Eresource Trials: March 2007 Archives

Empire Online Trial

By Kristina DeVoe on March 15, 2007 1:23 PM | | Comments (0)
TU Libraries is currently trialing the electronic resource, Empire Online.

Empire Online is an interdisciplinary database, containing original manuscripts and documents from the 15th century to the 20th century, focused on the history of exploration, cultural contact, and colonialism.

Types of texts found within the database include:
  • Exploration journals and logs
  • Letter books and correspondence
  • Diaries
  • Official Government papers
  • Missionary papers
  • Travel writings
  • Slave papers
  • Fiction
  • Children's Adventure Stories
  • Traditional folk tales
  • Photographs
  • Illustrations
  • And much more!
Texts may be searched by keyword, in addition to by topic, by place, or by name.

Additional information about the resource is available.

The trial will last until April 6th, 2007.

Literary Manuscripts Trial

By Kristina DeVoe on March 15, 2007 1:05 PM | | Comments (0)
TU Libraries is currently trialing a new electronic resource, Literary Manuscripts.

Literary Manuscripts provides complete facsimile images of 190 manuscripts of 17th and 18th century verse held in the celebrated Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds.

Poets represented in the collection include:
  • Mary Campbell
  • John Dryden
  • George Herbert
  • Mary Leapor
  • Andrew Marvell
  • Alexander Pope
  • Hester Pulter
  • Jonathan Swift
Alongside original compositions are painstakingly copied verses, translations, songs and riddles. The whole collection is situated within an asortment of manuscripts, some entirely dedicated to poetry, while others contain medicinal recipes, household accounts, draft letters, musical scores and plays. There are also several printed works, with handwritten verse additions.

Additional information about the resource is available.

The trial will last until April 6th, 2007.
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Kristina De Voe
English & Communications Librarian
Temple University Libraries