ENG 444/544 British Women Writers: Encyclopedias & Reference Works

Why Reference Works?

Scholarly reference works are useful for the following:

  • An overview of a topic
  • Topic ideas for a paper topic or narrowing your topic
  • Finding keywords for searches 
  • Bibliographies for further research

Reference works are good starting points for research, but are rarely cited in research as secondary sources. 

Print Resources: Genre, Movements & Historical Context

Author Biography

Full length biographies or composite works with chapters on an author can be found in the Library catalog. Add the keyword 'biography' to your search terms.

Carter, Angela  biography

Smith, Zadie biography

Rhys, Jean biography

Woolf, Virginia,  biography

 

Reference sources will include shorter biographies, and will often provide recommended full length works

Essential Online Reference Sources