ACLS Humanities E-Book
Posted: August 17th, 2007Queen’s Library now has a subscription to the American Council of Learned Societies’ ACLS Humanities E-Book database.
This digital collection includes over 1500 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching. Imprint dates range from the mid-1900s to the early 2000s.
Subject areas covered include: African, American, Asian, Latin American, European (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), Middle Eastern, World/Comparative, Byzantine/Mediterranean and Australasian/Oceanian history, plus history of the Native Peoples of the Americas and of Science and Technology. A complete list of titles currently in the collection is available at: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/titlelist.html
The project includes both in-print and out-of print books and adds 300 titles a year. It is a collaboration of the American Council of Learned Societies, various constituent member learned societies of the ACLS, and nearly 80 publishers.
For more information: Read the vendor’s overview.