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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
gender Inn[Full Record] Bibliographic database of books, essays, and other material
pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism,
and gender studies focusing on English and American literature.
H-Women Bibliographies[Full Record] Specialized bibliographies on women's and gender history, including during the medieval and early modern
periods.
History of Rape : A Bibliography / Stefan Blaschke, ed.[Full Record] A bibliography of articles, books, and other materials about the history of rape, sexual child abuse,
forced prostitution and sexual violence in general. Coverage is worldwide and includes all historical
time
periods.
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).
Literary Encyclopedia[Full Record] Profiles of the lives and works of literary authors,
philosophers, and musicians and others of interest to the
literary world.
Orlando Project: A History of Women's Writing in the British Isles[Full Record] This project, which is under construction, will include the
first full scholarly history of women's writing in the
British Isles. It will appear both as four individually
authored volumes of history and as an extensive,
collaboratively authored, electronic textbase.
Outline of American Literature[Full Record] A history of American literature from the pre-colonial days
to the twentieth century. Includes short biographies of key
authors.
Oxford Art Online[Full Record] Includes the full text of the Grove Dictionary of Art (1996)
and the Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001) with online
updates and links to images from museum Web sites worldwide. Subscription only - contact your library.
Oxford English Dictionary[Full Record] Premier dictionary for the English language explaining word
origins and usage. Subscription only - contact your library.
Oxford Music Online[Full Record] Includes the full text and online updates of the New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001)and the New
Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992). Subscription only - contact your library.
Romantic Chronology[Full Record] Chronology of literary, social and historical events in
Great Britain and other countries, with links to related
websites. Covers the time period of 1642-1851, with emphasis
on the romantic period.
Scottish Book Trade Index[Full Record] An index of printers, publishers, booksellers, bookbinders,
printmakers, stationers and papermakers based in Scotland,
from the beginnings of Scottish printing to ca. 1850.