The Collins Memorial Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of Early English Books Online.
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection now contains more than 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing’s Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement.
Many of these unique and rare materials are only accessible at some of the world’s premier research centers such as the British Library and the Bodleian, University of Oxford. Now they are available at your fingertips through the Collins Library!
EEBO provides expanded access to primary source material for the Puget Sound Community. The online collection permits access to a wealth of information in a variety of subject areas, including English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science. Some examples of how the materials can be used by various disciplines include:
- science historians – beginnings of modern science
- political scientists – debates on the divine right of kings
- classicists – Greek and Latin authors in influential Renaissance translations such as Chapman’s Homer
- linguists – definitive data for the study of Early Modern English
- musicologists – numerous early English ballads and carols
- art historians and bibliophiles – a unique opportunity to analyze early typefaces and book illustrations
Get started today – explore and access EEBO via the Collins Library EEBO guide!