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This list does not include information on the British trade bibliographies which reflect publishing activity of their respective periods.

The National Union Catalog, pre-1956 imprints. London: Mansell, 1968-81. 763v. (Usually referred to as the NUC)

SML, Main Reference Room Z881 A1 +N37 (LC)

A comprehensive catalog of the holdings of over 800 research libraries in the United States and Canada. An author catalog, it contains records, with location information, for books published anywhere in the world before 1956 but now held in the United States or Canada. Over 25% of the records in this printed set do not appear in Eureka or WorldCat.

Nineteenth century fiction

Nineteenth-Century Fiction represents the Victorian literary canon and reflects the landmarks of the period from Gothic horror to social satire, from moral earnestness to aestheticism, from masculine adventure to feminist polemic. It also contains examples of other genres or sub-genres such as historical fiction, the 'novel of ideas', children's stories and the 'New Woman' novel. In addition to the better-known novels, the collection covers many neglected or little-known works, most of them out of print or difficult to find.

English short title catalog (ESTC)

The English Short Title Catalogue describes English or English-language letterpress materials published before 1801. It contains records for items of all types published in Great Britain or its colonies in any language or in English anywhere in the world from 1473 to 1800. Updated daily. It's comprised of entries drawn from the following original printed sources covering the period 1475-1700 (in order by time period covered) and of continuing additions to the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalog project which is managed through this site.

Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William). A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1473-1640. 2d ed. revised & enlarged. London : Bibliographical Society, 1976-1991. 3 v.

SML, Main Reference Room Z2002 +P65 1976 (LC)

Beinecke, Reference Z2002 +P65 1976 (LC)

British Art, Reference Z2002 +P65 1976 (LC)

Divinity, Trowbridge Reading Room Z2002 +P65 1976 (LC)

The definitive bibliography of every book or broadside printed in England in any language or in English anywhere in the world from 1473 through 1640.

Wing, Donald Goddard. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700. 2nd ed., newly rev.and enl. New York: Modern Language Association, 1982-1998. 4v.

SML Main Reference Room Z2002 W55 1994 (LC)+ Oversize

Beinecke Reference Z2002 W55 1994 (LC)+ Oversize

British Art Center Reference Z2002 W55 1994 (LC)+ Oversize

Available online as the Wing short-title catalogue, 1641-1700 .

This standard bibliography is a continuation of Pollard and Redgrave for the period 1641 through 1700. Yale owns much of the material included, either in its original printed form or as part of the microfilm collections, Early English books, 1473-1640 (SML, Microform Room Film S618) or Early English books, 1641-1700 (SML, Microform Room Film S2663).

Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images and searchable text of virtually every work listed in either Wing or Pollard and Redgrave, including the complete Thomason Tract Collection of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts issued between 1640 and 1661. The digital images have been created from the microfilm copies contained in Early English Books, 1473-1640 and Early English Books, 1641-1700.

See also these related full-text online databases:

Eighteenth century fiction

77 complete works in English prose from the period 1700-1780, by writers from the British Isles.

Early English prose fiction

Inclues 211 works in English prose by writers from the British Isles from the period 1500-1700.

English poetry database

Essentially the complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th.

English poetry database, second edition

English prose drama and English verse drama

Covers both forms of English drama from 1280-1915.

Eighteenth century collections online

When completed, this digital collection will contain nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. It will make available, full-text and searchable, every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.

Nineteenth century short-title catalogue. Teaneck, NJ: Distributed by Chadwyck-Healey, 1984- . ser.1, phase 1: 1801-1815 (6v.); ser.2, phase 1: 1816-1870 (14v.); ser.3 (1871-1919) In progress.

SML, Main Reference Room Z2001 +N65 1984 (LC)

Also available in the SML CD-ROM Reference Center

Records extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle and designed to provide a bibliographic record of British books published during the 19th century. This includes all books published in Britain, all books in English wherever published, and all translations from English.