Is it available on the Web?
The www has become a major source of primary and secondary source material.
Large collections of books, journals and archival records are available, and the amount of material is increasing rapidly.
The Library subscribes to several services which provide electronic access to full text journal articles. These include: Project Muse, and Expanded Academic Index.
The Resources List, which is part of Researching History, offers lists of useful Web sites relevant to specific fields of history. (link) Many of these contain full-text resources. For example:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library Christian classics in full-text, arranged by author, also has keyword access. (Wheaton College)
The Internet Classics Archive Over 400 works of classical literature in full-text. Arranged by author, also has keyword access. (M.I.T.)
Chinese Classics Chinese classical literature including poetry, prose, philosophy and biography. (Chinese News Digest)
Eurodocs Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. (Brigham Young University)
Historical Text Archive Provides original material, links to other sites and electronic reprints of books. (Mississippi State University)
The University of Melbourne Library also maintains a list of links to sites containing Electronic Books including Project Gutenberg, a massive collection of Public Domain (out of Copyright) texts.
Search Engines
www Search Engines and Directories, such as Google, Altavista, Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos are also useful for tracking down full text versions of books and documents. (Note: You can't expect to locate free full-text versions of books which are still in Copyright via the www)
