Research Resources

Each section below contains links both to generally accessible research resources and to those which are accessible only via a UCSB campus connection. At the start of each section is a "Quick and Preferred Reference" (marked by three asterisks) for users whose time is limited.

• Indices
• Web Resources
• Online Books
• Materials Request
• Comments and Suggestions

Indices

General Access

Pegasus -- UCSB's online catalog.

MELVL -- University of California's online catalog, containing material from all UC campuses.

DejaNews (Deja.com, Inc.) -- a searchable collection of the archives of various web newsgroups.

Web Resources by Subject (Davidson Library) -- links to pages of web links organized by subject or study area.

UCSB Campus Access Only

*** Abstract and Indexing Services (California Digital Library) -- a one-stop shopping site for searching Pegasus, Melvyl and a list of electronic journals, which also includes options for requesting articles through Interlibrary Loan. This multitude of services can also be viewed by subject area.

***Electronic Journals by Subject (California Digital Library) -- links to online journals organized by subject.

***Periodicals Contents Index (Chadwyck-Healey Ltd) -- index to contents of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, easily searchable.

Handbook of the Center for Research Libraries (California Digital Library) -- catalog of collections organized by subject, giving location and information about circulation and access.

Web Resources

General Access

***Voice of the Shuttle (Alan Liu) -- a thorough and far-ranging collection of links to web pages devoted to literary topics.

***Literary Resources on the Net (Jack Lynch) -- like Voice of the Shuttle, a collection of links to web pages devoted to a multitude of literary topics.

The Argus Clearinghouse (Argus Associates, Inc) -- organized by subject area, this site provides information and links to specialized pages of links.

Web Indexing and Search Tools (Davidson Library) -- links to web search engines and subject collections on the web.

Online Books

General Access

***The On-Line Books Page (John Mark Ockerbloom) -- a collection of over 9,000 full-text books online, searchable by author, title or keywords.

***Bartleby Library ( ) -- searchable collection of books online with links to archived books and an online collection of American and English poetry from 1250-1920.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Jeremy Hylton) -- searchable collection of works with links to glossary, discussion areas, Shakespeare web resources, and a brief discussion of editing issues.

Electronic Text Center (UVa) -- although some access is restricted to UVa users only, this is a small but helpful collection of less well-known materials.

Renascence Editions (University of Oregon) -- a collection of online texts dating from 1477 to 1799.

UCSB Campus Access Only

***Literature Online (Chadwyck-Healey Ltd) -- a collection of over 300,000 works online, this site also includes links to reference works and over 2,500 literary sites on the web.

Materials Request

General Access

Interlibrary Loan Request (Davidson Library) -- online form to request interlibrary loan materials.

Request for Permanent Return of SRLF Materials to UCSB (Davidson Library)

Request for Materials from the Library's Annex (Davidson Library)

Index of Resources

1. Overview
2. Guides to Readings in Literature and Information Culture
   1. Bookshelf (Brief descriptions and mini-reviews of works in a variety of media that developers of the Transcriptions project or speakers in its colloquium series have been reading. These are the works that are helping to shape the intellectual direction of the Transcriptions project. The Bookshelf is a searchable database.)
   2. Hypertext Literature (annotated catalogue of representative works of hypertext fiction, poetry, and theory in a variety of media, both offline and online works; includes a guide to the Transcription studio's library of publications by the Eastgate company)
3. Guides to Online Research
   1. Online Research Resources (library catalogues, digital text archives, periodical indices, etc.; includes both general-access and UCSB-only resources)
   2. Online Reference Resources (dictionaries, thesauri, atlases, encyclopedias, etc.)
   3. Online Resources for Writing and Speaking (grammer and style guides, writing tips, advice on oral presentations, etc.)
   4. Evaluating & Citing Online Resources (checklists, exercises, examples, and annotated links; also includes a printable form to use in tracking and evaluating online sites)
4. Guides to Technology in Transcriptions Courses
   1. Web-Authoring Basics (basic outline of the process required to download, revise, and upload web pages associated with Transcriptions courses)
   2. Web-Authoring Resources (design and how-to advice for both beginning and advanced Web authors; includes links to HTML and design style guides, help with images, and examples of good and bad design)
   3. Transcriptions Studio Software (catalogue of the major production tools used by Transcriptions with links to resources and tutorials; covers Macromedia's Dreamweaver and Fireworks, Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator, and Allaire's Homesite programs)
   4. How to Post Messages in the Exchange Messaging Environment (step-by-step guide)
   5. How to Use the Web to Add/Edit Content in the Project's Timeline or Linkbase Databases (step-by-step guide)
5. For Instructors and Developers:
   1. Teaching with Information Technology (annotated links to resources and tools for designing courses utilizing IT; also includes example sites)
   2. Developer Resources for Transcriptions Project (Templates for course and topics pages, Photoshop templates for images, Descriptions of web technology used in HTML design, Cascading Style Sheets [CSS], Server Side Includes [SSI], and relevant information)

This page created by
Caroline L. Brehm
for the Transcriptions Project
(last updated 9/4/99)

Suggestions regarding the continuing development/maintenance of this site are most welcome!