Online Catalogs
Use the Local Catalog to find print and e-books, audio-visual material, streaming content, and journals held by OU Libraries. Use WorldCat to find materials held by libraries around the world. The library can often borrow materials from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Subject Headings
These links will take you to the catalog of OU's books in print and e-book format having to do with various aspects of Jane's Austen's life, work, and times. These are meant to be guidelines; they are not the only way to search the catalog.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. This searches Jane and her work as a subject. For works by Austen, search for her as the Author/Creator.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation. Works about Jane Austen's work.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation. Works about reading Jane Austen's work.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Influence. Books about the influence Austen had on future writers and artists.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 AND adapt*. Books about adaptations of Austen's works.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817/material type: Video. A search to find videos about Austen or films of Austen's work.
Databases (OU login required)
- MLA International BibliographyCovers topics in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Materials indexed include journals, books, working papers, and conference proceedings.
- JSTORMostly full-text access to content from core journals. NOTE: while most JSTOR journals begin from the first issue of a given title, there is frequently an embargo on the most recent years. JSTOR should not be relied upon as a sole source for scholarly research.
- Project MuseLargely full-text collection of articles from core journals. Generally limited to most recent 5-7 years.
Digitized Periodicals (OU Login req'd for most)
- British NewspapersBritish newspapers, 1600-1900. (Includes Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Newspapers and Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers.)
- British Periodicals (1681-1939; Proquest)British magazines and journals.
- Eighteenth Century Journals (ca. 1685-1815)Bringing together rare journals printed between c.1685 and 1835, this resource illuminates all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.
- JASNA: Jane Austen Society of North America (No login req'd)Publishes the annuals Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line, and provides other useful information on the author.