1. An introduction to Orlando…
Up-to-date collaboratively authored biographical and critical material on over 800 British women writers
Covers a wide-ranging time span, from early medieval to the present
Includes related material on literary, social and historical events, male writers and non-British women writers
Extensive pathways available: simple queries by author, occupation, genre or place; or more powerfully focused search options exploiting the rich tagging underlying the site
Thousands of cross-linked references between entries
Regularly updated at six month intervals with new or revised entries, along with information relating to living writers

2. Orlando Home Page
Full help options, plus quick tips for new users, available on every 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

3. Search for entries by name alphabetically, or list chronologically
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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Tag Search Options
Full range of tags cover every aspect of the writer’s life and work, from health to marital status
Full range of tags within Life subset cover every aspect of a writer’s life, from health to marital status

12. ‘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

13. ‘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

14. ‘Motif’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from a more complex tag search (in Writings) on tag <motif>, with attribute value “violence”

15. ‘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

16. Further Results from ‘Attitudes’ Tag Search

17. ‘Penalties’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from tag search (in Writings) on tag <penalties>

18. ‘Intertexuality’ Tag Search Results
Excerpts from a more complicated tag search (in Writings) on tag <intertextuality> containing “Jane Austen”