Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800)
Additional Information
| Description | Basic primary document set for research involving 17th and 18th century American history, literature, philosophy, religion, and foreign affairs. Search by author or keyword in text, title, subject, or publisher. Can also browse by genre, subjects, author, and more. Digitization is ongoing so collection will continue to grow. |
| Format | Full-text |
| Coverage | 1639 to 1800 |
| Availability | Immediate |
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Additional Search Aids
| Truncation | * |
| Wildcard | ? |
| Thesaurus | None |
| Special Features | More than 90 different document types that can be browsed, including atlases, biographies, broadsides, devotional literature, eulogies, fiction, gazetteers, maps, memoirs, newspapers, prayerbooks, quotations, textbooks, and wills. |
| Additional Search Tips | Put phrases in quotation marks. Search function supports Boolean AND, OR, and NOT. Also supports ADJ(x) which finds terms that are within x words of each other and in the same order. Also supports NEAR(x) which finds terms that are within x words of each other and in any order. Text scanning sees the old long s as an f, so in words with an s, substitute the wildcard character ?. |
| 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 | Readex and the American Antiquarian Society |
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