A2A: Access to Archives[Full Record] Database of archival information from over 300 respositories
in England, including local record offices,
libraries, universities, museums and national and specialist
institutions across England, dating from the
900s to the present.
ABELL Plus[Full Record] Information about books, book reviews, articles, essays and
dissertations on all aspects and periods of English
literature. Includes full text of some articles. Subscription only - contact your library.
Aemilia Lanyer, 1569-1645[Full Record] Web site devoted to the author. Includes author’s works,
biographical information, bibliography of primary and
secondary sources, and link to listserv.
Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)[Full Record] Web site devoted to major authors of the period including
Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe. Includes links to
author’s works, biographical information, and critical
essays. Also includes information about medieval plays and
lyrics.
Archon[Full Record] Principal gateway for archivists in the United Kingdom and
users of manuscript sources for British history. Includes,
the ARCHON Directory which provides contact information for
repositories in the United Kingdom and the ARCHON Portal, a
database of archival resources, projects and initiatives.
Art Abstracts[Full Record] Provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for
international art publications, including periodicals,
yearbooks, and museum bulletins, published from 1984 to
present. Covers a broad range of art topics: advertising,
archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior
design, video, film, architecture and art history. Subscription only - contact your library.
ARTbibliographies Modern[Full Record] Premier source of information on modern and contemporary
arts dating from the late 19th century onwards, and
including photography. Includes citations and abstracts to
English and foreign-language journal articles, books,
exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and reviews of books and
exhibitions. Indexes materials published since 1974, with
some entries dating to late 1960s. Subscription only - contact your library.
Artcyclopedia / John Malyon[Full Record] Searchable database of information on art and artists with
links to image sites. Includes a chronological listing of
women artists from the Renaissance to the present.
As One Phoenix[Full Record] Collection of selected poems by four 17th century poets,
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle; Aemilia Lanyer;
Katherine Philips; and Lady Mary Wroth. Also includes
biographical information and bibliographies of editions and
critical studies of these authors.
ATLA Religion Database[Full Record] Citations from international titles and multi-author works
in the field of religion. Includes a full range of index
citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author
works, and book reviews. Covers all types of religions.
Indexes materials published 1949 to present, with selected
records going back to 1818. Subscription only - contact your library.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals[Full Record] Information about articles on architecture, archaeology,
city planning, interior design, and historic preservation
appearing in international architecture journals and other
publications 1934 - present. Subscription only - contact your library.
bbc.co.uk History[Full Record] Provides short encyclopedic entries for historical topics
related to Great Britain. Includes biographies of historic
and literary figures, historical timelines, essays on topics
realted to society, culture, wars, conflicts and more.
Bibliography of the History of Art[Full Record] Information about articles on European and American art
from late antiquity to the present appearing in
international art journals and other publications, 1973 to
the present. Subscription only - contact your library.
Bluestocking Archive[Full Record] Texts by or about the eighteenth-century British
Bluestocking Circle and the second generation
Blues, including predecessor texts, and literature of
sensibility derived from the Bluestockings'
concerns aesthetics with women's aesthetic achievements.
British Academy John Foxe Project[Full Record] Information about project to publish Foxe's Acts and
Monuments ("Book of Martyrs") on cd-rom, with
presentation of portion of the text as demonstration.
British Book Trade Index[Full Record] Database of brief biographical and trade
details of all those who worked in the English and Welsh
book trades before 1852. Includes not only printers,
publishers and booksellers but also other related trades,
such as stationers, papermakers, engravers, auctioneers,
ink-makers and sellers of medicines.
British Fiction 1800-1829 : A Database of Production, Circulation, & Reception.[Full Record] A bibliographic database of works of fiction published in
the British Isles between 1800 and 1829. Includes some
contemporary material about the publications such as
subscription lists, reviews, newspaper announcements and
advertisements, and entries in circulating library
catalogues.
British Library Manuscripts Catalogue[Full Record] A single portal for access to the mainstream catalogues of
the British Library Department of Manuscripts, covering
materials acquired from 1753 to the present day.
Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes[Full Record] Full text electronic version of the 1907-21 edition of the
encyclopedia. Essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction,
drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.
The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators,
humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders,
economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even
non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole.
Camelot Project[Full Record] Database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic
information. Includes a section on "Women of the Arthurian
Legend".
Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text[Full Record] Web site devoted to literary studies of the Romantic Period
(1770–1830). Includes a scholarly journal, a bibliography
of British fiction, and information on digital projects.
Journal will be relaunched as 'Romantic Textualities:
Literature and Print Culture, 1780–1840 [ISSN 1748-0116],'
as of the Winter 2005 (no. 15) issue.
Chawton House Library[Full Record] Promotes the study of early English women's writing. The
library houses a collection of rare books published between
1600 and 1830, many of them by women and about women�s
fiction. Houses the Centre for the Study of Early English
Women's Writing, which runs a program of publications,
seminars, and conferences.
Chawton House Library: Novels-on-line[Full Record] An ongoing project offering full-text transcripts of women's
novels published in the period 1600 to 1830. The project
will include critical introductions to the novels along with
biographies and secondary bibliographies on the authors.
Contemporary Women's Issues[Full Record] Full text of material published since 1992 on women's issues
and related topics. Includes journal articles, newsletters,
and research reports from government and international
agencies, and fact sheets. Subscription only - contact your library.
Corvey Women Writers on the Web: an Electronic Guide to Literature, 1796-1834[Full Record] Database containing material by and about women literary
writers of the 18th and 19th centuries, based on the
holdings of the Corvey Library. Includes works of fiction,
biographies, memoirs, bibliographies, contemporary reviews,
images, synopses, as well as criticism and contextual material.
Cotsen Children's Library[Full Record] A major historical collection of rare illustrated children's
books, manuscripts, original artwork, prints, and
educational toys from the 15th century to the present day in
over thirty languages.
CW3 Journal[Full Record] Peer reviewed electronic journal devoted to romantic-era
women writers.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)[Full Record] Full text of books, broadsides, pamphlets, prayer books,
proclamations, music, almanacs, etc., printed between 1475
and 1700. Search citations and view full page images. Subscription only - contact your library.
Early English Prose Fiction[Full Record] A full text searchable database of works in English prose by
writers from the British Isles from 1500 through 1700. Subscription only - contact your library.
Early Modern Literary Studies[Full Record] Electronic journal devoted to the study of English
literature, literary culture, and language during the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also includes pages of
links to electronic texts and other Web resources.
Early Modern Women's Poetry / Ellen Moody, ed.[Full Record] Scholarly essays and bibliographies on the following authors
Veronica Gambara, Vittoria Colonna, Anne Kingsmill Finch,
Countess of Winchilsea, Anne Cecil de Vere, Countess of
Oxford, Katherine Fowler Philips and Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)[Full Record] A digital archive, which when completed will
comprise most works published in the United Kingdom and the
Americas between 1701 and 1800. Subscription only - contact your library.
Eighteenth Century Fiction[Full Record] Full text searchable database of works in English prose by
writers from the British Isles from the period 1700 to 1780.
Subscription only - contact your library.
Emory Women Writers Resource Project[Full Record] Collection of poetry, prose and drama by women writing in
English from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Includes
edited as well as unedited texts.
English Ballad Archive, 1500-1800[Full Record] Searchable, online archive of ballads from the Samuel
Pepys collection held by Cambridge University. Includes
facsimile images of the ballads along with transcriptions
and backgropund essays.
English Drama[Full Record] Full text searchable database of plays by authors from the
late 13th century to the early 20th century. Subscription only - contact your library.
English Emblem Book Project[Full Record] Images of scanned pages of emblem books printed in Early
Modern England. Includes a chronology, bibliography, and
links to other emblem book Web sites.
English Folk Dance and Song Society (efdss)[Full Record] The English Folk Dance and Song Society serves to preserve
and promote traditional English folk dance, song and music
by providing national and local outreach services which
enable and increase access to all.
English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)[Full Record] Organized by major authors of the period, includes
biographical information, critical essays, and links to
authors� works. Also includes information about the
metaphysical and cavalier poets.
English Short Title Catalog[Full Record] Catalog of most imprints (books, pamphlets, and broadsides)
published from 1473 to 1800 in English or published in any
language in English-speaking countries. Many titles are
available on microform.
Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe[Full Record] Electronic catalogue of over 520 entries for
medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four
European museums that house the finest collections of early
scientific instruments in the world. Catalogue entries
include instruments made by those who worked before 1600.
First 100 years: The Professional Female Playwright[Full Record] Web site for The First 100 Years: The Professional Female
Playwright, a symposium, held in Ocboter, 2002, devoted to
five English women playwrights of the 17th & 18th centuries:
Aphra Behn, Susanna Centlivre, Hannah Cowley, Elizabeth,
and Joanna Baillie.
Genders[Full Record] Publishes articles that "consider genders and sexualities in
relation to artistic, semiotic, political, literary, social,
ethnic, racial, economic, rhetorical or legal concerns."
GenderWatch[Full Record] Full text database comprised primarily of periodicals that
deal with gender issues, including academic and scholarly
journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers,
newsletters, etc. Indexes materials published since 1970. Subscription only - contact your library.
Gothic Literature Page / Franz Potter[Full Record] Web site devoted to the English gothic novel. Includes a
bibliography of gothic literature, background information on
the genre, and links to course syllabi and other Web sites
devoted to gothic literature.
gwefan Ann Griffiths website[Full Record] Welsh and English Web site devoted to the author, including
digital versions of her early hymns and letters, as well as
critical and biographical studies of the author's life and
works.
Historical Abstracts[Full Record] Information on articles, books, and dissertations published
since 1954 about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450
to present. Includes links to full text of selected journal
articles. Subscription only - contact your library.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine[Full Record] International bibliography for the history of science,
technology, and medicine and their influence on culture,
from pre-history to the present. Describes journal
articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews,
and dissertations in all scientific disciplines and related
fields published since 1975. Subscription only - contact your library.
Hockliffe Project[Full Record] When complete, this project will include digitized images
of the entire Hockliffe Collection of children's books
owned by the De Montfort University. The books in the
collection, which number over 1,000, range in date from
1685 to the mid-twentieth century, with the majority
printed between 1760 and 1840.
Housewife's Rich Cabinet: Remedies, Recipies, & Helpful Hints[Full Record] Exhibit exploring the cabinet contents of the 16th,
17th, and 18th century housewife, including her medicines,
perfumes, cosmetics, cleaning solutions, pest controls, and
preserving hints, as recorded in books and
manuscripts.
International Margaret Cavendish Society[Full Record] Society devoted to the study of Margaret Cavendish. Includes
a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, information
on past conferences, and links to related materials.
Internet Library of Early Journals[Full Record] "A digital library of 18th and 19th Century journals."
Includes full-text of Annual Register, Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine, The Builder, Gentleman's Magazine, Notes and
Queries, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Intute: Arts & Humanities[Full Record] Arts and humanities Web gateway. Subdivided by discipline.
Links to author Web sites, texts and projects, teaching
resources, electronic journals, and other related
material.
Issuing Her Own: The Female Tatler[Full Record] An historical and literary analysis of the Female Tatler, a
women's periodical published in London between 1709 and
1710. Includes information on the magazine's publication
history, readership, and major themes.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance[Full Record] Bibliography lists books, journal material, dissertation
abstracts, and essays in books (including entries in
conference proceedings, festschriften, encyclopedias and
exhibition catalogues) for materials pertaining to the
Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Also features
an International Directory of Scholars (IDS) and online
editions of several journals. Subscription only - contact your library.
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive[Full Record] Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities,
social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of
journals with full-text of all articles published prior to
the most current five years. Subscription only - contact your library.
Lady Mary Wroth / Nandini Das, ed.[Full Record] Web site devoted to the author. Includes biographical
information, bibliography of primary and secondary works,
links to author�s works, and other related material.
Leeds Verse Database (BCMSV)[Full Record] Information about individual items of English poetry
contained in the 17th and 18th-century manuscripts from the
Brotherton Collection at the Leeds University Library. The
searchable database indexes over 6600 poems from more than
160 manuscripts.
Lexicons of Early Modern English / Ian Lancashire, ed.[Full Record] Historical database of monolingual, bilingual, and polyglot
dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, hard-word glossaries,
spelling lists, and lexically-valuable treatises surviving
in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline,
Commonwealth, and Restoration periods. Public and
subscription versions are available--the public version
allows simple searches on the multilingual lexical database
--which includes major bilingual English and
French-Italian-Latin-Spanish dictionaries--but lacks
advanced retrieval options. LEME replaces the Early Modern
English Dictionaries Database (EMEDD).
LION: Literature Online[Full Record] Full text searchable database of selected British and
American poetry, prose, and drama from the 8th century to
the present. Subscription only - contact your library.
Literary Gothic / Jack G. Voller, ed.[Full Record] Web site devoted to literary gothicism, including gothic
fiction from 1764 to 1820, and related gothic and
supernatural literature written prior to the mid 20th
century. Includes links to author Web sites, primary texts,
essays, and bibliographies.
Literary Resources on the Net / Jack Lynch[Full Record] Web site devoted to English and American literature.
Includes links to author Web sites, primary texts, teaching
resources, electronic journals, listservs, scholarly
conferences, and other related material.