Primary Sources for British & European History
Advice on Primary Source Research
General Digital Collections
Government, Legal, Church and Regal Sources
Historical Newspapers, Magazines and Other Periodical Publications
Access to over 180,000 digitized books, pamphlets, and broadsides from 1701–1800, with over 32 million searchable pages. It is based on the English Short-title Catalogue (ESTC) of works from Britain, Ireland, the U.S., and British colonies.
ECCO digitizes 18th-century works from the English Short-title Catalogue (ESTC), covering publications from Britain, Ireland, British colonies, and the U.S., as well as significant English-language texts from elsewhere. Most are in English, with some in French, Latin, and other languages. It provides a wide range of materials, from encyclopedias and government papers to literature and personal writings, offering a detailed view of 18th-century life and thought.
Scholarly sharing: Allowed with adherence to MRU's fair dealing guidelines.
Primary source material focusing on colonial history, politics, culture and society, spanning 5 centuries of the rise and fall of empires around the world. Includes maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, paintings, drawings, and rare books.
British state papers starting with Henry VIII's accession in 1509 through to the reign of George III. MRU access includes:
Authorized users: Include any person within the geographically defined area of Alberta that can authenticate via IP address using the Gale Geo IP authentication service.
Data mining: Licensed content available via text and data mining hard drives available from the Library for use in accordance to terms of use.
Scholarly sharing: Allowed with adherence to MRU's fair dealing guidelines.
An online, full-text facsimile of every complete page of every issue of The Times over a span of 200 years, from 1785 to 2014.
Over 200 years of full-text, facsimile articles from The Times newspaper, providing access to more than 12 million articles from 1785 onwards. Articles are presented as original page images with full-text search capability, allowing readers to view them as they appeared in print
Data mining: Licensed content available via text and data mining hard drives available from the Library for use in accordance to terms of use.