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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Book & library science
History
Online library of more than 180,000 mainly English-language works printed in the 18th century. Contains works from well-known authors such as Shakespeare, but also government documents and writings by people from all walks of life. For those who do research into the 18th century and want an insight into the zeitgeist of that time.
Eighteenth-Century Fiction (ProQuest)
Book & library science
History
Website with 96 complete prose works from the period 1700 to 1780 from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Includes works by well-known writers such as Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Eliza Haywood and Jonathan Swift. Full texts are searchable. For researchers and enthusiasts of English-language literature.
Electronic Enlightenment
Philosophy
History
Website with nearly 80,000 historical documents from the early 17th to the middle of the 19th century. Mainly contains letters written by people from all walks of life from throughout Europe, America and Asia. Interesting for researchers, historians, teachers, students and librarians.
Elektronische Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst (E-ANS)
Linguistics
Online edition of the Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst (General Dutch Grammar). Includes as complete a description of Dutch grammar as possible. Search the rules for words, sentences, phrases, juxtapositions, contractions and more. For researchers and for those who are interested in Dutch as a native language or as a second language.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (Brill)
General
Online encyclopedia with studies in the field of Ancient Greek language and linguistics. Contains information about grammar, dialects, metrics, pronunciation and more. Interesting for researchers and students of Ancient Greek, other Indo-European languages and of Biblical literature.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) (De Gruyter)
Religion
Online encyclopedia with information about the reception and interpretation of the Bible. Contains theological works and works from other academic disciplines such as the humanities, literature, art and archaeology. Texts are fully searchable, and around 1,500 articles are added annually. For researchers of theology, sociology, art, cultural studies and humanities.
English Drama (ProQuest)
Literature
Plays
Online database with over 3,900 English-language plays from the late 13th century through the early 20th century. Includes a wide variety of works, from Elizabethan dramatic literature to medieval morality plays. Texts are fully searchable. For researchers of English literature and history.
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)
Book & library science
Catalogue with more than 480,000 descriptions of all (mainly English language) books, newspapers and magazines printed between 1473 and 1800, particularly in the British Isles, United States and Canada. More than 2,000 libraries, including The British Library, contribute to this bibliography. Resource for historical research.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (ProQuest)
Culture / society
History
Music and film/tv
Catalogue of primary sources on the history of the film and theatre industry from the period 1880 of 2000. Contains the most important American and British trade magazines on film, music, television and theatre. Also includes magazines about cinema visits and the evolution of television. Indispensable for researchers of the film and theatre industry.
ePistolarium: Circulation of Knowledge and Learned Practices in the 17th-Century Dutch Republic
History
Database of approximately 20,000 (transcribed) letters written by and sent to 17th century scholars from the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Search results are also visually displayed in terms of geography, time and correspondent networks. Useful for historians and history enthusiasts.