Science and Popular Culture in Victorian England

|Background Sources | Secondary Sources: Books | Secondary Sources: Articles | Published Primary Sources |

Background Sources

Most of the books listed here are located in Suzzallo Reference, first floor Suzzallo Library.

The 1890s: an encyclopedia of British literature, art and culture Suzzallo Reference DA560 .A18 1993 Companion encyclopedia of the history of medicine Suzzallo Reference WZ 13 C737 1993 The Dictionary of national biography Suzzallo Reference DA28 .D42 The Encyclopedia of romanticism: culture in Britain, 1780s-1830s Suzzallo Reference DA529 .E53 1992 Encyclopedia of the Victorian World Suzzallo Allenl Stacks DA550 .E53 1996 The London encyclopaedia Suzzallo Reference DA677 .L66 1983 The Oxford companion to British history Suzzallo Reference DA34 .O93 1997 Victorian Britain: an encyclopedia Suzzallo Reference DA550 .V53 1988 Victorian Web The Victorian Web is based in Brown University and serves as an encyclopedia to the period. Articles vary in quality and are written by students and faculty.

Secondary Sources - Books

Once you identify articles you need make sure you have the complete citation (author, title, journal name, volume, pages and year), then look in the UW Libraries Catalog for the journal name (do a title search for the journal name to see if the UW subscribes) to see if and where the journal is kept (library location and call number).

Databases marked UW Only require that you access these from computers on campus or from home using UWICK or the libraries proxy server. Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the UWorld Express (interlibrary loan).

Annual bibliography of British and Irish History A comprehensive printed bibliography covering all periods of British and Irish history. [Suzzallo Reference Z2001 .A5] Annual Bibliography of Victorian Studies Printed index to articles and books covering covering all aspects of the Victorian period. [Suzzallo Reference Z2019 .A55.] Bibliography of British history, 1789-1851 Single volume index to articles books dealing with this period of British history. Provides coverage of major primary and secondary works. [Suzzallo Reference Z2019 .B76] Bibliography of British history, 1851-1914 ingle volume index to articles books dealing with this period of British history. Provides coverage of major primary and secondary works. [Suzzallo Reference Z2019 .H35] Historical Abstracts [UW only] Major index to journals in the field of world history (excluding US and Canada) for the period 1450 to the present. History of Science & Technology [UW only] Index to journal articles and other materials related to the history of science. JSTOR [UW only] Searchable collection of back issues of selected journals including the Historical Journal and the Journal of British Studies. For another collection of searchable electronic journals related to history see Project Muse. PubMed [UW only] Major index to the medical field including history of medicine.

Finding Published Primary Sources

Using Secondary Sources to Find Primary Sources

Secondary sources, scholarly journal articles and books, are a great source for identifying potential primary sources. Find a few articles, books or dissertations related to your topic and then mine the footnotes and bibliography. You will have the best luck finding published primary sources such as books, government reports, newspapers and magazines within the UW Libraries. Use the UW Libraries Catalog to determine if we have the primary source.

Finding Primary Sources -- Books

Limit your search by publication date. Search for books written by key participants and organizations. Browse the shelves in the appropriate subject area. Use special subject terms that designate primary sources: sources, personal narratives, diaries, correspondence, interviews Check out the 9th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (originally published 1875-1889) in Suzzallo Reference AE5.E363 1902. Check out the Annual Register for the years you are interested in, Suzzallo D2 .A7.

Finding Primary Sources -- Articles

The libraries also has complete runs on microfilm for the Times (Microfilm A506) and Manchester Guardian (Microfilm A597). Selective other 19th century British newspapers are also available such as the Police Gazette (Microfilm A10123) and South Western Star . Newspapers are housed in the Microform and Newspaper Collections (Mcnews) on the ground floor of Suzzallo.

Magazines and Journals 19th Century Masterfile [UW only] Electronic version of Poole's Index, indexes articles from 19th century American and British magazines such as the Westminster Review and Quarterly Review. Crime in Victorian Britain: an annotated bibliography Listing of more than 1,600 articles in 19th century British magazines dealing with crime. [Suzzallo Reference Z5703.5.G7 P35] Education and the Times: An index of letters to 1910 Index to letters dealing with education published in the Times. [Suzzallo Reference Z5815 .G5 E38 1994] Health and British magazines in the nineteenth century Listing of more than 2,500 articles in 19th century British magazines related to health issues. [Suzzallo Reference Z6673 .P288 1998] Index Medicus Printed index to articles published in medical journals (primarily British and American) from 1879 to 1926. [Health Sciences Library 610.5 A-IN Index medicus] Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 Listing of table of contents of 43 major Victorian magazines. Includes an author index. [Suzzallo Reference Z2005.H5] Palmer's Index to the Times [UW only] Index to the Times from 1790 through 1905. Women in English social history, 1800-1914: a guide to research Three volume index to primary and secondary material dealing with women during the 19th century. [Suzzallo Reference Z7964.G7 K36 1987]

Finding Primary Sources -- Government Reports

Hansard's parliamentary debatesDebates for Lords and Commons, 1829-1891. [Government Publications J301 .H222] Subject catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary papers 1801-1900 [In library CD-ROM] Index to 19th century parliamentary papers. The papers themselves are in microcard format housed in the Microform and Newspaper Collections. Index is also available in print. [Government Publications Z2019.C63 1988]

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