There was a major update to Historical Texts on 21 June 2016. This
release includes additional data as well as a range of new features that have
been requested by our user community.
EEBO enhancements
(Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains the scanned images, and full-text digital versions where available, of over 125,000 books published in English up to 1700.)
* New EEBO periodicals search
* EEBO periodicals display
improved
* Additional XML, HTML, epub
and plain text download options for EEBO texts with manually keyed text
transcriptions (EEBO TCP)
* Additional EEBO images
* Additional 20,000 EEBO TCP
full text transcriptions
* Search on EEBO TCP ID
ECCO enhancements
(Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is a digital collection of more than 180,000 titles published in Great Britain and its colonies during the eighteenth century.)
* 2000 ECCO manually keyed
text transcriptions (ECCO TCP) available for the first time
* Additional XML, HTML, epub
and plain text download options for ECCO texts with manually keyed text
transcriptions (ECCO TCP)
* Links between volumes of
multi-volume works
* Search on ESTC number with
or without the leading zero
British Library 19th Century collection.enhancements
(Over 65,000 recently digitised editions from the British Library's 19th century collection, comprising over 25 million pages of previously rare and inaccessible titles.)
* Links between volumes of
multi-volume works
The full release notes, which
include a description of each point listed above, can be found on the website:
Just a reminder, if you can
access Historical Texts but can’t see the new features, we suggest you clear your browser cache and
cookies to ensure you are viewing the latest version of the application.
We welcome feedback on the
new features so if you’d like to let us know your thoughts or would like any
assistance with the new features please do contact our helpdesk at historicaltexts@jisc.ac.uk.
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