- 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 George Gordon Lord Byron.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | lord byron Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals." |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Arts & Sciences Collection | lord byron JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a number of revelant documents. |
| Columbia Granger's
World of Poetry Online |
byron, george gordon Perform the default search. |
Provides a large number of poems. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | lord byron Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, a few related articles and a small number of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | lord byron Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication." |
Provides a large number of relevant items. |
| Literature Resource Center | lord byron Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text). |
Provides a small number of quality documents. |
| netLibrary | lord byron Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a number of eBooks containing references to Byron, but few that focus on the author. |
| Research Library Complete | lord byron Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary - Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and"Scholarly journals." |
Provides a number of relevant documents, but you may have seen them before in your search. |
| Scribner's | Select “Writers
A-Z” and click on the Byron, Lord link. |
Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography. |
| Twayne Authors Series-Twanye World, English and US Authors | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Byron, Lord link. |
Provides a small number of quality documents. |
SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>
- The following bibliography
is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
- 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.
Byron: a portrait
PR4381M3317 1970
Location: Troy, AL; DothanByron: a collection of critical essays
PR4381W4 1963
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan; Phenix CityGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron
PR4388 .G44 1986
Location: Dothan, MontgomeryGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron: a comprehensive bibliography of secondary materials in English
Z8139.S27 1977
Location: Troy, ALLord Byron
PR4388 .G65 1998
Location: Troy, AL; DothanLord Byron; accounts rendered
PR4381 .M69 1974B
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
The literary relationship of Lord Byron & Thomas Moore
Location: eBookLord Byron at Harrow school: speaking out, talking back, acting up, bowing out
Location: eBook
Poems of George Gordon, Lord Byron
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Lord Byron: Table
of Contents
http://englishhistory.net/byron
- Fragment of a Novel
http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/l_frag.htm
- Lord Byron (1788-1824)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/byron.htm
- George Gordon,
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
http://engphil.astate.edu/gallery/byron.html
- Lord Byron
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbyron.htm
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