Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period

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Overview

Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is comprised of more than eighty volumes of poetry by Irish women writing between 1768 and 1842, such poets as Henrietta Battier, I. S. Anna Liddiard, Adelaide O’Keeffe, Elizabeth Ryves, and Melesina Trench. Along with the poetic texts are biographical and critical essays contributed by the foremost scholars in the field.

Provider:

Alexander Street Press

Posted:

Aug 6, 2015 12:20pm

Updated:

Aug 24, 2016 10:06am

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Resource Types:

Biographies

Books

Major Languages:

English

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Topics covered	Multiple topics/themes covered in poetry written by approximately 50 Irish women poets as well as secondary critical essays and scholarly reviews
Geographic coverage	Ireland
Chronological coverage	1768-1842
Source format(s)	paper (poetry volumes, secondary critical essays, and scholarly reviews)
Total titles	80
Total pages	10,886
Major language (s)	English
Digital collection launch date	2007
Completion date	Complete
Collection ongoing	N
Update frequency	Complete
Available supplements	N

Specifications

Metadata:


MARC records available	Y
Creator of MARC records	Alexander Street
Source for obtaining MARC records	http://alexanderstreet.com/irish-women-poets-romantic-period-all-customers
Fee for MARC records	N
Name authorities used	Controlled vocabularies for names are based on AACR2 guidelines, with the addition of "flourish dates" when we could find no birth or death date for an individual ("Pacheco, Paulita, 1943-" or "Abbott, Edward, fl. 1763-1778").

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility	Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher; Firefox 3.0 or higher
Authentication options	IP, user name and password, proxy,or referrer URL
Archiving solution (master files)	We use a third-party solution (library can request archival copy should ASP cease ability to provide the data)
Archiving solution (derivative files)	same
Available in web discovery tools	Y
Open url target	N
Federated searching, z39.50	N
Local host option	Y
Usage stats based on Counter code	N

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	Y
Page images	N
Color images	N
Search full text	Y
Advanced search	Y
Search within results	Y
Limit results by dates and/or document types	Y
Display highlighted search terms	Y
Display snippet (search term in context)	Y
Relevance sorting	Y
Save searches	N
Download PDF	N
Download HTML	N
Print page	Y
Print full document	N
Export citations	N
Annotation tools	N
Cross-product searching	N
ILL permitted	Y
Text/data mining permitted	Y
Restrictions on use	Per license terms (authorized users defined, not to be reproduced for commercial purposes, etc.)

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


Subscription option	Y
Purchase option	Y
Multiple year payments option	Y
Maintenance fees	Y
Hosting charges	Y
Provider notes	n/a

Provider:

Alexander Street Press

Website:

http://alexanderstreet.com/

Main Address:

3212 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period provides more than eighty volumes of poetry by Irish women writing between 1768-1842. Included in this collection are works of approximately 50 poets, such as Henrietta Battier, I. S. Anna Liddiard, Adelaide O’Keeffe, Elizabeth Ryves, and Melesina Trench.

Included in the database are:

Critical introduction establishing the context for the poetry
Biographical introductions and general bibliographies
Criticism, reviews, and links to Web resources
More than eighty works in full TEI-encoded XML related indexing
Selected secondary critical essays and reviews by major scholars

Delivery:

Interface feature include cross-searchable tool allowing users to search between this database and other Alexander Street Literature, such as Diversity Literature and Postcolonial Studies.

Terms:

Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is available on the Web, either through subscription or one-time purchase of perpetual rights, with prices scaled to library budget and size. CRL is only providing an offer for the one-time purchase of perpetual rights.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

Strengths of this database are that it is fully indexed and searchable allowing users to search through the combination of primary sources and original scholarly commentary. The advanced search allows users to search by text, title, author, publisher, publication place, literature type (editorial, poetry, reference), language (English, French, Gaelic), date from, and date to. In addition, users are able to limit the searches by the author's years of living, birthplace, nationality, ethnicity, race, and gender.

An additional strength of this database, is that it is cross-searchable between other Alexander Street Literature titles.

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

Additional Reviews in Other Sources:

This database has been reviewed in Volume 46, no 3 of Choice in November 2008.

Endnotes:

Most of the information found on this tab was taken from the vendor's description of the product.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	yes	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

Appendix

Bibliography of Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period

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