Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Encyclopedia
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is a digital collection consisting of all 18th century publications of the British Empire
. Although a commercial publication of Thomson-Gale, subsets of the database are freely available. It is widely held by libraries. The collection contains over 200,000 volumes.
’s Text Creation Partnership
. Rather than OCR
, they rekey the texts and tag them with TEI
. Their aim is to enable improved access to a fraction of the collection: they are making SGML/XML
text editions for 10,000 books. In addition to the free version, subscription access is also offered.
Text analytic tools are available on this subset through the Text Analysis Portal for Research project.
Oxford
has converted some TEI files into free open access
EPUB
files.
Cross-search is also available from ProQuest
for those who subscribe to both Early English Books Online and ECCO.
It was developed from microfilm copies.
It is mainly, but not entirely in the English language.
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
. Although a commercial publication of Thomson-Gale, subsets of the database are freely available. It is widely held by libraries. The collection contains over 200,000 volumes.
Conversions and Access
So far 2,231 texts have been released free to the public through the work of the University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
’s Text Creation Partnership
Text Creation Partnership
The Text Creation Partnership is a not-for-profit organization based in the library of the University of Michigan . Its purpose is to produce large-scale full-text electronic resources on behalf of both member institutions and scholarly publishers, under an arrangement calculated to serve the...
. Rather than OCR
OCR
OCR may refer to:* Optical character recognition, conversion of images of text into characters** The OCR-A font, designed to simplify character recognition** The similar OCR-B font* Transvaginal oocyte retrieval, a technique used in in vitro fertilization...
, they rekey the texts and tag them with TEI
TEI
Tei can refer to:* Tei , a Korean popular music singer.* Tei, Bucharest, a neighborhood in Bucharest, Romania. It is also the Romanian name for the Tilia tree.* Tellurium monoiodide, a chemical compound with the formula TeI...
. Their aim is to enable improved access to a fraction of the collection: they are making SGML/XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
text editions for 10,000 books. In addition to the free version, subscription access is also offered.
Text analytic tools are available on this subset through the Text Analysis Portal for Research project.
Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
has converted some TEI files into free open access
Open access
Open access refers to unrestricted access via the Internet to articles published in scholarly journals, and also increasingly to book chapters or monographs....
EPUB
EPUB
EPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum...
files.
Cross-search is also available from ProQuest
ProQuest
ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based electronic publisher and microfilm publisher.It provides archives of sources such as newspapers, periodicals, dissertations, and aggregated databases of many types. Its content is estimated at 125 billion digital pages...
for those who subscribe to both Early English Books Online and ECCO.
History
It was first introduced in 2003.It was developed from microfilm copies.
It is mainly, but not entirely in the English language.
See also
- American Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesAmerican Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesThe American Society for 18th-century Studies is an interdisciplinary group, established in 1969, dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the period from the later 17th through the early 19th centuries...
- British Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesBritish Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesThe British Society for Eighteenth-century Studies is an interdisciplinary scholarly society based in the United Kingdom which promotes the study of all aspects of 18th-century cultural history...
- Burney CollectionBurney CollectionThe Burney Collection consists of over 1,270 17th-18th century newspapers and other news materials, gathered by Charles Burney, most notable for the 18th-century London newspapers...
- English Short-Title Catalogue
Reviews
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- Information World, February 2005
- Reference Reviews, August 2004
- Database and Disc Reviews, May 2004
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