Research Guides: WRPR 156: Good Guys & Gals? Quaker Imagery in Fiction (HC) Spring 2025: General Reference

Examples of fiction with Quaker characters

General Resources

Writing Program Resource Guide
This is the resource guide for the Writing Program. It has information about citation styles and other links to writing help.
Primary v Secondary Sources
This is a useful discussion on deciphering primary versus secondary sources.
Popular v. Scholarly and Peer reviewed sources
This article helps you evaluate what kind of a source you are looking at.

Quaker Reference Sources

Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies
A group of leading scholars wrote these 37 essays concerning Quaker history, theology, witness and expression.
Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
Eighteen essays give an overview of Quaker history, key issues, regional studies and emerging spiritualities.. If you prefer a print copy, check Tripod.

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Includes introductions to each topic area, guides to introductory works, textbooks, guidebooks, journals, reference works etc., and links to useful websites. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.

Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies
This new series has published its first issue:
Quaker Studies, an Overview. It offers literature reviews on several significant issues.
Haverford's copy is in cataloging.
Historical dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) (2012 ed.)
Explains common and technical Quaker terminology, provides brief biographical sketches as well as information on organizations and events.

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalog to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a title search in the Tripod Catalog to find some relevant material and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

quaker* AND mystic* AND history [Keyword]

(quaker* OR "society of friends") AND women [Subject ] AND (preach* OR witness* OR clergy) [Keyword]

(environment* OR ecolog* OR nature) AND (quaker* OR "society of friends") [Subject]

Tripod Catalog
The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Use Tripod to find relevant scholarship owned by the tri-college libraries. Change the resource group on the search bar to limit results to specific materials like books and films.
Use the Request link in an item's record to have it delivered to the library of your choice . Note that you need to log into Tripod in order to see the Request link. If you are already in Tripod, use the Sign In link at the top of every page to log in..

WorldCat
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.

Borrowing beyond the Tri-Co
1. E-Z Borrow - Request books that are not available in Tripod. It usually takes three days or less for E-Z Borrow books to arrive.
2. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Request books not in E-Z Borrow. They can come in as little as four or five days. Also use ILL to request films, dissertations, sound recordings, and other materials.
3. Articles - Request journal articles not available in your college library. You will receive digital copies of the articles in your email sometimes as quickly as the following day.

Additional Reference Sources

American National Biography
Offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation. No living person is included.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Contains biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond,from the earliest times to the year 2001. Articles focus on noteworthy people from all walks of life. No living person is included. Coverage varies.

Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
Presents 33 essays offering an overview of the social, political, and religious thought of the time. Note in particular "Religious Thought" by John Coffey, pp. 447-65.

Dissertations & Theses
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, and 1.2 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Coverage is from 1861 to the present day.

Quaker Studies [Subject Guide]

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