The following list is the number of ways you can search EEBO (Early English Books Online) for your particular needs.
Remember that spellings can vary for historical texts! If you are searching in this field, go to the Advanced Search page and click on "check for variants" to see how this word may have been spelled in different historical contexts.
e.g. Knox, John; Church of England
e.g. Hamlet; labyrinth or labyrinthe
e.g. Saints, Ireland fby History
The official dates of coverage for EEBO are 1473-1700.
This search allows you to search by imprint, reel position, illustration type, collection type, language, and country of origin.
Electronic version of the twenty-volume The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition and three-volume Additions Series.
Britannica Library Reference Center allows users to easily conduct fact-checked research from continually updated encyclopedia articles.
Use these search terms to narrow or broaden your search:
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Term |
Example |
Result |
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AND |
media AND bias |
Narrows the search to entries containing both terms. |
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OR |
coffee OR tea |
Broadens the search to entries containing either term. |
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NOT |
bat NOT baseball |
Excludes entries containing the second term. |
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“ ” |
“social work” |
Retrieves results containing the exact phrase in quotes. |
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? |
globali?ation |
Wildcard: Retrieves both globalization and globalisation. |
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* |
doctor* |
Truncation: Retrieves doctor, doctors, doctored. |
Source: University of Auckland Library, Auckland, NZ