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An introduction to Orlando…
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Up-to-date collaboratively authored biographical and critical material on over
800 British women writers
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Covers a wide-ranging time span, from early medieval to the present
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Includes related material on literary, social and historical events, male writers
and non-British women writers
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Extensive pathways available: simple queries by author, occupation, genre or
place; or more powerfully focused search options exploiting the rich tagging
underlying the site
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Thousands of cross-linked references between entries
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Regularly updated at six month intervals with new or revised entries, along with
information relating to living writers
Orlando Home Page
Left hand navigation
provides a selection
of entry points into
the textbase
From the homepage…
• Access individual author entries or
search on names
• Construct bespoke timelines
• Pursue detailed lines of enquiry via
complex tag searches
Full help options,
plus quick tips for
new users, available
on every page
People: Search by Name
Search for entries by
name alphabetically, or
list chronologically
Search options
allow the user to
modify the lists by
date or scope
Mary Wollstonecraft Overview
Tabs to related screens
with further detailed links
Each author overview
screen offers the various
ways in which material is
organised in Life and
Writing entries and other
categories
Links to related entries
Muriel Spark Life Screen
Full citation details for
use in coursework and
notes
Detailed author life
highlights page split
into relevant
categories for ease of
navigation
Mary Shelley Chronology Search
Excerpt from timeline on
Mary Shelley (reached via
her author overview page or
chronology search
Each result is coded according to a set of
criteria for easy reference:
• Quill pen - events relating to British women
• Globe - national/international events
• Books - general writing
• People - social climate
Chronology Search by Date
Bespoke chronology creation by
date: limit by date and event
type and choose preferred type
of results (full or short entries)
Chronology Search
Excerpt from results on
comprehensive chronological
search on dates 1 June – 31
August 1975
Full search criteria as
selected by the user is
displayed at the top of the
screen
Links to scholarly notes
available at the end of each
timeline entry; again, all entries
are coded according to scope
Refined Chronology Search
Excerpt from results from the
same search query, but with
other categories toggled off
and only British women
writers queried
Highlighted text links to
relevant author overview
page, with links allowing user
to drill further down
Tag Diagrams
Diagrams illustrating how the
tagging system functions are
provided throughout the Tag
Search screens…
Tag diagram showing all the
content or semantic tags
from the Life tagset
Tag diagram displaying one
section (Production) from
the three-part Writing tagset
Tag Search Options
Full range of tags cover every
aspect of the writer’s life and
Fullwork,
rangefrom
of tags
within
health
to marital
Life subset cover
every
status
aspect of a writer’s life,
from health to marital
status
‘Class Issues’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from tag search (in
Lives) on tag <class issue>,
part of the highly complex
<cultural formations> tag
Text relating to tags is
highlighted for easy reference
‘Violence’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from tag search (in
Lives) on tag <violence>,
bringing together both the
personal and political
Again, text relating to the
selected tag is highlighted for
easy reference
‘Motif’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from a more
complex tag search (in
Writings) on tag <motif>, with
attribute value “violence”
‘Attitudes’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from tag search (in
Writings) on tag <attitudes>
This tag is designed to
capture authors’ attitudes
specifically to writing and to
writing as a woman
Further Results from ‘Attitudes’ Tag Search
‘Penalties’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from tag search (in
Writings) on tag <penalties>
‘Intertexuality’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from a more
complicated tag search (in
Writings) on tag
<intertextuality> containing
“Jane Austen”
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• Usage reports available online to all institutional customers 24 x
7 (ICOLC compliant)
• Online viewing of subscription details and account preferences
through our Subscriber Services interface
• Context-sensitive help, guided tour and FAQs available on site
• Online tutorials and sample searches provided
• Comprehensive customer services, answering all your queries
post-purchase
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