Offers full-text access to English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800 including books, pamphlets, almanacs, Bibles and treatises. Subjects covered include history, geography, fine arts, medicine, science, literature, language, religion, philosophy and law. Significant collections of women writers, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare are also included.
Searching for Collections in Tripod and Worldcat
Primary source that are in the Tricollege libraries will often be listed in Tripod under subject words combined with such terms as "sources" "early works to 1800" "correspondence" "interviews" or "personal narratives"
Use the Advanced Search feature in "Books and More" to limit your search or create complex searches.
Here are descriptions of just a few of the many interesting archives, collections, and libraries in the Philadelphia area.
Browse other archives, collections, and libraries using ArchiveGrid and the PACSCL website.
Provides access to "nearly a million collection descriptions" from "thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact [information from] archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies."
Keywords:
(Keyword:companion OR Keyword:handbook OR encyclopedia)
"Early republic"
The Oxford companion to United States history
Browse the Subject Headings in Tripod for your time period. It might be described as below:
"United States History Constitutional period, 1789-1809"
"United States Social life and customs 1783-1865"
"United States History 1783-1865 Sources"