The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.1176  Monday, 29 April 2002

From:           Gabriel Egan <
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Date:           Saturday, 27 Apr 2002 13:30:29 +0100
Subject: 13.1139 Electronic Databases
Comment:        Re: SHK 13.1139 Electronic Databases

Jeffrey Myers wrote:

> My library is considering subscribing to an electronic
> database to supplement our collection of primary texts
> in English from the Middle Ages through the Restoration.
> Is anyone on the list currently using such a database
> that you could recommend to us?

Early Modern Literary Studies has reviews of Literature Online (LION)
from Chadwyck-Healey, which is available in a number of packages (each
being a different subset of the complete database), Early English Books
Online (the digitization of University Microfilms International's Early
English Books microfilms), the English Short Title Catalogue (from the
non-profit Research Libraries Group), the Brown University Women Writers
Project, and the Perdita Project.

All are at:

http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/reviews/

Gabriel Egan
Associate Editor, Interactive Early Modern Literary Studies

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