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The Use and Misuse of Early English Books Online
Author(s) -
Gadd Ian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2009.00632.x
Subject(s) - microform , resource (disambiguation) , key (lock) , object (grammar) , history , psychology , literature , world wide web , computer science , library science , art , artificial intelligence , computer security , computer network
Early English Books Online ( EEBO ) is a key electronic resource for scholars working on pre‐1700 British literature and history. This article provides a brief history of this resource from its origins as a microfilm project and its relationship with other bibliographical and electronic resources. It also considers the problems inherent in representing a three‐dimensional object, a book, as a two‐dimensional image.