B) Other electronic databases

Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest databases:

• well-edited collections of prose texts from Early Modern English to the early 20th century

• available through DBIS: enter name of database as search word
• technical tips: Chadwyck-Healey instructions

Early English Books Online (EEBO):

• scanned page images of about 125.000 books in English printed between 1473 and 1700
• (normally) does not (yet) permit full text searches; search function limited to bibliographical information and front matter
• (temporary?) access to full text of 25.000 books
• available through DBIS: http://rzblx10.uni-regensburg.de/dbinfo/detail.php?bib_id=ub_ba&colors=&ocolors=&lett=fs&titel_id=633
• instructions for use: EEBO tutorial

America's Historical Newspapers:

• collection of newspapers printed in the USA 1690-1922
• scanned article images
• full text searches possible; searchword is highlighted for easier retrieval
• available through DBIS: http://rzblx10.uni-regensburg.de/dbinfo/detail.php?bib_id=ub_ba&colors=&ocolors=&lett=f&titel_id=8940

Shakespeare, Complete Works:

• contains a scholarly edition of the English text, a German translation, facsimiles of First Folio and a transcription of the First Folio
• full text searches possible
• available through DBIS: http://rzblx10.uni-regensburg.de/dbinfo/detail.php?bib_id=ub_ba&colors=&ocolors=&lett=fs&titel_id=883

Middle English resources:

• Middle English Compendium (University of Michigan): http://rzblx10.uni-regensburg.de/dbinfo/detail.php?bib_id=ub_ba&colors=&ocolors=&lett=f&titel_id=1732
• Database of Middle English Romance (University of York): http://www.middleenglishromance.org.uk/

Collections of electronic texts online:

• Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Oxford Text Archive: http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/
• Open Library: http://openlibrary.org/
• ManyBooks: http://manybooks.net/
• Google books: http://books.google.com/books