Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Literatures in English:
Union Lists and Library Guides
Despite the proliferation of electronic databases, there is still a wealth of bibliographic
information accessible only through print catalogs and union lists. Here is a sampling of just a few
such sources available in Alexander's Reference Collection.
**National Union Catalog.
An immense set listing the holdings of hundreds of major American libraries. Arranged by author (or
title, in the case of anonymous works), NUC provides bibliographic information regarding authors and
editions. See what US libraries own first editions of Pride and Prejudice--or track adaptations and
abridgements of it. Most valuable are the 754 volumes of Pre 1956 Imprints, books published before
1956, but the first two supplements, 1956-1967 and 1968-1972 are also important. NUC is still being
published, but the advent of systems like WorldCat has lessened the usefulness of the more recent
volumes.
ALEXANDER REF Z 881.U49.
The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books and Pictures. 2nd edition. 10 volumes.
The collection of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America [Radcliffe College].
DOUGLASS REF Z7965.A78 1984.
British Library Catalogue to 1975.
A catalogue of one of the world's great libraries. There are also two supplements covering 1976-1982 and 1982-1985.
See http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/listings.html for additional access.
ANNEX Z921.B88
Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
28 volumes. & two supplements with an additional 5 volumes.
See also Hamnet, Hamnet, the Folger Library Catalog,
which will eventually supersede the printed catalog.
A key resource for scholars of the Renaissance.
ALEXANDER REF Z 881.F62fo.
Catalog of Broadsides of American Verse in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays. 5 volumes.
Lists more than 12,000 separate pieces of American verse, from 1700 on, in broadsides, broad sheets, and leaflets.
ALEXANDER REF Z 1231.P7B72 1986.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries(1911-1971).
Annex Z881.N57.
A 1000-volume catalog of one of the world's greatest libraries, the New York Public Library (only a bus ride away). Start with
New York Public Library, for current access and ease of use, but also double check the print volumes and also these following catalogs of NYPL special collections or affiliates:
Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division (ALEXANDER REF-FOLIO Z1011.N7);
Dictionary Catalog of the Henry W. And Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature (ANNEX Z2011.N55);
and Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History (ALEXANDER REF-FOLIO Z1361.N39N4-also Robeson & Dana).
Catalogs of the Sophia Smith Collection, Women's
History Archive. 7 volumes.
Includes a two-volume author
catalog, a three-volume subject catalog, and two volumes on manuscripts and photographs.
DOUGLASS REF-FOLIO HQ1121.S65 1975
