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When you want to see something in the Special Collections, click on the  'request from store' link from the Library Catalogue.  We have two fetched per day Mon to Fri. You will be contacted to make an appointment to view the item under supervision in the Archives Reading Room.

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It's a good idea to ask questions about the object you are researching. See for example my list of questions:

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Planning for my research on Edward Lear and his Book of Nonsense )

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There ae exceptions to the Copyright Act and these are if you are using content for educational (non-commercial) purposes:  Look at the IOE LibGuide http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/ipr for informatoin on how much content you can use for your digital essays.

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Make sure you do not contravene the Copyright Law! Copyright  protects written, theatrical, musical and artistic works as well as film, book layouts, sound recordings, and broadcasts. Copyright is an automatic right, which means you don't have to apply for it. There are different copyrights inherent in different types of works:

Broadcasts and Sound Recordings - 50 years

Typography - 25 years

Dramatic works - the earlier of either 70 years after the end of the calendar year in which the act took place or 31/12/2039

Literary or Artistic works - lifetime of the author or artist plus 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which s/he died

Music - Lifetime of composer plus 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which s/he died

Film - 70 years after death of the survivor of the principal director/author of the screen play/dialogue or composer of the soundtrack if at least one individual is from the EU or origin of the film is from a member state of the EU.

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Here's a list of useful guides:
Searching: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/searching
Finding: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/finding
Accessing: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/accessing
Evaluating: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/evaluating
Databases: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/databases
Referencing: http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/referencing
Copyright:  http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk/ipr

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Presentation by Nazlin Bhimani

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There are many other books on Edward Lear in the IOE Library.  See the list in the IOE Library Cataloguehere: http://bit.ly/1SKkjir

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If you search for 'Edward Lear' you will give almost 5,000 results.  So refine your search by type of material, date, etc.

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Use IOE Library Search and/or UCL Explore to find articles on Edward Lear - see for example this search on UCL Explore

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There are a number of interesting animations on Youtube - see: http://bit.ly/IOE_Lear
Can you do better?  Would you create something for your digital essay?

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Reading the Preliminary pages e.g. Forewords and Introductions

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Reading the Preliminary pages e.g. Forewords and Introductions

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Can be a useful exercise - see annotations (comments) on this pdf. from   Lord, J. (2012). The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear. London: Jonathan Cape.

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Facimilie published by the British Library. Classmark:  POETRY LEA

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literary collections / european / english

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Contains some of the author's best-known poetry as well as stories and songs about real and imagined creatures. This book features poems such as 'The Owl and the Pussycat', 'The Jumblies', 'Calico Pie'. It also includes such stories as 'The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the Wor...

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Use the Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford National Biographical Dictionary as your starting point - see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/subject-support/guides/reference

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Will give you access to the Library Catalogue, IOE Library Search, UCL Explore etc.  Start at http://libguides.ioe.ac.uk

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To find children's books in the Special Collections written at the same time as Lear was publishing his works, use the 'Full Search

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English Databases via UCL Library Services

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English Databases via UCL Library Services

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Begin at www.ucl.ac.uk/library
Select Electronic Resources
Then Databases
From the dropdown menu, select 'English'.  You can access BoB and Cambridge Campanion to Children's Literature here.

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Where was Edward Lear born?  Does his house have a blue plaque?  What is the significance of a blue plaque?

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Where was Edward Lear born?  Does his house have a blue plaque?  What is the significance of a blue plaque?

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It appears Lear moved around quite a lot - can you find out where and when? Have a look at the blue plaques in London!

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blue plaque houses edward lear - Google Search

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Edward Lear, 1812 - 1888, artist and writer, lived here. ... 2018: Via Facebook, Steve Roffey tells us that these buildings, numbers 28-30, are modern facsimiles of the originals, and that EH retrieved their plaque but did not ... We know of other reproduction Georgian houses around London and they seldom work completely.

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This one is self-published and has a lot of errors - see for example, the contents page on p. III and look at p. 30.
Shelved at POETRY LEA

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modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularized. Lear's nonsense works are distinguished by a facility of verbal invention and a poet's delight in the sounds of word...

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Here's a list of useful books.
The first is by Lord - this has a useful bibliography. Shelved at POETRY LEA

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children's / teenage general interest: humour & jokes

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Buy The Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear by Edward Lear, John Vernon Lord (ISBN: 9780857550439) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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A Book of Nonsense Audiobook by Edward Lear
  

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A Book of Nonsense Audiobook by Edward Lear
  

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A Book of Nonsense Audiobook by Edward Lear

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Videobook of limericks with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions. Audio Courtesy of Librivox. Read by Phil Chenevert.

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A 'recitation' with an English accent!

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Two Nonsense Poems By Edward Lear   By Tales Of Curiosity

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You make like to hear this  book and others read to you with an American Accent!

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Victorian book publishing and production history

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Victorian book publishing and production history

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This is a useful source for information on printing and publishing in the Victorian era.

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Images of the Victorian book: Publishing - Introduction

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You can use wikipedia to get general background information on Lear, on Nonsense Literature etc. but you will need to verify the content before you reference it in your work.

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Edward Lear (12 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.

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This is from the 'Blog of Bosh'

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A curious day. ―― Slept well: curtains closed & no mosquitoes. Rose at 6.30. & at 7.30 had taken coffee; &, as previously resolved ― set off in a 2 ass carriage ― for Mentone. All the views of Nice as you rise on the Genoa road, are beautiful ― & I think I drew...

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A blog created using 'Wordpress' with lots of interesting information about Edward Lear.

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A few weeks ago, Cabinet: A Quarterly of Art and Culture published a long article by D. Graham Burnett on Edward Lear's "The Dong with a Luminous Nose" in its "The Nose" Issue 64, pp. 84-91: "The Luminosity of the Nose" is now available for download from Burnett's own website.

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Edward Lear's book is described in detail. The book is also in the IOE's Baines Special Collections - http://bit.ly/1Ln2YUA

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Read about 'A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear' on the British Library's Discovering Literature website.