HIST 540: Early Modern History

Eric Novotny
Title: Acting Head Arts and Humanities

Arts & Humanities Library
W321 Pattee Library
Penn State University
814-865-1014

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Course Name:
  HIST 540: Early Modern History
Semester:
  Fall
Campus:
  University Park (UP)
Instructor:

Databases by Title (available from the library's home page)

American Broadsides and Ephemera, 1760-1900
ARTFL -- About 2,000 French works mostly from 1700-1900. Includes some non-fiction
Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts -- Works from the 1500's-1700's
Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation - 16th and 17th Century works
Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 - Works published in the U.S. colonies Continues: Early American Imprints II, 1801-1819
Early English Books Online -- Books published in the U.K from 1475-1700
Eighteenth Century Collections Online - books in the U.K from 1701-1800
Empire Online, 1492-1969 - mostly British documents
North American Women: Letters and Diaries
PastMasters - Full text of important works in philosophy
Women's History Online, 1543-1945 - mostly after 1800, but some earlier

The News and Microforms Library maintains extenseive collections of primary source documents on microfilm and microfiche.

A few notable Early Modern collections. Search the CAT for call numbers.

Africans in the New World,1493-1834
Early Western Books, 1500-1599: The Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean
English Cartoons and Satirical Prints, 1320-1832, in the British Museum
Goldsmith-Kress Library of Economic Literature (books published before 1850. Individual titles are listed in The CAT)
OPIE Collection of Children's Literature (about 800 imprints published before pre-1800)
Published American Colonial Records (records from the american colonies)
Royal Society (Great Britain). Early Letters and Classified Papers, 1660-1740
Sex and Sexuality, 1640-1940 (mostly British)
Slavery Pamphlets (mostly British and U.S.)

For more consult: “Early Periodical Indexes : Bibliographies and Indexes of Literature Published in Periodicals before 1900”

The databases History Cooperative E-Journals, JSTOR, Project MUSE, and Periodicals Archive Online include the full text of selected History journals.

Bibliographies provide a list of sources on a topic or region. A few to try:

Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature
Bibliographie Annuelle de l'histoire de France. 1955-present
C18-L: Resources for 18th Century Studies Across the Disciplines
Early Modern Bibliographies
The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography
International Bibliography of Historical Sciences
Quellenkunde der Deutschen Geschichte : Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur Deutschen Geschichte

Biographies
American National Biography Online
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie… (56 volumes). Call # CT1053.A5, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.
Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne (45 volumes). Call # CT143.M5, Arts and Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee.