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Early English Books Online is now available on ProQuest platform. Over 100,000 early books published in English between 1475 and 1700. (To continue into the 18th century, see below: ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online).
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection now contains about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles published in England between 1475 and 1700. Titles are drawn from Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Eighteenth-century English & American books (1700-1800) are continued in the ECCO collection, which is cross-searchable with EEBO.
Every significant English and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain, along with thousands of important works from the Americas (1700-1800). This database may not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
This is a digitization project published by Gale Cengage that delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas with full-text search across more than 26 million pages.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a multi-year global digitization and publishing program focusing on primary source collections of the nineteenth century, with archives releasing incrementally beginning in spring 2012. May not be compatible with Chrome.
It consists of monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs, statistics, and other kinds of documents in both Western and non-Western languages.
Collection of 17th and 18th century English news media, published mostly in London, some provincial, Irish and Scottish, and a few colonial. May not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few from the American colonies, Europe and India.
Digitized, searchable collection of rare printed sources describing popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe from 1779 to 1930.
Victorian Popular Culture: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic is a digitized, searchable collection of rare printed sources describing popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe from 1779 to 1930. Collections include the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature; the Houdini Collection; and the Harry Hansom Humanities Research Center.
Full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers in 19th century Great Britain. May not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
19th Century British Library Newspapers contains full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society.
Digitized British historic newspapers with curatorial materials from Gale Artemis Primary Sources. This database may not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
A significant digital collection of British historic newspapers. In addition one will find essays and contextual materials written by expert scholars intended to help non-specialist users with perspective and analysis.
Collection of 17th and 18th century English news media, published mostly in London, some provincial, Irish and Scottish, and a few colonial. May not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few from the American colonies, Europe and India.
Provides a complete digital edition of The Times (London) from 1785-1985. Includes keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. May not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
Searchable American newspapers enable users to explore America's past, and includes Early American Newspapers Series 1, 6 and 7, which cover dates from 1690-1922.
America's Historical Newspapers contains Early American Newspapers, which is a digital collection of colonial and early national period newspapers with over two million issues from American colonies and states from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. The web version contains digital images of each page, searchable OCR text corresponds to each image, and format to allow easy magnification.
They provide a primary source for research in history, political science, American Studies, and journalism.
American periodicals originating between 1740-1940, covering two centuries of American history and culture. Full images with searchable text.
Subject: U.S. history and culture
Content: American periodicals originating between 1741-1941, covering two centuries of Americana
Format: ASCII background searchable text, full image
Why it’s Unique:
• 200 years of American history
• Now complete! 7 million page images, over 1,100 periodicals
• Major events and everyday life in full image
• Interface customized for searching historical content
America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper.
America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper.
Hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers are captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration. May not be compatible with Mozilla Firefox.
With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
Provides full-text PDF articles from several major U.S. newspapers including: Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, Pittsburgh Courier, and Washington Post.
Complete run includes color plate illustrations. Magazine published in Philadelphia for women initially and grew into a popular literary magazine which published works by noted 19th century authors and handsome illustrations.
Published in Philadelphia, Godey`s Lady`s Book included extensive fashion descriptions and plates, biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like, along with two pages of sheet music written essentially for the piano forte. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine containing extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many other celebrated 19th century authors. The Lady`s Book was also a vast reservoir of handsome illustrations which included hand-colored fashion plates, mezzotints, engravings, woodcuts and, ultimately, chromolithographs.