Electronic Enlightenment

Reconnecting the world’s first international social network...

Electronic Enlightenment is an unparalleled, constantly evolving resource that brings the past to life, allowing the user to explore both the relationships and the movement of ideas of the early modern period through its web of correspondence. Eavesdrop on the private conversations and thoughts of a wide range of both ‘great’ and lesser-known figures, from bankers to booksellers, philosophers to physicists, monarchs to mathematicians, and scholars to servants.
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Electronic Enlightenment

Electronic Enlightenment is a scholarly research project of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, and is available exclusively from Oxford University Press.

Features and Benefits
  • Cross-search letters from over 7,000 correspondents, including writers, scientists, booksellers, philosophers, politicians, political thinkers, and others
  • Online access to over 58,000 letters and documents from dozens of critical editions from leading scholarly and university presses
  • Original-language editions available in: French, German, Dutch, and more - allowing researchers to study in translation or language of origin
  • Letters, documents, supporting materials, and over 250,000 scholarly annotations support advanced levels of research
  • Information on over 55,000 manuscript and 95,000 early edition sources
  • Expanding network of external links to other online resources - from Chambers' Cyclopedia to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • Regularly updated throughout the year with new content and functionality
Excellent Functionality and Extensive Links
  • A new look with new functionality flaunched in December 2009 makes the site easier to use than ever before
  • Search and browse ‘Letters’ and Lives’ by writer, recipient, date, location, and letter content
  • Get involved with EE – contribute new letters, annotations, biographies and lesson plans
  • Printer-friendly layout
  • User-friendly help pages will guide users through the resource

Subscriber Services include
  • Extensive online help and excellent customer and technical support
  • Detailed usage statistics allow you to track how often your users are accessing Electronic Enlightenment
  • Customized MARC Records available free of charge to aid in cataloguing


Further information

How to subscribe

Electronic Enlightenment is available by subscription to institutions worldwide.

  • Institutions: Subscription prices are based on the size and type of institution. Please contact us for a price quotation
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