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  • Eighteenth Century Collections Online I & II

    Eighteenth Century Collections Online II expands upon the current ECCO collection bringing the overall total title count to an unparalleled 180,000. This collection is sourced from the leading scholarly libraries around the world. There may possibly be no other single historical collection that brings as much prominence and prestige to an institution as ECCO. In fact it has become so prominent, that serious scholars and researchers will not publish without out – it is indispensible to 18th Century studies. This single purchase of 180,000 rare books will appeal to a variety of donors:

    »Any donor with a love of history or literature

    »Prominent authors or documentarians

    »Any donor interested in driving the competitive standing of the

      institution

    »A donor interested in recruiting top literature and history faculty

      and graduate and doctoral students



  • The Economist Historical Archive

    The Economist Historical Archive brings any business or research library 160 years of online, full-text searchable access to one of the world’s most renowned periodicals. It is a necessity for any political science, economics, or business students or researcher. This collection appeals to a wide variety of donors:

    »Banker, investment banker or broker

    »Famous or prominent syndicated columnists in business

      commerce, finance or economics

    »Successful entrepreneurs

    »Publisher authors or economic historians of fiction/non-fiction

      works for standard readership

    »Prominent government official

    »Any donor with a love of current events, political science, or

      economics



  • State Papers Online, The Government of Britain, 1509-1714:

    State Papers Online brings together for the first time full-text searchable Calendar entries matched with their corresponding government manuscript. This collection is truly the gold standard for anyone conducting research on early modern English politics and culture. This collection brings documents previously located in archives prohibited from human hands to the fingertips of every student and researcher. This collection appeals to a wide variety of donors:

    »Prominent government politician

    »Prominent lawyer

    »Any donor with interests in political science, law, derivation of

      law, or British history.

    »Well-known authors or documentarians



  • British Library Newspapers 1600-1800

    For decades, even hundreds of years after publication, researchers of all kinds, all over the world, turn to newspapers for information. Gale has partnered with the British Library to create one of the richest collections of newspapers in the world. This collection consists of two major collections, spanning 300 years of newspapers publisher: 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection and 19th Century British Library Newspapers. At almost 1 million pages, this collection will appeal to a variety of donors:

    »Famous journalist or publisher

    »Prominent syndicated columnist

    »Prominent news presenter or broadcaster

    »Any donor with a love of British and World history



  • U.S. Supreme Court Records & Briefs

    U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978, contains the world's most comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners, including many future judges and associates of the court. This full-text searchable archive will appeal to many donors, including:

    »Prominent government officials

    »Local, circuit, state or Supreme Court judges

    »Prominent lawyers or legal historians

    »Any donor with an interest in politics, law, or United States

      history.