Literature

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

Text Archives

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Finding Articles

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Newspapers and Magazines

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Films, TV, Radio and Drama Productions

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Other Recommended Sources

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• Culture and Society Across Time Periods

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• Empire, Decolonisation, Slavery and Abolition

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fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A brilliant source containing essays, maps, primary sources and an interactive chronology on the theme of Empire across the last 5 centuries

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Read in-depth coverage about empires across the world from ancient to modern times. Entries include the Suez Crisis of 1956, the partition of Africa, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dutch East Indies, propaganda and empire, decolonization in the French and British empires, postcolonialism and much more.

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A wide ranging archive which includes US Supreme Court records, books, pamphlets, newspapers and facsimiles of letters by the English abolitionist William Wilberforce etc

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• Gender Resources/Archives

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• Specialist e-resources

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Digital Humanities

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Victorian Gothic Recommendations

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If you're on the MA Victorian Gothic, make sure you look here!

Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk