RESOURCES:

• 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).

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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 Charles Dickens.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	charles dickens Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals."	Provides a large number of relevant items.
Arts & Sciences Collection	charles dickens JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a number of reviews.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	dickens, charles Perform the default search.	Provides a small number of poems.
Contemporary Authors	charles dickens Perform the default search.	Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Includes an extensive list for further reading about the author.
Encyclopedia Britannica	charles dickens Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	charles dickens 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 worthy items.
Literature Resource Center	charles dickens 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 number of quality documents.
netLibrary	charles dickens Perform the basic search and select the Full Text check box.	Provides a large number of eBooks.
Research Library Complete	charles dickens 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 good number of excellence items.
Scribner's	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Dickens, Charles link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography and a supplement.
SIRS Renaissance	charles dickens Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a number of excellent items.
Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Dickens, Charles link.	Provides a number of quality items.

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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.
  
• Selected letters of Charles Dickens
  PR4581.A4 1985
  Location: Troy, AL
  
  The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
  PR4563.A2 F87 1986
  Location:Troy, AL

• A Charles Dickens Christmas
  PZ3 .D55 CAH7
  Location: Phenix City

The imagined world of Charles Dickens
PR4588.N39 1989
Location: Troy, AL

A Christmas Carol
Location: eBook

Mudfrog and Other Sketches
Location: eBook

Hard Times
Location: eBook

Bleak House
Location: eBook

Three Ghost Stories
Location: eBook

David Copperfield
Location: eBook

The Pickwick Papers
Location: eBook

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Location: eBook

The unabridged Charles Dickens: a tale of two cities, Oliver Twist, great expectations
Location: eBook

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SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>

• Charles Dickens
  http://www.helsinki.fi/kasv/nokol/dickens.html
  
  
• Charles Dickens
  http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles
  
  
• The Life of Charles Dickens
  http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/CD-Forster.html
  
  
• Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
  http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dickens.htm
  
  
• Charles “David Copperfield” Dickens
  http://www.incompetech.com/authors/dickens
  
  
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