Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period

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Overview

Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is a collection of over 60 volumes of lyric poetry by Scottish women, written between 1789 and 1832. Semantic indexing allows users to browse the authors, source works, individual poems, links to related web resource, or essays. Full text searches of words or phrases can be limited by fields such as year and place of birth or death; by the writer’s religion, nationality, and ethnicity; and by specifying an editor, publisher, or printer of the source work.

Provider:

Alexander Street Press

Posted:

Aug 6, 2015 12:27pm

Updated:

Aug 24, 2016 10:09am

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

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Books

Major Languages:

English

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Topics covered	Multiple topics/themes covered in lyric poetry written by approximately 70 Scottish women poets as well as secondary critical essays and scholarly reviews
Geographic coverage	Scotland
Chronological coverage	1789-1832
Source format(s)	paper (poetry volumes, secondary critical essays, and scholarly reviews)
Total titles	60
Total pages	9,027
Major language (s)	English
Digital collection launch date	2001
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/scottish-women-poets-romantic-period-all-cust...
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:

Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period provides access to over 60 volumes of lyric poetry by Scottish women, written between 1789-1832. It includes works of approximately 50 poets, such as Agnes Lyon, Carolina Oliphant, Catherine Ward, Dorothea Primrose Campbell, Frances Chadwick, Margaretta Wedderburn, and Jessie Stewart.

This database includes:

Critical introduction
Bibliographical introduction and a general bibliography
Bibliographical essay about the primary and secondary texts and criticism pertaining to Scottish women poets in this period, including links to Web resources where available
Works of approximately 50 poets, each with bio-bibliographical sketches or essays, including what is known about their lives, and a bibliography of their primary works and of criticism and reviews
Selected secondary critical essays and reviews by major scholars

Delivery:

Interface features includes full TEI-encoded SGML, semantic indexing, and cross-searching between this and other Alexander Street Literature.

Terms:

Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is available on the Web, either through annual subscription or as a one-time purchase of perpetual rights. Libraries that purchase perpetual rights will also receive an archival copy of the data.

CRL is only providing an offer for the one-time purchase of perpetual rights.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

A strength of this database is that it uses Alexander Street Press Semantic Indexing allowing users to browse the authors, source works, individual poems, links to related web resource, or essays. Full text searches can be limited by fields such as year and place of birth or death; by the writer's religion, nationality, and ethnicity; and by specifying an editor, publisher, or printer of the source work.

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.

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 Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period

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