Library Catalogs

OU Library Catalog--people can be searched as authors or as subjects

World Cat--union catalog of libraries worldwide

MelCat--union catalog of many Michigan libraries; 1st stop to interloan books

Subject headings, a sampling

Romanticism [with England or Great Britain as subdivision]

England [with subdivisions such as Social Life and Customs, Civilization, Popular Culture, Intellectual Life]

Great Britain [with subdivisions such as Social Life and customs, Civilization, History]

Databases & E-Journal Collections

MLA Bibliography--the standard index for literature. Coverage begins in 1926. Includes citations to journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations.

Historical Abstracts--standard index for history (excluding U.S. and Canada). Includes citations to journal articles and books.

JSTOR--Online collection of many scholarly journals from volume 1 until 2 to 5 years ago. Collection is searchable.

ProjectMuse--online collection of many university press journals from current issues back 5 to 10 years. Collection is searchable.

Reference Titles

Oxford English Dictionary--Now available online. The OED is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day and showing the development of meanings through time.

Romanticism: the CD-ROM Ref. C-discPR595.R6R6--at Circulation with Ref. CD's--includes primary source materials from the period

Dictionary of National Biography Ref. DA28.D47

Chronologies (what was happening when):

Chronology of World History Ref. D11.M39 1999

Timelines of the Arts and Literature

Ref. NX447.5.B76 1994

The Oxford Chronology of English Literature

Ref. PR87.O98 2002

Encyclopedia type sources:

Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837

Ref. DA480.B75 1997

Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture in Britain, 1780s-1830s Ref. DA529.E53 1992

Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850

Ref. NX452.5.R64E53 2004

Oxford Companion to English Literature

Ref. PR19.D73 2006

The Romantic Age, British Culture 1776-1832 [also includes essays on Women, Slavery, Poverty, etc.]

Ref. PR447.O94 1999

Contact Information

Library Instructor: Millie Merz, 241 KL, 248-370-2457, merz@oakland.edu

Course Instructor: Robert Anderson

A Sampling of 3d Floor Books

Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries: English Literature and Its Bacground, 1760-1830 by Marilyn Butler

PR146.B88 1981

Wild Enlightenment: The Borders of Human Identity in the Eighteenth Century by Richard Nash

PR448.W54N37 2003

England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and Case of Romantic Historicism by James K. Chandler

PR457.C39 1998

A Companion to Romanticism PR457.C58 1998

Literary Research and the British Romantic Era: Strategies and Sources by Peggy Keeran & J. Bowers

PR457.K44 2005

Romanticism: An Oxford Guide edited by Nicholas Roe PR457.R4575 2005

Borderlines: The Shiftings of Gender in British Romanticism by Susan J. Wolfson

PR468.R65W65 2006

1798: The Year of the Lyrical Ballads

PR5869.L93A616 1998

Brand New!! : Cambridge Companions Online--includes a volume on British Romanticism and several volumes on individual Romantic writers

Sampling of Web Sites

Romantic Circles is a refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture (University of Maryland).

Romantic Natural History--site from Dickinson College

Romanticism on the Net is an International Refereed Electronic Journal devoted to British Romantic studies.

OU Library's Research Guide for English

Other Info

Does the library have access to a journal online? Easiest way to find out is to check the "Alphabetical List of Online Journals" from the library's "Find Articles" page.

Where do you find lists of databases and other online resources available at OU? The easiest way to find these is to check "Databases by Subject" or "Databases A to Z" from the "Find Articles" page.

Get It

When you are using the library's databases, be sure to click on the blue link when the article you want does not have a full text link in the database. will then take you to the article from another source or take you library catalog record for print holdings or take you to a form to request a copy of the article via interlibrary loan.

• RefWorks - a reference management tool that allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.