Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand

Strategies and Sources

By (author) Faye H. Christenberry

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Publication date:

19 November 2010

Length of book:

280 pages

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

ISBN-13: 9780810877450

Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand: Strategies and Sources is a research guide to the literatures of the two major countries of Oceania: Australia and New Zealand. Covering over 200 years of these geographically and chronologically connected countries, this guide contains references to many different types of resources, illustrating how the researcher is best served by using the increasing variety of research tools in combination with each other. The book emphasizes research methodology and outlines the best practices for the research process, paying special attention to the unique challenges inherent in conducting research on the literatures of Australia and New Zealand specifically. The book includes commentary on general literary reference materials; library catalogs; print and online bibliographies, indexes, and annual reviews; scholarly journals; contemporary reviews; period journals and newspapers; microform and digital collections; manuscripts and archives; and web resources. It is an essential tool for anyone conducting research on Australia or New Zealand, and it is a helpful guide for readers with a special interest in these countries' literatures.
Describing fully the uses of kinds of reference tools, providing illuminating examples in discussions of key individual resources, detailing techniques for finding kinds of information (including strategies for those without access to key resources such as AustLit [R4463]), illustrating research processes, and perpetuating the high standards reflected by the other volumes in the series, Literary Research and the Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand is the essential starting point for anyone working with literatures of the two countries.