- Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
- Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
- Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).
SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>
Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Samuel Butler.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | samuel
butler and hudibras Perform the
basic search. Include the title of the poem “Hudibras”
or the date in order to exclude references to the 18th Century Samuel
Butler. |
Provides a small number of relevant items. |
| Arts & Sciences Collections I & II | samuel butler and hudibras JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collections I & II, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a number of quality documents. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | samuel butler Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | samuel butler and hudibras Perform the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text". You may also want to limit to your search to “scholarly (peer reviewed) journals.” |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Literature Resource Center | samuel butler Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, web links, and journal articles. Be sure to check dates to ensure the article refers to Samuel Butler (1612-1680). |
Provides a number of relevant documents. |
| MagillOnLiterature | samuel butler and hudibras Perform the default search. |
Provides a small number of quality items. |
| Research Library Complete | samuel butler and hudibras Perform the basic search. |
Provides a small number of quality items. |
| SIRS Renaissance | samuel butler Perform the "Quick Search" using the "Subject Headings" option.
|
Provides a small number of relevant items. |
| Story Finder | samuel butler Perform the basic search. |
Provides a number of items written by the author. |
SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>
- The following bibliography
is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
To find works written
by Samuel Butler, do a catalog search for samuel butler
1612 and select the Author option.
To find works written about the author, select the Search
everything option.
- Circulating books
not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary
loan.
- eBooks are electronic books that TROY makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.
Hudibras
PR3338.A7 1967
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan
Hudibras in the
burlesque tradition
PR3338.A71 R5 1972
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
Samuel "Hudibras"
Butler
PR3338.W3 1976
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Butler, Samuel,
The Older
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Authors/B/Butler,_Samuel,_The_Older
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Project Gutenberg Titles by Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Butler%2C%20Samuel%2C%201612-1680 -
Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
http://www.hn.psu.edu/Faculty/KKemmerer/poets/butler -
Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/butler.htm -
Samuel Butler (1612-1680) , Author of 'Hudibras'
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp00681 -
Samuel Butler, 1612-1680. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
http://www.bartleby.com/100/168.html -
The Samuel “Hudibras” Butler Page
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/butlerhu.htm -
Wikipedia: Samuel Butler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler
