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Gale Digital Collections
The future of historical research
Gale Digital Collections
Publishing Strategy – Value Proposition
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Ownership of content
• Serves preservation mandates for key primary sources
• Becomes a ‘title countable’ addition to their collections
• Provides means to tap into one-time acquisition funds
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Benefits of digitization:
• Full-text searching of millions of pages of rare, archival content
• Enhanced metadata with MARC Records
• Unlimited usage with remote access ALLOWABLE
• Individual pages and works – fully linkable into reading lists
• Facilitates integration into curriculum and supports advanced
faculty research – Integrate into Blackboard / WebCT, TWEN
World’s Largest Scholarly Digital Archive
• Bibliographically controlled
138,000 Titles
26M Pages
• Editorially selected
• Available today
500+
Newspapers
28 MM
Articles
100,000 Cases
11M Pages
61,000 Titles
12M Pages
8 MM Articles
29,000 Titles
22,000 Titles
6M Pages
10M Pages
1M Pages
ECCO
Supreme
Court
MOMW
Sabin
MOML
250,000 Titles – 100M Pages
…and in the process we have created one of
the world’s largest digital research libraries.
NCNP
TDA
… in the 18th Century….
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
An eighteenth-century revolution
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Covers the most significant events in recent world
history: American and French revolutions and the
industrial revolution
The single largest digital library – over 138,000 titles /
26,000,000 pages
Based on the ESTC – electronic union list from The
British Library and over 1,500 libraries world-wide
Does not include periodicals and newspapers
Avoids duplication with Early American Imprints
(ReadEx)
Originally a microfilm collection – 15,225 reels
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
The content – a library unto itself
• Comprehensive – no editorial board determining the content
• Supports research in a full range of disciplines
 History, literature, fine arts, religion, law, science, philosophy …
• Has rapidly become considered essential for 18th century studies
• MARC records available for loading into your library’s OPAC
The interface and functionality
• Full-text searching across every page of the collection
• Searching on author, title, subject headings, place of publication and
more
 Allows researchers to find the specific works they need
• Hit-term highlighting of full-text search matches
• Easy navigation to relevant pages with matches
• Electronic Table of Contents (eTOC) with hyperlinks to chapters and
sub-chapters
 Navigation functions enhance the ability to analyze the data
ECCO’s Contents
科學, 自然科學
歷史, 地理
法律, 法令
文學, 語言
宗教, 哲學
參考書
藝術,社會科學
(8%)
(8%)
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(26%)
(27%)
(3%)
(22%)
11,398 種書
11,298 種書
9,267 種書
35,473 種書
36,785 種書
3,602 種書
30,259 種書
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – English (Literature)
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ENGL 3214 - Reason and Sensibility in British Eighteenth Century
Literature
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ENGL 3220 - British Literature since 1750
Survey of major authors, themes, and movements from the Romantic
period through the present.
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ENGL 4321 - American Literature: Major Writers Before 1860
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ENGL 3327 - American Literature to 1890
 18th Century Short Story (Department of Foreign Language &
Literature - National Cheng Kung University)
Your search (Title=robinson crusoe) returned the following results.
Results limited to (Subject Areas=All).
 Defoe, Daniel. An abridgement of the new Robinson Crusoe; an
instructive and entertaining history, for the use of children of both
sexes. Translated from the ... London, 1789. 184pp.
 Defoe, Daniel. The exploits of Robinson Crusoe, mariner, of York.
Exhibiting a concise and clear narrative of his living twenty-ight [sic]
years in an ... [London?], [1790?]. 131pp.
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – English (Literature)
 ENGL 3210 - British Literature to 1750
Survey of major authors, themes, and movements from the medieval
period through the 18th Century.
 English Literature Since 170
Your search ((Author=Swift, Jonathan) AND (Title=Gulliver's Travels)) returned
the following results: 42.
Results limited to (Subject Areas=All).
 Swift, Jonathan. Travels into several remote nations of the world. In four parts.
By Lemuel Gulliver, ... London, 1726. 332pp. Vol. 1 of 2 (2 vols.
available).Literature and Language
 Swift, Jonathan. The adventures of Capt. Gulliver, in a voyage to the islands of
Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Abridged from the works of the celebrated Dean
Swift. Darlington, 1773. 27pp. Literature and Language
 Swift, Jonathan. The works of J. S, D.D, D.S.P.D. in four volumes. Containing, I.
The author's miscellanies in prose. II. His poetical writings. III. The travels ...
Dublin, 1735. 490pp. Vol. 2 of 4 (4 vols. available).Literature and Language
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – History
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HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877
United States from discovery to end of political reconstruction.
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HIST 3122 - England Since 1714
Development of England's democratic government, considering economic,
social, intellectual, diplomatic, and imperial affairs.
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HIST 3506 - Cultural and Intellectual History of Europe
Topics in history of European culture and thought from late Middle Ages to
twentieth century.
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HIST 3803 - American Diplomatic History
Though including the 18th and 19th centuries, course concentrates on 20th
century; emphasizes relationship between foreign policy and domestic
forces.
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – History
 Undergraduate programs (Department of History – National Chung
Hsing University
Ch’in and Han Dynasties, History of Sui, Tang And Five Dynasty, History of Ming and Ching,
History of Contemporary China, Modern Chinese History, Modern World History, Medieval
Western History, 16th-18th-Century Western History, Chinese Economic History, History of
Chinese Diplomacy, History of Sino-Japanese Relations, The History of Chinese Arts, Modern
Chinese Thought, History of Western Historiography, The Philosophy of History, 20th-Century
American History, History of Taiwan, Modern History of Taiwan, Selected Readings in Chinese
History, History of European Thought, Historical Documents and Books, Introduction to
Archeology.
Your search (Full Text=Western History) returned the following results.
Results limited to (Subject Areas=All).
 Bell, John. Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of
Asia. ... By John Bell, ... In two volumes. ... London [i.e. Edinburgh],
1764.
 Camden, William. Britannia: or, a chorographical description of Great
Britain and Ireland, ... Written in Latin by William Camden, ... The third
edition. Illustrated with maps .. London, 1753.
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – Philosophy
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PHIL 3002 - Foundations of Western Philosophy: Modern Period
History of philosophy from late Middle Ages through 19th century
structured around major themes that shaped the modern period; attention
to cultural and historical setting in which they arose and to which they
contributed; readings from philosophical and nonphilosophical sources.
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PHIL 3771 - Philosophy In Literature
Expression of philosophical ideas in literature; readings from philosophers,
playwrights, novelists and poets.
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PHIL 4311-6311 - Studies in Modern Philosophy
Readings from major philosophers of 17th to early 19th centuries,
supplemented by commentaries from modern and contemporary sources.
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – Philosophy
 PhD. Program in Western Philosophy (Department of
Philosophy, National Taiwan University)
Your search (Author=Kant, Immanuel) returned the following results.
Results limited to (Subject Areas=All).
 Kant, Immanuel. The principles of critical philosophy, selected from
the works of Emmanuel Kant ... and expounded by James Sigismund
Beck ... Translated from the ... London [i.e. Hamburg?], 1797. 533pp.
Religion and Philosophy
 Kant, Immanuel. Essays and treatises on moral, political, and various
philosophical subjects. By Emanuel Kant, ... from the German by the
translator of The ... London [i.e. Hamburg?], 1798-99. 439pp. Vol. 1 of
2 (2 vols. available).Religion and Philosophy
Mapping ECCO to Curriculum – Fine Arts
 M402 HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF MUSIC: 1750 TO
PRESENT
In M402 we will explore the history of art music in Europe and the United States
from the mid-eighteenth-century to the present. During the course you will become
familiar with pieces from a variety of musical traditions over the past 250 years. We
will study the pieces themselves as well as the historical circumstances in which
they were created.
 HA 265 Research Seminar in 18th Century Art: Comic and
Satiric Art in 18th Century Britain.
Will look at the development of comic art, particularly the satiric print, as a 'public' art
form in Britain from 1700-1815. In the work of Hogarth, Gillray and others, we'll
consider the theory and practice of caricature and the vexed relationship between
'high' and 'low' as artistic categories.
Fine Arts - Popular Song Books
The bull-finch. Being a choice collection of the newest and most favourite
English songs which have been sett to music and sung at the public ...
[London], [1769]. 424pp
Fine Arts - sheet Music
Scarlatti, Domenico. The beauties of Dominico Scarlatti. Selected from his
suites de lecons, for the harpsichord or piano forte and revised with a
variety of ... [London?], [1785?]. 32pp
Fine Arts - Comic and Satiric Art
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard).
Eccentric excursions or, literary &
pictorial sketches of countenance,
character & country, in different
parts of England & South Wales. ...
London, 1796
A political and satirical history of the
years 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, and
1760, in a series of one hundred and
four humourous and entertaining ...
The fifth edition. London, [1763?]. 95pp
The Making of the Modern World
Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature
 Combines two of the worlds most acclaimed collections
in economic history:
• Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature at the
University of London
• Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the
Harvard Business School
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Spans 400 years (1450-1850)
61,000 works (66K volumes) & nearly 12 million pages
Primarily monographs, but also includes serials
Rarity –contains the only known copy of many works
“…that this [collection] is, without qualification, the finest
such collection in the world.”
- Journal of Economic History
“…one of the most important sources for the economic
history of the Western world.”
- American Reference Book Annual
The Making of the Modern World
Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature
 Multi-disciplinary resource focused on the birth and
expansion of the modern western world as seen
through the lens of wealth and trade
• History: exploration, colonization, war and the
effects on the economy
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Slavery (more than 1,100 works)
Colonization
Industrial revolution
Financial underpinning of the French Revolution
Economics: 18th and 19th century theory
Finance: world trade, taxation, banking systems
Political Science: elections, Corn Laws, corruption
Agriculture: practice, legal and economic
perspectives
• Gender Studies: women in the workplace
• Poverty: causes, impact on governments,
prevention
The Making of the Modern World
Goldsmiths’-Kress Library of Economic Literature
 Multi-national / multi-century resource
• Nearly 1/3 of the collection in non-English languages
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French – 10,968 works
German – 2,867 works
Italian – 1,324 works
Dutch – 838 works
Spanish – 742 works
Swedish, Latin, Portuguese, and more
• 400 years of world history
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Pre-17th century – 747 works
17th century – 5,862 works
18th century – 26,310 works
19th century – 34,294 works
The Making of the Modern World
Archival Content with Modern Functionality
 Similar interface and functionality to Eighteenth Century
Collections Online and other Gale Digital Collections
 Full-text searching across every page of the collection
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Provide access to this content as never before possible
 Subject terms available for searching
 Advanced page navigation within specific works
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By printed page number
Using an eTable of Contents or List of Illustrations
 Links between different volumes of multi-volume sets
 Allows quick identification of relevant works and then
enhances analysis and research of the content through
the navigation options provided
Mapping MOMW to Curriculum
Historical Themes: Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean
 The Haitian revolution began in August of 1791 and,
unlike the other wars of independence of that period, it
was a slave uprising - in this case against their French
owners who had created some of the harshest and
cruelest slave conditions in the Americas.
Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean
Do a subject search on
Haiti and Revolution
combined with a text
search looking for
slavery or slaves near
uprising or rebellion or
insurrection.
Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean
Nine results are found
for our search. Choose
one by clicking on the
hyperlinked title.
Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean
The title page is displayed.
As a full text search was
performed, a list of pages
with matches for the search
term entered are listed.
By clicking on the hyperlinked
pages, you are taken to the
pages that have your search
term highlighted on the page
image.
From any work, use the Full
Citation’s list of Subject
Headings to link to other works
with that specific heading
Your new list of results all share
the more specific subject heading
chosen from the previous full
citation record.
MOMW – Historical coverage
Topic/Term
Subject
Keyword
168
191
1,657
2
251
4727
1,142
2,737
18,457
Colonization
254
421
2,641
East India Company
635
1,207
5,360
French Empire
0
26
444
“French Revolution”
0
125
3,354
“Industrial Revolution”
0
1
14
Piracy
1
74
2,055
“Reign of Terror”
0
13
460
Slave Trade
453
685
3,167
South Sea Co* or South Sea bubble
128
377
1,927
Sugar
317
930
12,685
Sugar Trade
213
251
829
Tobacco
176
633
10,459
War
589
2,204
30,627
0
24
97
America discovery or exploration*
British Empire
Colonies
"West India Question"
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Publishing Plan Overview
 2007 Publishing Plan
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MOML III: Historic Trials (Q3)
19th Century UK Periodicals: New Readerships (Q4)
British Library Newspapers (Q4)
Slavery & Anti-Slavery in America: Abolition (Q4)
MicroArchive Program:
 Slavery in America (Q2)
 The Civil War (Q2)
 The American West (Q3)
 Immigration & Nativism (Q4)
 Lincoln (Q3)
Gale’s Biggest Year Ever!
400% More New Archives vs. 2006
4 Core Collections: Focuses marketing/sales efforts
Making of the
Western World
ECCO
MOMW
MOML
Historic Trials
(2007)
History of
Science &
Technology
(2008-9)
American History
& Culture Online
Sabin
Americana
Supreme Court
Records &
Briefs
Slavery &
Anti-Slavery
(2007)
History
& Culture
through Media
20th C
Political &
Cultural Change
Times Digital
Archive
19th Century US
Newspapers
19th C UK
Periodicals
The Middle
East
Women, War
and Society
Testaments
Northern
Ireland
Conditions
& Politics
DDRS
(2007+)
British Library
Newspapers
(2007-8)
The Economist
(2007)
Questions?
Vincent Cheah
Product Manager, Library Reference
Thomson Learning Asia
[email protected]