The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to locate resources pertaining to Chick Lit.
- Reference texts
- Journals
- Books
- Subject headings
- Journal databases
- Internet guides and resources
- Web search tools
Reference texts
Reference sources are a good starting point for any assignment topic, as they can help to clarify concepts and keywords, as well as provide an overview of a topic. They include dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, handbooks, manuals, etc. Reference books are not available for loan, but can instead be used in the library.
| Title | Call number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury guide to women's literature / edited by Claire Buck | 809.8928703 2 | KG |
| Bibliography of Australian women's literature 1795-1990/ Debra Adelaide | A820.809287 7 | KG Reference, CA Reference |
| Contemporary popular writers / editor, Dave Mote | 820.900914 3 | KG Reference, CA Reference |
Books
| Title | Call number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Chick-lit : on the edge : new womans fiction anthology | on order 04/06 | KG |
| Chick lit : the new woman's fiction / edited by Suzanne Ferriss and Mallory Young. | on order 04/06 | KG |
| Contemporary American women fiction writers : an A-to-Z guide / edited by Laurie Champion and Rhonda Austin | 813.509928703 1 | KG |
| Flirting with Pride & prejudice : fresh perspectives on the original chick-lit masterpiece / edited by Jennifer Crusie | on order 04/06 | KG |
| Twentieth-century women novelists : feminist theory into practice / Susan Watkins | 823.91099287 11 | KG |
| Will Write for Shoes : How to Write a Chick Lit Novel / Yardley, Cathy | on order 04/06 | KG |
Women in literature : reading through the lens of gender / edited by Jerilyn Fisher and Ellen S. Silber |
809.93352042 12 | KG |
| Women 's culture in a new era : a feminist revolution? / edited by Gayle Kimball | on order 04/06 | KG |
Subject headings
To find resources on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Below some subject headings that you may find useful:
Journals
(Also referred to as magazines, serials or periodicals.)
The library subscribes to some print and electronic journals that cover the area of Chick Lit. Journals comprise articles about current developments and research in a subject area. Browsing relevant journals is a good way of keeping up to date in your area. You can access our electronic journals either through the catalogue if you know the name of the journal you're after, or through searching the databases - see below.
| Title | Availability |
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| Belles lettres (Book reviews) |
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| Contemporary literature (Theory and criticism) |
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| Critique (Theory and criticism) |
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| Harvard review (Theory and criticism) |
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| Modern fiction studies (Theory and criticism) |
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| Refractory girl (Theory and criticism) |
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| Tulsa studies in women 's literature (Theory and criticism) |
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Journal databases
Locating journal articles is different from locating books. The Library Catalogue will tell you if QUT Library holds a particular journal but it will not provide information about individual journal articles. However, the journal databases will help you to locate references to journal articles, and sometimes the abstract and full-text of the articles.
The journal databases vary in the amount of information which they provide. If you find a reference to a journal article, but not the full text, then you will need to perform "Journal Title" search on the library catalogue. The library catalogue will provide the print and/or electronic holding details if the journal is available to QUT staff and students.
Effective use of the databases requires an understanding of search techniques and the Pilot Information Literacy tutorial provides help on developing search strategies.
In addition, library staff offer training sessions on how to use databases throughout each semester. The Tours & workshops page provides further information.
QUT staff and students can access the databases from within QUT libraries or remotely from your School, home or office via the Internet. Most databases require your QUT username and password. Access to the databases is available from the Databases page.
| Title | Coverage | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ABI Inform Global via ProQuest |
1971- | Indexes approximately 1,300 periodicals from around the world. It also contains the complete fulltext and/or page images of selected articles from over 700 major publications. |
| Academic Research Library via ProQuest |
1971- | A cross disciplinary database indexing almost 2000 journals. |
| Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost |
1984- | A cross disciplinary database indexing 2,900 journals from 1984 onwards with almost 1,300 providing fulltext as html with graphics or PDF. |
| Factiva | varied | Factiva.com is an interdisciplinary news, current affairs and research database providing access to nearly 8000 publications, including local and international newspapers, newswires, magazines and journal sources. |
| Proquest Humanities | 1988- | Indexes over 300 titles, with over 200 in fulltext, covering communication, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, religion and more. |
| Project Muse | varied | Indexes nearly 250 journals, with over 170 in fulltext, in history, literature, philosophy, religion, theatre, music and film, and more. |
For more recommended databases, see the Databases Subject Guide
Internet guides and resources
The Internet provides access to a large range of resources in Chick Lit. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process. Here is a small sample of Internet guides and resources.
| Title | Description |
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| Chick Lit author roundtable | A group of 16 women authors of the discuss the genre. Also includes author biographies and links. Hosted by authorsontheweb.com |
| Chick Lit Books | An introduction to the genre including definitions, discussion of sub genres, bibliographies, author interviews and forum. |
| Love, life and literature | An article from the Smith College Alumnae Quarterly discussing the beginnings and future directions of the genre. |
| Women's Genre Fiction Project | The Women's Genre Fiction Project offers students and scholars access to searchable electronic editions of fiction by women. The project encompasses both British and American fiction written from 1860 to 1920. The project and the site are authored by Emory University Library. |
Web search tools
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Google http://www.google.com |
Google is an excellent search engine. To ensure you retrieve material of a scholarly nature use the advanced search facility. In the Domain field, limit your search to .edu or .edu.au or .ac.uk. You can also limit to pdf by choosing the pdf option in File Format field. |
| Vivisimo http://www.vivisimo.com |
Vivisimo is a document clustering search engine. The search technology automatically categorises textual information into meaningful, hierarchically sorted category folders. You can then view results based on type of resources found. |
| BUBL http://bubl.ac.uk/ |
Catalogue of selected internet resources from international sources. |