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Early English Books: PR1120
.E2 (1475 - 1640)
and PR1127 .E2 (1641 - 1700)
- WHAT: The Early English Books microfilm collection
contains nearly every British book published from the invention of printing to
1640 - according to the Pollard and Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue of books.
From the first English book published through the age of Spenser and
Shakespeare, this collection contains more than 30,000 titles. Materials that have been microfilmed range from official
publications hundreds of pages long to single page posters and handbills.
- FORMAT & SCOPE: Microfilm. Reel 1 - onward.
- ORGANIZATION: Microfilm reels are numbered consecutively
rather than chronologically. Documents from various years will appear on the same reel of film. The collection is
divided, by year, into two segments
with slightly different call numbers (see above). Be sure to retrieve the
reel from the appropriate section of the collection. You will need Call
Number, Reel Number and Item Number in order to locate specific documents. Each citation in the online catalog contains a reel number and an item
number designating its position on the reel.
EXAMPLE: PR1127
.E2 1615:17
call #
reel : item position
Items cited in print indexes only contain the reel number and item
number.
Note that the items on each reel rarely contain number cards or
frames to indicate their position on the reel. The
only sure way to locate the right item effectively is to carefully count the start of each
new document as
you proceed through the microfilm reel. This can take patience and considerable time
and effort if a reel contains many short documents.
- INDEX: There are entries for a significant number of
the unique titles contained in this collection in the online
catalog. Note that the most recent acquisitions have not yet been added.
Early English Books are indexed in paper supplements or guides as follows:
Early English Books
1475 - 1640: PR1120 E2 Guide
PR1120 E224
Early English Books
1641 - 1700: PR1127 E2 Guide
PR1127 E222 1981
PR1127 E223 1990
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