America: History and Life[Full Record] Information on articles, books, book reviews, and
dissertations published since 1964 on U.S. and Canadian
history from prehistory to the present. Includes links to
full text of selected journal articles. Subscription only - contact your library.
Archive of Early American Images[Full Record] Digitized images relating to the Americas which appeared in
books printed in Europe before 1825, many reproduced here
for the first time. From the collections of the John Carter
Brown Library, Brown University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CENETON: Census Nederlands Toneel[Full Record] This catalog describes all manuscripts and editions of Dutch
drama (all texts written for production) until 1803. The full text of
someplays are included. Introductory page available in English.
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.
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.
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.
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.
LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts[Full Record] Information on journal articles, books, book chapters,
dissertations, selected conference proceedings, and book
reviews on linguistics and its subdisciplines published
since 1973. Subscription only - contact your library.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections[Full Record] A free cooperative cataloging program operated by the
Library of Congress for manuscript collections. Allows users
to search both the RLG Union Catalog and the OCLC Catalog
for manuscript materials.
New York Public Library Dance Collection Catalog[Full Record] Lists the holdings of the New York Public Library Dance
Collection. The collection consists of books, periodical
articles, video recordings, and other media. All forms of
dance, from all cultures, in many languages are included.
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies[Full Record] Gateway for Medieval Studies on the World Wide Web. The ORB
Text Library links to online transcriptions and translations
of primary source texts. The ORB Index is a topically
arranged list of resource guides. Also includes a list of
resources for the non-specialist, and resources for teaching.
Oxford Text Archive[Full Record] Provides high-quality scholarly electronic texts and
linguistic corpora (and any related resources) of long-term
interest and use across the range of humanities disciplines
including history and law.
Periodicals Index Online[Full Record] Indexes articles in arts, humanities and social sciences
periodicals published since the 19th century in 37 key
subject areas. Includes a full text archive and direct
linking to JSTOR. Subscription only - contact your library.
Repositories of Primary Sources[Full Record] A listing of over 5,000 websites describing holdings of
manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs,
and other primary sources for the research scholar.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature[Full Record] An international bibliography of scholarly writings on music
and related disciplines published since 1967. Includes
articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference
proceedings, dissertations, reviews and more. Subscription only - contact your library.
WorldCat[Full Record] Combined catalog of books, serial publications, media,
visual materials, musical scores, archival and other
materials in libraries worldwide. Subscription only - contact your library.
4000 Years of Women in Science[Full Record] Biographical list of women in science including
astronomers, physicists, mathematicians, chemists, natural
philosophers, inventors, writers and many others, but only
a few physicians.
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.
African-American Poetry[Full Record] Full text searchable database of poetry by African-Americans
of the 18th and 19th centuries Subscription only - contact your library.
America: History and Life[Full Record] Information on articles, books, book reviews, and
dissertations published since 1964 on U.S. and Canadian
history from prehistory to the present. Includes links to
full text of selected journal articles. Subscription only - contact your library.
American Authors on the Web / Mitsuharu Matsuoka[Full Record] Web site devoted to American literature. Includes links to
author Web sites, primary texts, projects, teaching
resources, electronic journals and more from the colonial
period to the present.
American Drama[Full Record] Full text searchable database of American drama from the
colonial period to the present. Subscription only - contact your library.
American Folk Art Museum[Full Record] Information about works in the permanent collection
including 18th and 19th century paintings, drawings,
textiles, and sculpture.
American Poetry[Full Record] Full text searchable database of American poetry from the
colonial period to the early 20th century. Subscription only - contact your library.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[Full Record] The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is an
interdisciplinary group dedicated to the
advancement of scholarshipin all aspects of the period from
the later seventeenth through the early
nineteenth century.
American Verse Project[Full Record] Electronic archive of American poetry. Primarily 19th
century poetry, but includes some 18th century and early
20th century texts as well.
American Women's History: A Research Guide[Full Record] Extensive collection of links to online resources (as well as information about printed and manuscript resources), including digital collections of primary sources. Emphasis on more recent periods, but colonial America is included.
Anglistik Guide[Full Record] Gateway to scholarly Web resources on all literatures in English,
including libraries, author-specific sites, journals, primary source
materials, and more.
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.
Antiqua Medicina[Full Record] Online exhibit including texts and images of the
history of medicine from antiquity to the early modern
period; created to support the colloquium "Antiqua Medicina:
Aspects of Ancient Medicine" at the University of Virginia
in 1997.
Archive of Early American Images[Full Record] Digitized images relating to the Americas which appeared in
books printed in Europe before 1825, many reproduced here
for the first time. From the collections of the John Carter
Brown Library, Brown University.
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.
ARTstor[Full Record] Searchable database of digital images from most periods,
cultures, and media. Subscription only - contact your library.
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.
Cambridge University Library[Full Record] Cambridge University Library is one of the six legal deposit libraries in the British Isles, receiving legal deposit copies of British and Irish publications through the UK Copyright Libraries Agency.
Camelot Project[Full Record] Database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic
information. Includes a section on "Women of the Arthurian
Legend".
Canada's Early Women Writers[Full Record] Database of biographical and publication information of
women who lived in Canada or wrote about Canada, and
authored an English-language work of fiction or poetry
published before 1940. Includes titles of publications and
references to archival resources.
Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1925[Full Record] The text with images of some 141 books about the Chesapeake
region, including Mary Clemmer Ames's Ten years in Washington : Life and scenes in the National Capital, as a
woman sees them (1873)
Ames, John Smith’s Generall Historie of Virginia (1624), Robert Beverley’s History of Virginia
(1722), and Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia.
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.
Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies[Full Record] Web site promoting the teaching and research in the Renaissance and Baroque periods by offering academic and outreach programs in the arts and humanities and allied fields, publishing a volume series of conference proceedings and hosting the Attending to Early Modern Women conference which explores aspects of the lives and writings of women in the Renaissance.
Center for Renaissance Studies -- Newberry Library[Full Record] Web site of the Center for Renaissance Studies, providing
access to various resources available through the Center,
including the catalog and information about a wide range of
progrmas sponsored by the Center.
CERES Archive / Gavin Alexander and Raphael Lyne, eds.[Full Record] A "Renaissance internet newsletter and review," Harvest "details the latest and most interesting additions to online resources of relevance to scholars and students of early modern English studies, providing content summaries and critical reviews."
cesar: calendrier electronique des spectacles sous l'ancien regime[Full Record] CESAR provides details of the plays, people and performance spaces in France during the 17th and 18th
century.
Plays, operas, ballets and other theatrical events are included. Advanced search allows for limits to
show women
only and specific occupations (acrobat, dancer, etc.)
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.
Decameron Web[Full Record] Provides information about the literary, historical and cultural context of Boccaccio's Decameron, as well as its digitized text. The text, as well as the entire site, is searchable.
Defining her Life: Advice Books for Women[Full Record] Online exhibit of advice books for women. Includes sections
on: conduct and courtesy; cooking and gardening; etiquette;
health and recreation; household management; and working
women. Includes an essay and bibliography.
Discovering American Women\'s History Online[Full Record] This database provides access to digital collections of
primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.)
that document the history of women in the United States.
Documenting the American South[Full Record] A collection of primary source material on Southern history,
literature and culture from the colonial period through the
first decades of the 20th century.
Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society (DHDS)[Full Record] Founded in 1970, the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society
works to promote the theory and practice of European dance
from the 12th to the 19th century as recorded in the
contemporary literature.
Early American Fiction 1789-1875[Full Record] When complete, this full text searchable database will
include over 750 works of fiction by more than 130 American
authors. Subscription only - contact your library.
Early American Imprints[Full Record] Digital collection, based on Charles Evans' American
Bibliography, containig full text of books, pamphlets, and
broadsides printed in Colonial America and the United States
from 1639 through 1800.
Subscription only - contact your library.
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.