1. WISER: Humanities Early printed materials part II Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian

2. Today Further EEBO & ECCO Introducing new resources: Making of the Modern World Early American Imprints I, 1639-1800 (Evans) Demonstrations Hands-on Questions

3. Early printed materials online Alternative to consult print Locate editions not held locally Information resource & primary source materials

4. Early English Books Online (EEBO) Major collection of early printed materials (125,000+ works) Includes works printed in UK and North America, and works in English printed elsewhere, 1473-1700 Includes works listed in STC and Wing Bibliographic tool & digital library

5. Advanced EEBO functionality Search for variant spellings Searches for maps, illustrations, portraits, etc. Subject searches Search by ESTC reel no. Search & browse English Civil War material (Thomason Tracts)

6. Variant spelling Helps deal with early modern spelling murder = murther murdre murdir mvrder so foul and fair a day = so foule and faire a day Helps deal with typographical variants v for u j for i or y y for i or j w for vv or uu s for f Julius Caesar = Iulius Cæsar Ivlivs Cæsar

7. Wildcards / truncation * (any number of characters at the end of a word) faith* = faith faiths faithful faithfully ? (one character within a word or at the end ) wom?n= woman women Note: conventions may change from resource to resource. Demo

8. EEBO TCP (Text Creation Partnership) 25,000 texts converted into fully-searchable text More accurate searching & variant spelling Limiting searches to titles, headings, notes, stage directions, captions, acts, verses, etc. Browse by hierarchically structured content, e.g. titles, sections, chapter headings, etc. Browsable index including variant spelling Demo

9. Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Major collection of early printed materials & primary sources Includes English and foreign language titles printed in the UK, and many works from the Americas, 1701-1800 Full text searching is possible

10. Advanced ECCO functionality Fuzzy searches Searches for maps, illustrations, portraits, etc. Search printed indexes Search by ESTC no.

11. Fuzzy searches To retrieve near matches on a term if spelling is approximate Low fuzzy search (very near match) e.g. harbour = harbor High fuzzy search (very broad matches) e.g. harbour = harbor harper etc. Demo

12. Making of the Modern World (MOMW) Digital Library of 61,000 + titles based on Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature Works of literature on economic and business published from 1450 through 1850, esp. on commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade and transport. good presence of European publications

13. Advanced MOMW functionality Fuzzy searches Searches for maps, illustrations, portraits, etc. Search subjects, incl. people or places as subjects Search & browse Demo

14. Early American Imprints I, 1639-1800 (Evans) Digital Library of 37,000+ imprints from the American Bibliography by Charles Evans Embraces every aspect of life in 17 th & 18 th century America history, literary, religion, witchcraft, agriculture, foreign affairs, temperance, etc. Genre of material is very wide-ranging printed books, pamphlets, broadsides, advertisements, chapbooks, diaries, gazetteers, hymnals, wills, etc.

15. Advanced Evans functionality Boolean & proximity searches Excellent browsing options by genre & subject History of printing section Demo

16. Further help Contact library staff, esp. your subject librarian and Duke Humfrey’s staff http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/librarians Contact OULS eResources helpdesk for technical problems eresources@ouls.ox.ac.uk

17. Questions? Demonstration Hands-on