Research Guides: ENG 334: Victorian Studies: Reference Works

Why Use Reference Works?

Specialized reference works such as encyclopedias provide overviews and can give you a good sense of what's out there and what different approaches are being taken to a given topic. Most of our reference sources are located in the Reference Collection on the main floor of the library. Some are available online.

Reference Works

Atlas of British History - Ref G1811.S2 G5 2011
Daily Life in Victorian England - General Collection DA533 .M675 2009
Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail - Ref NA2850 .E44 2012
Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000 - Ref HN373 .E63 2001
6 vols. Offers substantial, well-documented survey essays on topics such as social change, urban and rural life, gender, popular culture, religion, and everyday life.
Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature - Ref PR451 .E553 2015 (v. 1-4)
Covers the literary genres, figures, and themes such as cosmopolitanism, journalism, race, and sexuality, in Victorian studies.
Fashion: Critical and Primary Sources - Ref GT 580 .F374 2009 (v. 1-4)
Critical essays on fashion cover four time periods: Late Medieval to Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, and Twentieth Century to today.
International Historical Statistics: Europe - Ref HA 1107 .M55 2007
Comparative historical statistics for Europe.
Oxford Companion to British History - Ref DA34 .O93 2015
Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction - Ref PR871 .S87 1989
Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia - Ref DA550 .V53 2011

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