Early American Imprints - Series I: Evans 1638 - 1800 1639 - 1800
Available from Newsbank through Hunter Library
Full-text primary sources from 17th and 18th-century America. Includes advertisements, almanacs, broadsides, catalogs, charters, cookbooks, elegies, erotica, laws, maps, narratives, novels, pamphlets, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, and more. Search by keyword or browse by genre, subjects, author, history of printing, place of publication, or language. This collection is based on the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans.
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Early American Imprints - Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker 1801 - 1819 1801 - 1819
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Full-text primary sources published in the early part of the 19th century. Includes broadsides, diaries, genealogies, letters, maxims, memoirs, primers, puzzles, sermons, slave narratives, songs, treaties, and wills. Also includes works of many European authors reprinted for the American public. Search by keyword or browse by genre, subjects, author, history of printing, place or publication, or language. The collection is based on the distinguished bibliography by Ralph B. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) 1473 - 1700
Available from Chadwyck through Hunter Library
This collection contains reproductions, dating from 1473-1700, of the original printing of more than 100,000 works, from the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare. Subject areas represented include English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.
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ebrary
Available from ebrary through Hunter Library
Hunter Library’s ebrary collection contains approximately 35,000 full-text ebooks spanning most academic disciplines. The database is full-text searchable; allows the creation of personalized bookshelves, notes, and highlights; and includes an interactive suite of reference tools.
EBSCO Encyclopedia of Animals 1984 - present
Available from EBSCOhost through NC LIVE
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals contains indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. **Please note that this is no longer an individual database and it is now searchable through Science Reference Center.**
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EBSCOhost
Available from EBSCOhost through NC LIVE
Introductory page to 35 different databases.
EconLit 1969 - present
Available from FirstSearch through Hunter Library
Index to journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers. Includes abstracts and links to available full-text articles.
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eHRAF World Cultures
Available from Human Relations Area Files, Inc. through Hunter Library
A cross-cultural database that contains full-text information on world cultures. This database supplements the Library microfiche collection of world cultures.
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Electronic Books
Available from FirstSearch through Hunter Library
A catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide. Updated daily, this database contains both netLibrary, public domain, and other ebooks.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Available from Encyclopaedia Britannica through NC LIVE
See also Britannica Online.
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English Poetry 600 - 1900
Available from Chadwyck-Healey through NC LIVE
Essentially the complete English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Over 165,000 poems by more than 1,250 poets, drawn from nearly 4,500 printed sources.
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) 1966 - present
Available from EBSCOhost through NC LIVE
Provides access to education literature and resources from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC. Links to available full text.
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ETS TestLink
Available from ETS through the Internet
From the Educational Testing Service (ETS), a searchable library of more than 26,000 standardized tests and other research instruments covering six major types: achievement; vocational; cognitive, aptitude, and intelligence; tests for special populations; attitude and affective measures; and personality tests. Contains abstracts. Some full text available for download via the ETS store for $25 per test.
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