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Tuesday, 6th April 2010

New Webliography: Victorian Literature and Culture Sites for Online Research

Compiled and Annotated by Amanda Dinscore,
a Public Services Librarian at California State University-Fresno.

Excellent work, Amanda.

From the Webliography:

Our collective fascination with the Victorian era, its continuing influence on our lives, and the plethora of extant primary source material, make it a rich period for research. Although scholars have a wealth of print resources available in this area, it is also useful to explore the Web as a source of scholarly information.

[Snip]

A great number of Web sites exist that provide a window to the 19th century. The sites in this list were selected based on their scholarly value and their unrestricted access. For the most part, this list does not include subscription databases, society Web sites, blogs, or discussion lists. Additionally, the sites selected below focus on Victorian Britain.

+ Most sites were created at institutions of higher learning
+ Range: Bibliographies to Digitized Primary Documents
+ "The site categories listed below are not intended to be inclusive, but are useful for categorizing the most useful sites located in this general survey."

Categories Include:

+ Bibliography
+ General Resources
+ Art and Entertainment
+ Victorian Serials and Publication
+ Notable Individuals and Their Work
+ Statistical and Regional Information
+ Crime and Punishment

Choosing only a couple of favorites from this collection was difficult.

How about--

1. Early Photographically Illustrated Books (via The British Library)

2. A Vision of Britain Through Time
Wow! "This site was created by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project based at the University of Portsmouth. It provides a geographical survey of Britain from 1801 to 2001, including census reports, historical maps, election results, and the largest collection of historical British travel writing available online."

Source: College & Research Library News


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