Nanyang Technological University first in Southeast Asia to acquire Early English Books Online
8 July 2010 (Cambridge, United Kingdom) – ProQuest is pleased to announce that Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Library in Singapore is the first university library in Southeast Asia to acquire Early English Books Online (EEBO). With over 125,000 titles comprising more than 13 million pages, EEBO is the most comprehensive and authoritative online library of early modern texts available, providing endless opportunities for research across a vast range of subject areas, from history, literature, religion, music and the arts, to science, mathematics and women’s studies. EEBO will be a vital resource for research and teaching at NTU’s fast expanding English department.
Rod Gauvin, Senior Vice President of Publishing for ProQuest said, “Early English Books Online provides a great opportunity for researchers in Southeast Asia to access vast numbers of primary sources in English from their desktop. ProQuest is delighted that Nanyang Technological University Library is the first in the region to take up this opportunity.”
Associate Professor Neil Murphy, Head of the Division of English at NTU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, said “While many faculty members in the Division of English are deeply engaged in the study of international contemporary literatures and literary studies in Asia, several professors also examine Medieval, Renaissance, and Eighteenth Century literature from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It is important for faculty to have access to databases which are crucial to their research and teaching.”
EEBO 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 to 1700. It brings the printed heritage of early modern England to life. For example, users can see exactly what the first printed edition of The Canterbury Tales looked like, compare Shakespeare’s quartos page by page, or study musical exercises by Henry Purcell.
ProQuest’s EEBO has been one of the most successful research collections ever produced. More than a decade ago, 125,000 works microfilmed over 70 years from more than 100 libraries worldwide were made available online. Today, EEBO is used by students and scholars in over 1,000 institutions worldwide.
About Nanyang Technological University
One of the fastest-growing research universities in the world, NTU is ranked among the world’s top 100 universities and has been cited as a model for science and technology education. The Yunnan Garden campus, NTU’s main campus, is located in the south-western part of Singapore and will be the Youth Olympic Village of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August 2010. The NTU@one-north campus, in Singapore’s science and tech hub, is home to educational facilities, including a graduate school, and alumni clubhouse facilities. These campuses house more than 33,000 students and 5,500 faculty and staff from over 70 countries.
NTU builds strong linkages across the globe and counts among its academic partners MIT, Stanford University, Cornell University, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon University, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the US; Cambridge University, Imperial College London and Technische Universität München in Europe; and Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Waseda University, and Indian Institute of Technology in Asia.
For more information, visit http://www.ntu.edu.sg.
About ProQuest
ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog® and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.
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