11. Selected Electronic Texts
These are examples of a few of the collections available via the "Harvard Libraries" site. There are many collections of digitized texts. For example, Project Gutenberg and the University of Virginia have significant collections of freely available e-texts. The subject gateway web sites mentioned in the following section will lead you to others.
Texts include works of poetry, drama, and prose with complementary reference resources. Literature Online's primary texts include English poetry from 600 to the present, American and African-American poetry from 1603 to the present, The Faber Poetry Library, English drama from 1280 to 1915, and English prose from 1500 to 1900. Secondary sources include LIFT, a literary journal index with full text of selected articles, the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature from 1920 onwards, the King James Bible, Webster's Dictionary, links to other Web resources, and biographical information for many included authors.
Early English Books Online(EEBO)
Pollard & Redgrave's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640 ("STC I") and Donald Wing's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700 ("STC II") and Thomason Tracts, which contains more than 22,000 broadsides ranging from political speeches to religious tracts to newspaper stories from the period 1640-60.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online(ECCO)
Searchable digital images of the full text of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
Early American Imprints 1639-1800
A collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides issued in America from 1639 to 1800, recorded in Charles Evans' American Bibliography and Roger P. Bristol's Supplement to Charles Evans' American Bibliography, which includes material on virtually every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America.
Early American Imprints 1801- 1819
Full-text electronic editions of works by major philosophical figures, in both original language and in English translation. Areas covered include the history of political thought and theory, education, religious studies, economics, classics, history and German studies. Texts include published and unpublished works, articles and essays, and correspondence.
235 plays by 67 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more
A selection of film scripts, produced or written in the 20th century; includes independent films as well as those created by major studios.
A full-text database of more than 250 plays by Asian American dramatists, with related theatrical production and biographical material.
Plays written from the 1850s to the present by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries. Nearly a quarter of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays by writers such as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Zora Neale Hurston, and Randolph Edmonds. Users can search the full text of the plays as well as investigate authors, themes,scenes, and characters. Additions to the database are made quarterly.
A full-text database of monographs, essays, articles, speeches and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the early 19th century to 1975. The collection begins with the works of Frederick Douglass, and will include works by W.E.B. DuBois, Alain Locke, Mary McLeod Bethune, Malcolm X, Ida B. Wells, Bobby Seale, and many others. Approximately 20% of the collection has not been previously published.
It includes the text of several English and foreign language Bible translations accessible through the Gospel Communications Network. Versions include the NIV (New International Version), the RSV (RevisedStandard Version), the KJV (King James Version), Darby (translated by J.N. Darby), YLT (Young's Literal Translation), Elberfelder (German), SV1917 (Swedish), the Latin Vulgate, LSG (French), the RVA (Spanish), and selections from a Tagalog translation. These versions can be searched by passage, word(s), and biblical books.
