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Thomas Hardy
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Selected Reference Sources
Use reference sources to locate background information and succinct overviews, understand terminology, identify good search terms or find relevant bibliographies.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography, British Poets, 1880-1914 Vol. 19 (R 809 D554)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography, Victorian Novelists After 1885 Vol 18 (R 809 D554)
- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Vol. 4, 10, 18, 32 (R 803 T971)
Finding Books (and more) in the Online Catalog
- To find books by Hardy, search by AUTHOR, using: Hardy, Thomas
- To find information ABOUT Hardy, including biographies and literary criticism, search by SUBJECT, using: Hardy, Thomas
- To find specific titles by Hardy, search by TITLE
- To find information on the Victorian Age, search by SUBJECT, using: Great Britain History Victoria (914.1, 942.081)
- Other useful subjects are
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century - Try a keyword search: Victoria* and (Britain or England)--adding the * locates records with both Victoria and Victorian
Finding Articles in Research Databases
(To access databases from a computer located off-campus, go to DA Orgs/Library)
- Biography Resource Center (biographies, magazine articles and selected websites)
- Literary Reference Center (biographies, literary criticism, plot summaries, reviews, reference sources & images)
Search Hardy, Thomas for general information
Search Hardy, Thomas and “Title of book” for information on a specific title, for example: Hardy, Thomas and “Far from the madding crowd” - History Study Center (Victorian age)
Try the Advanced Search or Study Units/British and Irish history
Victorian society, 1837-1901
Victorian politics, 1837-1901
Choose subject of interest - JSTOR (scholarly articles about Hardy, his works & world)
In the Advanced Search, use Thomas Hardy [full text]
Or to search for a specific title use Thomas Hardy [full text] [and] Far from the madding crowd [full text]
Do not check Search for links to articles outside of JSTOR
Check Article and Editorial only
Selected Internet Sites
(Websites should be evaluated for authorship, accuracy, relevance and currency)
- Hardy's World (his life, works, and world)
- Victorian Web (everything Victorian – people, politics, philosophy, arts and more)
- Hardy Miscellany (images of Hardy's world)
- The Victoria Literary Studies Archive (concordance to Hardy)
- The Thomas Hardy Association (general information)
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