LibGuides: History: Printed books

Project Gutenberg
Offers over 50,000 free e-books, including many digitized printed books.
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
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Catalog of 15th century European printing created by the British Library. Records nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501, but not material printed entirely from woodblocks or engraved plates.
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Many links are provided to online digital facsimiles, and also to major online catalogues of incunabula such as the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog and Bod-Inc online.

Early English Books Online (EEBO)
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Database containing digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere between 1473-1700.
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Please note you need to be a member of the KB before you can access the database. More information on how to become a member can be found on this page.
Internet Archive eBooks and Texts
The Internet Archive and Open Library offers over 8,000,000 fully accessible public domain eBooks.
History Didactics Collection (HDC) at EUR Library
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Unique collection on history education in the Netherlands and Europe, containing both materials used in the classroom as well as general didactics literature.
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Government publications are also available, including learning plans as well as national and international vocational literature for teachers.

HDC materials are not available for loan, but can be viewed in the library reading rooms. Use the advanced search screen in sEURch to seach for relevant titles in the collection. The Search Guide tells you how to do this.