HUMA 3300: Reading and Writing
Texts: Britain in the 30’s
Professor Michael Wilson
March 15, 2004
THE UTD CATALOG
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catalog to find out if the library owns a particular periodical/journal (search by
Periodical Title). Do not use the catalog to search for articles.
Keyword/Subject Search: Using these keywords: virginia woolf [all of these] AND
diar? letter? narrative? memoir? correspondence [any of these], I found 36 books.
Here is one of them:
Note that this book is available (in other words, it’s not checked out) and
is located on the 4th floor.
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SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES FOR BRITAIN IN THE 30’s
FILM
British Film Catalogue, Volume 1: Fiction Film, 1895-1994 REF PN1998 .G54 2001
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, esp. Volume 2: “Directors”
REF PN1997.8 .I58 1990
International Film Index, 1895-1990 (2 vols.) REF PN1998 .I52 1991
HISTORY
Encyclopedia of European Social History (6 vols.) HN373 .E63 2001
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and the New Deal (2 vol.) REF E806 .C543 2001
The Oxford Companion to British History REF DA34 .O93 1997
LITERATURE
British Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960 (2 vols.) REF PR888 .W6 B75 1999
Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Poets, 1914-1945 REF PR610 .B7 1983
Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists, 1930-1959 REF PR881 .B725 1983
Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Travel Writers, 1910-1939 REF PR808 .T74 1998
Dictionary of Literary Biography: Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945 REF PR623 .M63 1982
The Oxford Chronology of English Literature REF PR87 .O88 2002
BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, LETTERS, AND DIARIES
And So to Bed: A bibliography of Diaries Published in English REF CT214 .H38 1987
Dictionary of National Biography (33 vols.) REF DA28 .D47
Encyclopedia of World Biography (17 vols.) REF CT103 .E56 1998
Great Lives From History, British and Commonwealth Series (5 vols.) REF CT774 .G74 1987
Women’s Diaries, Journal, and Letters: An Annotated Bibliography REF CT214 .C55 1989
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
World Bibliographical Series: England REF DA27.5 .D38 1993
World Bibliographical Series: London REF DA27.5 .C74 1996
STATISTICS
British Historical Statistics REF HA1134 .M58 1988
Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth REF HB2161 .C46 1987
International Historical Statistics, Europe: 1750-1993 REF HA1107 .M5 1998
ATLASES AND CHRONOLOGIES
The Historical Atlas of Britain REF G1812.21 .S1H5 1985
The Oxford Atlas of World History REF G1030 .O85 2002
Timelines of World History REF D11 .T34 2002
Wilson Calendar of World History REF D11 .W65 1999
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MLA International Bibliography 1921(Electronic Reference Center and Aisle 2a)
An index to over 4,000 periodicals and collections of essays covering the fields of literature, languages,
linguistics, and folklore. The most comprehensive index for literature and literary criticism. Check
the catalog to see if McDermott Library owns the periodicals or books cited. Available electronically
from 1963 to present. MLA is available from off campus through the library’s proxy server
(http://libproxy.utdallas.edu). Here are a few of the results from searching for SAYERS AND
GAUDY:
I was interested in the first citation. When I checked the catalog to see if the library owned the
periodical NEW CRITERION, here’s what I found:
I clicked on the link to the periodical, selected volume 19, issue 9 (May, 2001), then clicked the full
text icon:
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PERIODICAL CONTENTS INDEX, 1770-c. 1995
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owns the cited periodicals in paper copy, in microfilm, or online in another database. PCI is
available from off campus through the library proxy server (http://libproxy.utdallas.edu).
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Historical Abstracts 1450Historical Abstracts indexes more than 2,000 journals published in over 80 countries in more than 50
languages. Fields include all branches of world history, including, political, diplomatic, religious, economic,
social, cultural, and military history. Some full text is included. Check the library’s catalog to see if we have the
cited periodicals available in paper copy, microfilm, or online in another database. HA is available from off
campus through the library proxy server (http://libproxy.utdallas.edu). Searching for journal articles in
English on ORWELL AND SPANISH CIVIL WAR, I found:
Next I read the abstract of the first article (“Display Full Entry”):
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Then I clicked on the full text link to read the complete article:
I also wanted to see the second article, so I searched the catalog to see if the library owned the
periodical Soundings, volume 77 (1994):
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