LibGuides: HIS 398 Holy Roman Empire: Library primary sources databases

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Library historical primary source databases

You can find the full list on the separate Historical Primary Source Databases guide.

Note: Please keep in mind that we purchase/subscribe only to databases where the majority of sources are in English. This means that sources found here are most likely going to represent a British perspective.

Also, what we have covers only the last few hundred years of the HRE.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Note: You will need to create a personal user account to access Artstor. If you have an existing JSTOR account, you can use that by linking it to Artstor.
Comprehensive database of art images to view, analyze, save for use in presentations. To save/download images you must set up a personal account.
(ARTstor, Inc.)
17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) representing the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.
Help Video: Searching the Burney Collection (by WCU student Alexa Mastella)
For a combined search with other British newspapers, see British Newspapers Search
(Gale Cengage)
Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
Early English Books (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
(Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest)
Eighteenth Century Journals This link opens in a new window
Rare journals printed between 1685 and 1835 covering all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life including colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion.
(Adam Matthew)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Search the full-text of digital images for a wide range of books published from 1701-1800 in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
(Gale Cengage)
Grand Tour This link opens in a new window
Accounts of English travel abroad from 1550-1850, highlighting the influence of continental travel on British art, architecture, urban planning, literature and philosophy. Also covers daily life in the eighteenth century, including everyday issues as transportation, money, communications, food and drink, health and sex. The material also covers European political and religious life, British diplomacy; life at court, and social customs on the Continent, and is an invaluable resource for the study of Europe’s urban spaces.
(Adam Matthew)