Cool things about Electronic Enlightenment
EE is always here for you...
- You don't have to worry about opening hours: we're always open.
- You won't find that the letters you need have been checked out by someone else.
- You don't have to arrange for reserve books to be delivered to reading rooms.
- You won't have us nag you about overdue materials, or have to pay fines.
- You're welcome to have a coffee & a muffin while you work!
EE is better than print — it's not fixed in type...
- It gets bigger every time you look — new letters & biographies are added monthly.
- It gets richer every time you look — internal & external connections are added regularly.
- It gets more accurate every time you look — corrections are made easily & quickly.
- It gets smarter & easier for you to use — you help us develop & enhance it!
EE is next-generation digitization...
- We don't do page images — our content is keyed in full text for you.
- We don't do OCR — our content is analyzed by a scholarly editorial team.
- We don't do static web pages — our database-driven site allows more complex searches & growing functionality!
EE is a scholarly resource you can rely on...
- 18th-century content is researched, verified & expanded by 21st-century academics.
- Tens of thousands of primary documents in original languages, with explanatory notes.
- Hundreds of links to other online scholarly resources.
- A vivid picture of the Enlightenment period, adding scholarly context to famous figures and events!
In one location you can...
- Dip into the lives of “unimportant” correspondents, who previously received just a passing mention.
- Create a group of correspondence between writers with a single click.
- Browse hundreds of occupations & nationalities, thousands of letters & documents.
- Navigate from biographies to correspondents to letters with ease.
- Have your say, adding your own information to existing biographies & metadata!
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