Early British Periodicals
Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm AP4.E2
Description
This collection is comprised of 168 British periodicals published in the 18th and l9th centuries. Titles were selected because of their importance as source materials and their lack of availability in American Libraries.
Some of the subjects included are literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts, and the social sciences.
The titles are arranged in units filmed sequentlally rather than chronologically. Each unit has its own index, and the periodicals within each unit are filmed alphabetically by title. Within each title, the volumes are arranged chronologically. At the end of each index, there is a cumulative alphabetical list of periodicals titles filmed up to that point in the series; therefore, the final cumulative index should be consulted first.
Each journal title can be accessed through the public catalog. There is also a list by reel number under Early British Periodicals. The collection does not include newspapers.
A checklist of the contents has been filmed at the beginning of each reel.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
- McKeldin Reference Stacks PN5124.P4U5
- Guide to the Early British Periodicals Collection on Microfilm with Title, Subject, Editor, and Reel Number Indexes.
- Mckeldin Reference Stacks Z6956.G6E6
- Early British Periodicals; a Guide to Reels . . . of the Microfilm
Collection.
- Mckeldin Reference Stacks PN5124.L6B74 1983 4 volumes
- British Literary Magazines.
- Extensive descriptions of British literary magazines published from 1698 through 1984.
