Comments on: EEBO Database Access

Question: EEBO Database Access

Grod — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:24:16 -0800

I'm doing research for a paper, and am running low on time. It turns out that my college (Goucher college), does not subscribe to a database I need access to. The database is: EEBO : Early English Books Online. If any of my fellow students on metafilter can help me out please send an e-mail to the address in my profile.

Specifically, I'm looking for a facsimile of Thomas Bretnor's 1611 Almanac. If such a thing is available at all, that's the place it would be. Sadly, I don't have time left to do this the proper way, an inter-library loan request.

By: rafter

rafter — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:40:12 -0800

Do you mean the abysmally low-quality GIFs on eebo.chadwyck.com? Like this?

(Can I only access these because I'm on my school's intranet? I never had to log in --)

By: Grod

Grod — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:48:25 -0800

rafter I'll take your word for it that the quality sucks, I would have thought they provided pdf's. At anyrate, yes! that is the database I'm refering to. I cannot access it because my library doesn't subscribe (although for some reason we do subscribe to LION:Literature Online, which is provided by the same group). Any chance you can look for that Almanac for me?

By: Grod

Grod — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:49:54 -0800

Oh, and if you're on campus then the answer is yes, you don't have to log in. Most campuses provide a proxy server for remote database access, this requires one to log in to the library server, once authorized all the databases are accessed via proxy.

By: Grod

Grod — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:16:51 -0800

Thanks Johnny Assay, for your incredibly quick response. You've been a great help.
Thanks also to anyone else who's looked at this thread, now that I've got the almanac I don't need another copy :), but thank you for your time and consideration.