Research facilities
This site lists some general bibliographical sources for students of English, or of Literature and other Humanities in general. More specific bibliographical sources on PTTS subjects can be found under "PTTS: general info".
Databases and electronical resources
Libraries in Münster
National libraries
Web of Science
Databases and electronic resources
For an alphabetical and a field-specific list please visit:
www.ulb.uni-muenster.de/recherche/bibliographien/
MLA
Modern Language Association of America International Bibliography
Contains bibliographical information on journals, articles, essay collections, monographies, dissertations, bibliographies etc. (from 1963 onwards). Access through libraries or VPN (virtual private network).
Web of Science
Arts and Humanities; Social Science; Sciences
Interdisciplinary database - not only gives access to bibliographical information on many texts, but also to the bibliographies of these texts themselves. Entries from 1991 onwards.
Access only through libraries or VPN. Please click here.
Also see Web of Science
British Library
catalogue.bl.uk
Comprehensive research library
Library of Congress
catalog.loc.gov
Comprehensive research library
Universitätsbibliothek Münster
www.ulb.uni-muenster.de
Verbundkatalog aller Hochschulbibliotheken in NRW
www.uni-muenster.de/ULB/verbundkatalog/
For inter-library loan (Fernleihe) follow this link
Suchportal DIGIBIB
www.ulb.uni-muenster.de/ULB/digibib/
Connects several databases and electronical resources for comprehensive research
Highbeam Database
www.highbeam.com
Commercial research database (offering a free trial)
Provides full text articles from many academic journals.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
www.stabikat.de
Comprehensive research library
Encyclopaedia Britannica
www.eb.com
Encyclopedic database
Voice of the Shuttle
vos.ucsb.edu
List of humanities links and materials
Digital Research Library
bubl.ac.uk
World Literature
provides short blurbs about texts and authors
and many other topics
Free texts for download
www.bibliomania.com
The Web Concordances and Workbooks
www.dundee.ac.uk
Libraries in Münster
Central University Library (Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster)
Krummer Timpen 3-5
D-48143 Münster
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Saturaday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
For further details click here!
Library of the English Department
Johannisstr. 12 - 20
D-48143 Münster
Tel.: +49 (251) 83-24636
Fax: +49 (251) 83-24827
www.anglistik.uni-muenster.de/Bibliothek/
Opening hours during summer term 2009:
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Online bookshops
Missing Link
Online bookshop with many anglophone titles in stock
www.missing-link.de
Amazon UK
www.amazon.co.uk
National libraries
Africa:
Gambia National Library
http://inet.dpb.dpu.dk/survey/gambia_desc.html
Kenya National Library
http://www.knls.ac.ke/
Malawi National Library
http://www.nlsmw.org/
National Library Republic of Mauritius
http://www.gov.mu/portal/sites/ncb/mac/nlibrary/index.html
National Library of Namibia
http://www.nln.gov.na/
Seychelles National Library
http://www.national-library.edu.sc/
National Library of South Africa
http://www.nlsa.ac.za/NLSA/
Swaziland National Library
https://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/swaziland/snls.htm
National Library of Uganda
http://www.nlu.go.ug/
America:
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
National Library of Jamaica
http://www.nlj.gov.jm/
National Library of Trinidad and Tobago
http://www2.nalis.gov.tt/
Asia:
National Library of India
http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/
National Library of the Philippines
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/newsletter/045/453.html
National Library of Singapore
http://www.nlb.gov.sg/
Europe:
National Library of Ireland
http://www.nli.ie/
National Library of Malta
http://www.libraries.gov.mt/nlm/ser_catalogues.htm
The British Library
http://www.bl.uk/
Oceania:
National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/
National Library of New Zealand
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
National Library of Papua New Guinea
http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/australasia/pgb001.html#6
National Library of Vanuatu
http://www.vanuatuculture.org/site-bm2/library/050517_nationallibrary.shtml
Web of Science
The Web of Science offers access to the following databases:
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) 1994 to present
This is the one Literature students are most likely to use. - Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) 1994 to present
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) 1994 to present
Entries of the citation databases contain not only bibliographical information and abstracts, but also references for the texts cited in the articles themselves. These texts have also been made accessible for retrieval.
This means that there are three starting points for your research:
“General Search” – for a traditional research by entering key terms, author names, titles of journals, or names of corporations.
“Cited Reference Search” – searching for articles which cite the author name or article title entered.
“Related Screen” – provides a list of articles whose list of references contains at least one source cited by the original article.
Further information on the WoS can be found here.
Access to WoS via PCs located in the university network or VPN. Please click here.