Book History

Offers concise, up-to-date biographies of the men and women who have shaped British history and culture. 59,003 biographies, 68 million words, 11,180 portraits.

The Gale Primary Sources cross-search interface provides access to millions of pages of content spanning many centuries and geographic regions.

Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

Over 180 thousand titles originally published in the UK during the 18th century.

17+ Million volumes from libraries around the world.

A bibliography comprised of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400–1700).

Anthologies of English Literature covering the Medieval, Renaissance, 17th, and 18th centuries.

Legal treatises 1800 to 1926.

Covers the history of Western trade, encompassing the coal, iron, and steel industries, the railway industry, the cotton industry, banking and finance, and the emergence of the modern corporation.

Online edition of the collected works of Caroline dramatist Richard Brome.

Primary sources covering all aspects of American culture 1500 to 1926.