Library Resources

Start your research by going to Literature Online and the MLA Database. Look for keywords as well
as general discussions of the text or topic you are working on. Also look at the Cambridge
Companions (to the Victorian Novel, to Wilkie Collins, &c.)
Use both monographs and print collections as well as online articles.
For nineteenth-century primary resources, use the following database:
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access the databases: http://ezlibproxy1.ntu.edu.sg/login?

url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nantecun
click on the database title: 19th UK periodicals
browse the content:

The database is divided into two parts:

Part I: New Readerships: Womens, Childrens, Humour and Leisure/Sport
This collection marks the advent of commercial lifestyle publishing in Britain and charts the rapid rise
of modern magazine culture. Among the key themes are;

The political spectrum of womens writing, from Hearth and Home to the Womens Penny
Paper, offering important evidence of womens changing status in the 1800s
Satirical and comic titles, such as Fun, Punch and Figaro in London, which offer insight into
what made people laugh during these times. The rapid increase of publications devoted to
childrens entertainment and education is illustrated with Boys Own Paper and Good Words
for the Young
This first series also charts the explosion in popular sports and hobbies, from gardening and
horse racing to cricket, cycling and golf
Part II: Empire: Travel and Anthropology, Economics, Missionary & Colonial
This collection focuses on the role Britain played beyond its own borders as an imperial power
throughout the nineteenth century. Complete runs of 91 periodicals chart a century in which Britain
extended its influence, reaching new heights of empire building. Sourced from the British Library, the
National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Australia, the collection contains periodicals
from Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, New Zealand and South Africa.
How to Browse
A useful place to start browsing is the topic guide which provides contextual information which
enables the user to identify key publications and subjects.