Research Guides: Literature &amp; Geographical Regions: British

Recommended Databases

Bibliography of British and Irish History This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles and the British empire and commonwealth, from 55 BC to the present.
Cambridge Companions Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes the full-text of books, such as the Cambridge Companions to:
British Fiction: 1980–2018, Modern British Culture, British Romanticism, English Novelists, Irish Poets, and more.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present. Great for author biographies and cultural information.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles for the full-runs of many seminal journals. See all JSTOR's British Studies titles.
Library Catalog - Advanced This link opens in a new window
A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Modern Language Association's index to literature
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text online access to all journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press
ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
Literary criticism, authors' biographies, reference resources with citations
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Find books, journals, and archival collections from libraries around the world. Request items through interlibrary loan. Great for English majors because many records include a book's table of contents.

Primary Sources

British Library Newspapers, Part I-VI This link opens in a new window
Regional & local newspapers, 1700-1950
British Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
British journals published from the 1680-1940
Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
History of English thought from the first book printed in English, 1475-1700, full-text
JSTOR 19th Century British Pamphlets This link opens in a new window
Content includes: More than 25,000 pamphlets, including advertisements, annotations, cartoons, diagrams and maps, engravings, letters, petitions, and portraits.
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Perdita Manuscripts, 1500-1700 This link opens in a new window
Manuscripts from early modern, British, women authors

Background & Reference

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Five-volume encyclopedia covers the entire history of British literature from the seventh century to the present.

Oxford Bibliographies: Atlantic History This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on Atlantic transnational interconnections
Oxford Bibliographies: British and Irish Literature This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on topics within British & Irish literature

British and Irish Literature and Its Times
Literary Research and the British Eighteenth Century
Examines: book and periodical publishing; a growing literate society; dissemination of literature through salons, private societies, and coffee houses; the growing importance of book reviews; the explosion of publishing.
Research Guide for Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature
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