The Undergraduate's Companion to Women Writers and Their Web Sites

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Devoted exclusively to British and American women writers, this book presents undergraduate students with an array of widely available and accessible resources necessary for 21st century literary research. Represented are more than 280 writers from the medieval to the contemporary period. The highly selective electronic and print resources offer a rich, exciting, and panoramic overview of the information landscape. A must-have for every academic library!

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A useful guide to doing research on 180 writers from Abigail Adams to Anzia Yezierska.-Booklist Reference Books in brief
Integration of electronic and print resources in a single guide makes this a useful starting point for the study of women writers. Recommended. All collections.-Choice
The collaborative effort of Katharine A. Dean, Miriam Conteh -Morgan, and James K. Bracken, The Undergraduate's Companion to Women Writers and Their Web Sites is an authoritative, informative, useful and "user friendly" guide to web sites devoted to the lieves and works of women writers...The Undergraduate's Companion is an especially recommended addition to Women's Studies and Literary Studies academic reference resource collections.-Library Bookwatch/Midwest Book Review
The work is a highly useful starting point for undergraduates; it is concise, and easy to use overall, leading students to a broad variety of print, electronic, and Internet resources, and and encouraging them to explore a multiplicity of sources.-Collection Management
"A useful guide to doing research on 180 writers from Abigail Adams to Anzia Yezierska."-Booklist Reference Books in brief
"Integration of electronic and print resources in a single guide makes this a useful starting point for the study of women writers. Recommended. All collections."-Choice
"The work is a highly useful starting point for undergraduates; it is concise, and easy to use overall, leading students to a broad variety of print, electronic, and Internet resources, and and encouraging them to explore a multiplicity of sources."-Collection Management
"The collaborative effort of Katharine A. Dean, Miriam Conteh -Morgan, and James K. Bracken, The Undergraduate's Companion to Women Writers and Their Web Sites is an authoritative, informative, useful and "user friendly" guide to web sites devoted to the lieves and works of women writers...The Undergraduate's Companion is an especially recommended addition to Women's Studies and Literary Studies academic reference resource collections."-Library Bookwatch/Midwest Book Review

Author Bio

Katharine Dean is Librarian and Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Miriam Conteh-Morgan is Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.