Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Additional Information
| Description | Digital images, fully text searchable of 150,000 books printed in the 18th century, primarily in Great Britain. General subject areas are: history and geography; social sciences and fine arts; medicine, science and technology; language and literature; philosophy and religion; law; and general reference. Includes the complete works of Henry Fielding, Edmund Burke, Alexander Pope, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Swift. 3 million pages total. |
| Format | Full-text |
| Coverage | 1701-1800 |
| Availability | Immediate |
| Click Here to Access the Database | |
Additional Search Aids
| Truncation | * |
| Wildcard | ? Or ! |
| Thesaurus | None |
| Special Features | Terms that contain a diacritic marking (such as é) will be returned for either marked or unmarked searches. Includes multiple editions of some works (i.e. Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe) to allow textual analysis. Pages can be printed, citations can be printed or emailed. |
| Additional Search Tips | Initial articles (a, an and the) are used for alphabetizing the list of works included. The wildcard ? replaces exactly one character in searches, while the ! replaces 1 or 0 characters. Supports Boolean AND, OR and NOT. Use parentheses to group phrases and search terms. Also supports proximity operators W and N. |
| On Campus Access | No restrictions |
| Off Campus Access | Off-campus access restricted to WTAMU faculty, staff and students. |
| Funding | Texas A&M University System |
| Vendor | Gale Group |
| Help Guides | |
| List of covered journals | |