Resource: Early American Imprints [all four parts]

Publisher: Readex

Purpose: Fully searchable collections of all imprints in what is now the United States from 1639-1819. Many of these documents are NOT freely available online, as they are held by societies that have only made them available to Readex.

• Submitted on: 4/17/2017 15:30
• Last updated on: 2022-05-11 13:37:41
• Primary contact for the submission: Kathy Johnson and Liz Lorang
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• Who would use this resource: All users interested in any aspect of North America from 1639-1819. Students and faculty from History and English would be primary users, but this collection is to North America what the Early English Books Online and Eighteenth Century Collections Online are to England and the British Isles.
• NU campuses that subscribe to the resourceNone list Early American Imprints.
• Quote and contact information of the repThe following quote is from 2013. It will have to be updated, but it gives some idea of the scope of the project and the pricing. I do not know why the dates start at 1670 rather than 1639, which is when the microprint starts. 1. Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1670-1800) Initial price $134,535 Ongoing Enhancements, Training and Content $2,735 2. Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1670-1800) - Supplement Initial price $17,035 Ongoing Enhancements, Training and Content $500 3. Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) Initial price $138,076 Ongoing Enhancements, Training and Content $2,556 4. Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) - Supplement Initial price $17,035 Ongoing Enhancements, Training and Content $500
• One time purchase? One time big purchase, with small annual fees.
• Trial resource before?
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