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Information on Old Books

This information came from the Information on Old Books from the online Smithsonian Libraries.

To find the author's name, full title, the imprint (the city, publisher, and date), edition if not the first. Go to the Title page.

To find the date the book was registered for copyright (not necessarily the same as the publication date) along with coded information about edition and print copy. Go to the Copyright page.

Information on Old Books. Smithsonian Libraries. www.library.si.edu/departments/special-collections/information-old-books. Accessed 19 October 2017.

Publication HIstory

Catalogs

First Search / World Cat / OCLC : www.worldcat.org . This is a similar catalog developed as a computer database to which thousands of libraries in the U.S. and around the world contribute. This database is freely accessible online.

The National Union Catalog: Pre-1956 imprints (London: Mansell, 1968-1981). The NUC, available in print or on microfiche, is a published version of the combined card catalog of several hundred libraries in the U.S., including the Library of Congress.

author/subject bibliographies.

ERIC via OCLC
ERIC via FirstSearch Resource Type: Research Database Title/Alternate Title:ERIC Subjects Covered:Premier national bibliographic database of education literature. Contents: ERIC consists of two files: Resources in Education, covering the document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education, covering published journal literature from over 1000 periodicals. Dates of Coverage:Current, Coverage varies for journal titles indexed. Some citations date back to 1966. Help Links: Click the Help at the top left of the page Contacts: Go to Ask-Us for help
WorldCat Discovery

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
There will be a separate listing for each known or suspected edition of your book matched by imprint (city, publisher, date) and edition statement. Pre-1956 imprints (London: Mansell, 1968-1981).

Bibliography of British and Irish history
Over 490,000 records covering bibliographic data and historical writings on the British Isles with the British Empire and Commonwealth from 55 B.C. to the present. Contains books, articles in books, and journal articles. 682 journals and series are searched systematically for material.
Other Notes:Successor to the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History, available online from 2002-2009.
Biography reference bank
Biography Reference Bank via Ebscohost contains biographical information from more than 2,700 English-language periodicals for all subject areas covered by H.W. Wilson indexes. Indexes articles and books, autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, fiction, drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews, and interviews. Dates of Coverage: 1984 - present
Milton: A Bibliography
This bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning his life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799.
MLA international bibliography
Consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore in English as well as many other languages.
Scholarly electronic publishing bibliography
Provides articles, books, and other materials with information on scholarly electronic publishing .
World Shakespeare bibliography online
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable database of the most comprehensive Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide. WSBO provides over 130,000 annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials in Shakespeare and early modern England studies. The scope is international, with coverage extending to more than 120 languages and representing every country in North America, South America, Europe and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia. Dates of Coverage: 1960 Current.
Oxford dictionary of national biography
A record, including images, of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. The Dictionary offers concise, up-to-date biographies written by named, specialist authors. Dates of Coverage: 2004- current
Iter gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Primary Text Databases

Prior to 1801 ESTC English Short Title Catalog

1473-1700 EEBO Early English Books Online

1701-1800 ECCO Eighteenth Century Collections Online

1639-1800 Evans Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw Shoemaker

1801-1819 Shaw Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans Digital Edition

English short title catalogue 1473-1800
English Short Title Catalogue Resource Type: Bibliographic Database Title/Alternate Title: English Short Title Catalogue (Catalog) Subjects Covered: Comprehensive bibliography that includes items printed in the British Isles, Colonial America, the United States (1776-1800), and Canada; in any language. Also, items printed wholly or partly in English, or other British vernaculars, in any other part of the world Contents: The holdings of over 1,500 libraries around the world are represented Dates of Coverage: Includes all the material processed up to December 1997. Chronologically, the scope of the ESTC extends from the earliest printing in England (ca. 1473) through to the end of December, 1800
Early English Books Online
Early English Books Online (EEBO) covers many subject areas, including: English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science. Starting with the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this is an electronic collection of 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement Dates of Coverage: Varies by publication
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Consisting of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas: books, directories, bibles, sheet music, pamphlets and more.
Early American imprints, Series I, Evans (1639-1800)
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 Searchable monographs, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents and ephemera based on the renowned "American Bibliography" by Charles Evans and enhanced by Roger Bristol's "Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography,"
Early American imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) provides a comprehensive set of American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the noted "American Bibliography, 1801-1819" by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
Early Americas Digital Archive
The Early Americas Digital Archive provides access to poems, prose, histories, diaries, journals, and letters written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820. English and Spanish text from the Early Americas digital archive (EADS) database and the Gateway to early American authors on the web are available. There are both author and title search tools available.
Oxford dictionary of national biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography a record, including images, of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. The Dictionary offers concise, up-to-date biographies written by named, specialist authors. Dates of Coverage: 2004- current
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library Selected reference ebooks on Business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, and social science. Includes Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English, Encyclopedia of Science & Religion, Encyclopedia of Science Technology & Ethics, Encyclopedia of Sociology, Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders, and World of Forensic Science and others. Dates of Coverage: Varies with publication
Oxford reference online
Oxford Reference Online Provides full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series. Dates of Coverage 2002 - Current
British periodicals
British Periodicals Collection I consists of more than 160 journals that comprise the collection Early British Periodicals. Dates of Coverage:1680s to the 1930s

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