Reviews and bibliographies

Richard D Altick and John J Fenstermaker, The art of literary research, 4^th edition (New York: Norton, 1993)

PR 56 ALT

Jacques Barzun and Henry F Graff, The modern researcher 6^th edition (Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth 2004)

D 13 BAR

Wayne C Booth, Gregory G Colomb and Joseph M Williams, The  craft of research 2^nd edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003)

Q 180.55.M4 BOO

Pat Cryer, The research student’s guide to success 3^rd edition (Buckingham: Open University Press, 2006)                           

LB 2369 CRY

A handbook to literary research, 2nd edition, ed. by Delia de Sousa Correa and W R Owens (London: Routledge, 2010)                                       

PN 73 HAN

Estelle M Phillips and D.S. Pugh, How to get a PhD: a handbook for students and their supervisors 4^th edition (Buckingham: Open University Press, 2005)

LB 2391.G7 PHI

The Chicago manual of style 15^th ed (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003)

Z 253 CHI

Joseph Gibaldi, MLA handbook for writers of research papers 5^th ed (New York: Modern Language Association, 1999)

PN 147 GIB

Joseph Gibaldi, MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing 2^nd ed (New York: Modern Language Association, 1998)

PN 147 GIB

Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane, Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic information (Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1996) 

PN 171.F56 LI

MHRA style guide: a handbook for authors, editors, and writers of theses 2^nd ed (London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2008)

PN 147 MHR

www.mhra.org.uk

The Oxford dictionary for writers and editors 2nd ed, ed. & compiled by R M Ritter (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)

Ref PE 1628 OXF

The Oxford style manual, ed. & compiled by R M Ritter (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)

PN 147 OXF

Elsie Myers Stainton, The fine art of copyediting (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002)

PN 162 STA

American doctoral dissertations 1964/5-

Serial Z 5053.A5

Index to theses [listings of doctoral theses in Great Britain and Ireland from 1716 onwards]-

Available via MetaLib

British Library integrated catalogue

http://catalogue.bl.uk/

COPAC (Consortium of University Research Libraries online public-access catalogue)

www.copac.ac.uk

Library of Congress online catalog

http://catalog.loc.gov/

James Harner, Literary research guide. An annotated listing  of reference sources in English literary studies 5^th ed (New York: Modern Language Association, 2008)

Z 2011 HAR

Michael J. Marcuse, A reference guide for English studies (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990)

Oversize Z 2011 MAR

Cambridge bibliography of English literature volume 4: 1800-1900, 3^rd ed., ed. Joanne Shattock

(This is the first volume to appear in the revised third edition of this work. Volumes covering other periods of English literature will appear in due course. Previous editions of this work can be found at the same classmark)

Z 2011 CAM

T.H. Howard-Hill, Bibliography of British literary bibliographies 2^nd ed (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987)

Z 2011 HOW

A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Irelandand of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640, first compiled by A.W. Pollard and G.R. Redgrave, 2^nd ed. begun by W.A. Jackson & F.S. Ferguson; completed by Katherine F. Pantzer (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976-1991)

Oversize Z 2002 POL

Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Walesand British Americaand of English books printed in other countries 1641-1700, 2^nd ed. compiled by Donald Wing (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1972-1998)

Oversize Z 2002 WIN

Many other bibliographies relating to specific periods of English literature can be found at classmarks Z 2001-Z 2015

The library also has many bibliographies of individual authors, starting at Z 8000. For example, a bibliography of Aphra Behn would be found at Z8086.75, for D.H. Lawrence at Z8490.5, and for Virginia Woolf at Z 8984.2

Annual bibliography of English language and literature (Modern Humanities Research Association)

Serial Z 2015.A5 and online via MetaLib

Year’s work in English studies (Oxford University Press)

Serial Z 2015.Y4 and online via MetaLib

M.H. Abrams, A glossary of literary terms, 8^th ed. (Boston, Ma: Thomson, Wadsworth, 2005)

PN 44.5 ABR

Continuum encyclopedia of British literature, ed. Steven R. Serafin and Valerie Grosvenor Myer (London: Continuum, 2003)

PR 19 CON

J A Cuddon, A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory, 4^th ed (Oxford: Blackwell, 1998)    

PN 44.5 CUD

Jeremy Hawthorne, A glossary of contemporary literary theory, 4^th ed. (London: Arnold, 2000)

PN 44.5 HAW

Oxford companion to English literature, 7^th ed. ed. Dinah Birch and Margaret Drabble (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)

PR 19 OXF

Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000, new ed. ed. by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004)

DA 28 OXF

and online via MetaLib

Oxford dictionary of quotations, 5^th ed. ed. by Elizabeth Knowles (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)

Ref. PN 6081 OXF

Oxford English dictionary, 2^nd ed. prepared by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989)

See also the updated online version via MetaLib, at http://metalib.bris.ac.uk/

Oversize PE 1625 OXF

The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature, ed. Jay Parini (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004)

PS21 OXF

Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory, ed. David Herman, Manfred Jahn and Marie-Laure Ryan (London: Routledge, 2005)

PN 212 ROU