- 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 Orwell.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | george orwell 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 Collections I & II | george orwell JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collections I & II, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a large number of revelant documents. |
| Contemporary Authors | george
orwell 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 | orwell Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article and a number of related articles. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | george orwell Perform the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text". |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Literature Resource Center | george orwell Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, web links, and journal articles. |
Provides a large number of quality documents. |
| MagillOnLiterature | george orwell Perform the default search. |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Research Library Complete | george orwell 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 quality items. |
| Scribner's | Select
“Writers A-Z” and click on the links for ORWELL,
GEORGE: British Writers |
Provides essays about the author and his works, along with a bibliography. |
| Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Orwell, George link. |
Provides a small number of quality items. |
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. C
- eBooks are electronic books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.
Animal farm, a
fairy story
PR6029R8A7 1946x
Location: Dothan
George Orwell:
a life
PR6029R8Z627 1980
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan
George Orwell,
the political pen
PR6029 .R8 Z634 1985
Location: Phenix City
Twentieth century
interpretations of 1984; a collection of critical essays
PR6029.R8 N55
Location: Troy, AL
Orwell, the transformation
PR6029 .R8 Z7898 1980
Location: Phenix City
George Orwell
PR6029 .R8 Z86
Location: Phenix City
George Orwell:
a literary study
PR6029 1954
Location: Phenix City
George Orwell;
a literary and biographical study
PR6029.R8 Z3X 1955
Location: Troy, AL
The Orwell reader:
fiction, essays, and reportage
PR6029 .O7 O7 1956
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
George Orwell's
1984: a play in three acts by George Orwell
PR671
Location: Phenix City
Three modern satirists:
Waugh, Orwell, and Huxley
PR937 .G7 1965
Location: Phenix City, Dothan
The crystal spirit;
a study of George Orwell
PR6029.R8 Z9
Location: Dothan
Chronicles of
conscience; a study of George Orwell and Arthur Koestler
PR6029.R8 Z6 1968B
Location: Troy, AL
Orwell
PR6029 .R8 Z8 1968
Location: Phenix City
The collected
essays, journalism, and letters of George Orwell
PR6029 .R8 A6 1968
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City, Dothan
Homage to Oceania
: the prophetic vision of George Orwell
PR6029 .R8 Z73 1969
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
The World of George Orwell
PR6029.R8 Z92 1972
Location: Troy, AL
The unknown Orwell
PR6029 .R8 Z79 1972
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
The last man in
Europe : an essay on George Orwell
PR6029 .R8 Z78 1974
Location: Phenix City
George Orwell;
a collection of critical essays
PR6029.R8 Z865
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan
Orwell and the
Left
PR6029.R8 Z97
Location: Phenix City, Dothan
George Orwell
: the critical heritage
PR6029 .R8 Z64 1975
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
The road to Miniluv
: George Orwell, the state, and God
PR6029.R8 Z786 1976
Location: Dothan
A reader's guide
to George Orwell
PR6029.R8 Z737 1977
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
A George Orwell
companion : a guide to the novels, documentaries, and essays
PR6029.R8 Z663 1982
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
Orwell's Nineteen
eighty-four : text, sources, criticism
PR6029.R8 N49 1982
Location: Troy, AL; Montgomery
George Orwell
& Nineteen eighty-four : the man and the book : a conference at the
Library of Congress April 30 and May 1, 1984
PR6029.R8 N5335 1985
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan
Orwell, the war
commentaries
PR6029.R8 A6 1985
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan
George Orwell:
a literary life
PR6029 .R8 Z6279 1996
Location: Troy, AL
Shooting an elephant,
and other essays
PR6029.R8 S5
Location: Troy, AL
Homage to Catalonia
DP269.9.O7 1952X
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City, Dothan
Such, such were
the joys
PR6029.R8 S9 1953
Location: Troy, AL
The road to Wigan
Pier
HD8390.O7 1958
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan
Burmese days:
a novel
PR6029.R8 B8 1963
Location: Troy, AL
Nineteen eighty-four;
text, sources, criticism
PR6029.R8 N53X
Location: Dothan
Orwell's fiction
PR6029 .R8 Z72 1969
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
Some reference books, held by the Eglin Base Library and OWC Library (Niceville),
contain collections of criticism on the author’s works. Ask your
library personnel how to use them.
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- George Orwell
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/orwell_george.shtml
- George
Orwell
http://www.k-1.com/Orwell
- George
Orwell
http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/index.cgi/work/summaries/animf.html
- George
Orwell
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/george_orwell.htm
- George
Orwell (1903 – 1950): pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gorwell.htm
- George
Orwell, An Exhibition from the Collection of Daniel J. Leab
Brown University, Fall 1997
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/collections/orwell/leab.html
- George
Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm
- George Orwell Resources
http://students.ou.edu/C/Kara.C.Chiodo-1/orwell.html
- Timothy Garton
Ash: Why Orwell Matters
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/digest/014/ash.html
