The Cambridge History of Science has a volume on Early Modern Science.
Cambridge Companions have volumes on relevant topics, such as Isaac Newton.
Library Catalog
Use the catalog to find books, videos, recordings, and goverment documents we have at the library.
MelCat
A statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries. It allows you to request books at another library be sent to Kresge Library for you.
WorldCat
A catalog of materials owned by libraries worldwide. How to export to RefWorks
Using WorldCat you will be able to fill a request from Illiad, the library's interlibrary loan system.
ACLS Humanities A digital collection of more than 1,700 full-text books offered by the ACLS in collaboration with twelve learned societies, nearly 95 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office.
Hathi Trust
A large digital library. Full text of books out of copyright.
Historical Abstracts Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, the history of education, and more. Provides indexing of more than 1700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages since 1955. How to export to RefWorks
JSTOR , Project MUSE Full text of journals in the humanities and other disciplines
Arts and Humanities Citation Index Provides indexing coverage of the journal literature in the arts and humanities, including literature, music and film studies. Provides information on who has cited a researcher's work. Coverage: 1975 - present. How to export to RefWorks
via JSTOR (1666-1934) or the Royal Society Open Access Journals (1666-2005)
Additional sources of interest:
Early English Books Online Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
American Periodicals Online Series Digitized American magazines and journals published from 1740
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800
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