Studies in American Literature: Edith Wharton and Kate Chopin
This is a list of some of the resources in Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, that may be useful in your research. For more information please ask a reference librarian.
American Decades, 1900-1909 / Ref E 169.12 A419
Almanac of American Life, 1876-1913 / Ref E 168 S55 1996
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century / Ref E 740.7 E53 1996
Encyclopedia of American Social History / Ref HN 57 E58 1993
Everyday Life: American Social History / Ref HN 57 E93 1998
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism / Ref PN 761 N5
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism / Ref PN 771 G27
If you are looking for books on your topic you might first try using the primary topic word as a subject search. If this does not
retrieve any books, try searching for the word using the "search everthing" option.
Be aware that items at the Alexander Library in New Brunswick purchased before c. 1970 and not checked out since then are not included in IRIS. We have a copy of their old card catalog from c. 1970 on microfilm. Ask at the Reference Desk for more information.
Two other catalogs may be useful in locating resources for your paper. Both will include some primary sources. You can request items from these catalogs on interlibrary loan.
The library has several journal indexes available. The best index for you will depend on your topic. Some of the general indexes that are likely to be relevant are:
To locate primary sources in newspapers or magazines, use the following indexes:
- Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906 (in index tables in Reference area]
- Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890- (on index tables in Reference area)
- International Index to Periodicals, 1907- (on index tables in Reference area)
- Book Review Digest, 1905- (on index tables in Reference area)
- PAIS, 1915- [cumulative index 1915-1974] (on index tables in Reference area)
- ALA Index to General Literature, 1893?-1910 (on index tables in Reference area)
- Index to the Writings on American History, 1902- (on index tables in Reference area)
- Art Index, 1929- (on index tables in Reference area)
- Education Index, 1929- (on index tables in Reference area)
- Industrial Arts Index, 1929- (on index tables in Reference area)
- Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 / Ref Z 2005 H6
British and American History (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/amhist.html)
Edith Wharton Society (http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wharton/index.html)
Victoria Research Web (http://www.indiana.edu/~victoria/vwcont.html)
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 (http://womhist.binghamton.edu/projectmap.htm)
Making of America (http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/moa-main_page.html)