open access digital repositories
- Internet Archive This link opens in a new windowSearches a wide variety of material types drawn from a number of repositories
- Project Boz This link opens in a new windowWorcester Polytechnic Institute project to digitize all of Charles Dickens' novels in their original serial form.
- David Rumsey Map Collection This link opens in a new windowDigital versions of over 70,000 rare maps from the 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.