WISER Humanities Early printed materials part II Isabel
WISER: Humanities Early printed materials part II Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian
Today • Further EEBO & ECCO • Introducing new resources: • Making of the Modern World • Early American Imprints I, 1639 -1800 (Evans) • Demonstrations • Hands-on • Questions
Early printed materials online • Alternative to consult print • Locate editions not held locally • Information resource & primary source materials
Early English Books Online (EEBO) • Major collection of early printed materials (125, 000+ works) • Includes works printed in UK and North America, and works in English printed elsewhere, 1473 -1700 • Includes works listed in STC and Wing • Bibliographic tool & digital library
Advanced EEBO functionality • Search for variant spellings • Searches for maps, illustrations, portraits, etc. • Subject searches • Search by ESTC reel no. • Search & browse English Civil War material (Thomason Tracts)
Variant spelling Helps deal with early modern spelling murder = murther murdre murdir mvrder so foul and fair a day = so foule and faire a day Helps deal with typographical variants v for u j for i or y y for i or j w for vv or uu s for f Julius Caesar = Iulius Cæsar Ivlivs Cæsar
Wildcards / truncation * (any number of characters at the end of a word) faith* = faiths faithfully ? (one character within a word or at the end) wom? n = woman women Note: conventions may change from resource to resource. Demo
EEBO TCP (Text Creation Partnership) 25, 000 texts converted into fully-searchable text • More accurate searching & variant spelling • Limiting searches to titles, headings, notes, stage directions, captions, acts, verses, etc. • Browse by hierarchically structured content, e. g. titles, sections, chapter headings, etc. • Browsable index including variant spelling Demo
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) • Major collection of early printed materials & primary sources • Includes English and foreign language titles printed in the UK, and many works from the Americas, 1701 -1800 • Full text searching is possible
Advanced ECCO functionality Fuzzy searches Searches for maps, illustrations, portraits, etc. Search printed indexes Search by ESTC no.
Fuzzy searches To retrieve near matches on a term if spelling is approximate Low fuzzy search (very near match) e. g. harbour = harbor High fuzzy search (very broad matches) e. g. harbour = harbor harper etc. Demo
Making of the Modern World (MOMW) • Digital Library of 61, 000 + titles based on Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature • Works of literature on economic and business published from 1450 through 1850, esp. on commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade and transport. • good presence of European publications
Advanced MOMW functionality Fuzzy searches Searches for maps, illustrations, portraits, etc. Search subjects, incl. people or places as subjects Search & browse Demo
Early American Imprints I, 1639 -1800 (Evans) • Digital Library of 37, 000+ imprints from the American Bibliography by Charles Evans • Embraces every aspect of life in 17 th & 18 th century America history, literary, religion, witchcraft, agriculture, foreign affairs, temperance, etc. • Genre of material is very wide-ranging printed books, pamphlets, broadsides, advertisements, chapbooks, diaries, gazetteers, hymnals, wills, etc.
Advanced Evans functionality Boolean & proximity searches Excellent browsing options by genre & subject History of printing section Demo
Further help Contact library staff, esp. your subject librarian and Duke Humfrey’s staff http: //www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/libraries/librarians Contact OULS e. Resources helpdesk for technical problems eresources@ouls. ox. ac. uk
Questions? Demonstration Hands-on
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