TRIAL: Parker Library on the Web

We have trial access to the Parker Library on the Web until Sunday 2nd November 2014.  Take a look at this resource and let us know what you think.

Access Parker Library on the Web from:
http://ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/login?url=http://parkerweb.stanford.edu  (University login required off campus)

Parker Library on the Web is a multi-year undertaking of Corpus Christi College, the Stanford University Libraries and Cambridge University Library, to produce a high-resolution digital copy of every imageable page of most manuscripts in the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College.

For more information about the library and the project, visit http://parkerweb.stanford.edu/parker/actions/page.do?forward=about_parker 

After trying Parker Library on the Web, please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments. Do get in touch, we really want to know what you think about this resource.

‘Electronic Enlightenment’ now available

We are pleased to announce that we now have access to ‘Electronic Enlightenment’ from Oxford University Press.

To access Electronic Enlightenment go to:
http://library.liv.ac.uk/record=b3084825~S8

With 63,967 letters and documents and 8,002 correspondents, Electronic Enlightenment is a wide-ranging online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century, discussing everything from religious tolerance to animal rights, vulcanology to classical archeology, economic modelling to celebrity culture.

A searchable and browseable database, offering extensive access to the web of correspondence between the greatest thinkers and writers of the long eighteenth century and their families and friends, bankers and booksellers, patrons and publishers. Coverage includes letters and documents, document sources such as manuscripts and early printed editions, scholarly annotations, and links to biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, and other online resources.

British Literary Manuscripts Online, c.1660-1900

We have purchased British Literary Manuscripts Online, c.1660-1900 and access is now available from:

http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/menu/start?prod=BLM1&userGroupName=livuni

or via the Library Catalogue or Metalib.

British Literary Manuscripts Online, c. 1660-1900, presents facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works, and similar materials. Searching is based on tags and descriptive text associated with each manuscript. Images of the complete manuscript can be viewed, manipulated and navigated on screen. Please note that the text of the manuscripts themselves is not searchable.

You can read more about British Literary Manuscripts Online, c.1660-1900 or take a guided tour.