Selected Literary Sources
This is a list of some of the sources for popular literature for the period 1500-1800. Additional popular literature may be found in Consort and Ohiolink catalogs.
- British Literary Manuscripts This link opens in a new window
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Images of British literary manuscripts, including letters, diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works. Coverage from the medieval time period to 1900.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
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Large collection of digitized English literature books originally printed in the British Isles and North America from 1473-1700.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive database of digital editions of English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800.
- English Short Title CatalogueFreely available resource lists 460,000 items published between 1473 and 1800. Describes works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period.