History of Printing and Reading

1473–1700. Contains digital facsimile page images of over 130,000 works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere.

1701–1800. Digitized copies of over 180,000 English-language titles and editions published primarily in the United Kingdom and the Americas. Includes books, broadsides, Bibles, tract books, sermons, and printed ephemera. We subscribe to both ECCO I and ECCO II. Part of Gale Primary Sources.

1492–present. A digital collection of original primary documents relating to intercultural contact, including aspects of imperialism, religion, race, and class.

1543–1945. Online collection of books, pamphlets, and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights, originally created by Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs and her husband C.V. Gerritsen in the late 19th century. The collection is noteworthy for its size, scope, and diversity, and contains substantial material relating to women's experiences in the public arena as well as all aspects of women's lives within the home.

Digital library that archives texts, audio, music, moving images, software, videos/films, and web pages from the Internet for researchers, historians, and scholars, as well as the general public. Also provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.

Fully-searchable digital manuscript archive offering researchers insight into the behind-the-scenes workings of the British government in the 16th and 17th centuries, from King Henry VIII through Queen Anne. Organized into four parts, the first two covering domestic and foreign papers of the Tudor Dynasty, and the next two covering the Stuart Dynasty—with facsimile images of almost three million documents. In addition to domestic affairs, the collection provides coverage of Britain's diplomatic relations and trade with its European neighbors, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Database of primary source documents from women's reform organizations such as the Women's Trade Union League, the National Association of Colored Women, Henry Street and Hull House settlements, and the National Women's Party.