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Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland
Culture / society
History
Encyclopedia with biographical summaries of remarkable women from Dutch history and overseas territories. Covers 15 centuries and is searchable by alphabet and category. Previously appeared in print form as 1001 women from Dutch history. For the (hobby) historian and anyone interested in women's history.
Digitale Bibliografie van die Afrikaanse Taalkunde (DBAT)
Literature
Linguistics
Databank with more than 18,000 sources on African linguistics. Includes secondary literature such as articles, reviews, books, dissertations and more. Database is based on the digital Bibliografie van de Nederlandse Taal- en Literatuurwetenschap (BNTL) (Bibliography of Dutch Language and Literary Studies). Interesting for anyone who wants to delve into African linguistics and literary studies.
Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker (ProQuest)
Literature
Linguistics
Database of digitized German classical works spanning 11 centuries. Collection contains historical, philosophical, theological, political and art history texts. Also includes collections of essays, speeches and other non-literary material. Resource for historians, literary scholars and for those interested in German literature.
Dutch Love Emblems of the Seventeenth Century
Visual arts
Book & library science
English language website with 27 digitized Dutch books with love emblems from the 17th century. Completely re-translated and indexed. Has extensive search options and referrals to secondary sources. Includes a downloadable guide to using the site. For those who research emblemata or (literary) history.
Dutch Pamphlets Online
History
Database with bibliographic descriptions and full views of Dutch pamphlets from the period 1486 to 1853. Study pamphlets about politics, war, theology and much more. Contains the KB’s Knuttel Collection and the Van Alphen Collection from the University of Groningen. Interesting for anyone who wants to know more about the current affairs of the time.
e-Depot (Digital Library)
General
Digital library of scientific journal articles by Elsevier and Springer, among others. Texts are fully searchable. The database is continuously worked on to keep all articles accessible in the long term. Interesting resource for researchers. Note: only searchable within the KB.
Early American fiction 1789-1875 (ProQuest)
Literature
Database of 875 first editions of fictional novels and short stories by popular American authors from the period 1789-1875. Contains works by authors such as Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville and Mark Twain. Includes advanced search options. Most of them are copyright-free. Recommended for researchers of American literature.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) (ProQuest)
Literature
Digital images of the pages of virtually all books printed in Great Britain and North America between 1473 and 1700. Contains 146,000 digitized titles and contributions from 200 libraries worldwide. From the first book printed in the English language to documents on the English Civil War. For researchers and other interested parties.
Early English prose fiction (1500-1700) (ProQuest)
Literature
Online collection with more than 200 digitized English-language works of prose from the period 1500 to 1700, before the emergence of the realistic novel. Contains fully searchable works by writers such as Thomas Nashe and Aphra Behn. For researchers, historians and lovers of English literature.
Early European Books (EEB) (ProQuest)
Book & library science
Digitized collection of all works printed in Europe before 1701 and all works printed outside Europe, but in a European language. Collection comes from 5 different national libraries. Replenished twice per year. For researchers, historians and literature lovers.