Readex Databases
Subscribing through Readex, the Library has purchased access to the digital version of the American State papers, the earliest federal documents collection dating back to 1789, the Early American Newspapers collection, the Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker digital collections, consisting of books and pamphlets published in America dating back to the 1600s. These databases provide our students with access to primary source materials.The figures below are broken out by the number of searches conducted in each database, followed by the number of documents viewed in each database.
Searches |
June 05 |
July 05 |
Aug 05 |
Sept 05 |
Oct 05 |
Nov 05 |
Dec 05 |
Jan 06 |
Feb 06 |
Mar 06 |
Apr 06 |
May 06 |
Total |
American State Papers |
37 |
89 |
62 |
62 |
42 |
53 |
94 |
271 |
270 |
111 |
124 |
184 |
1,399 |
Early American Newspapers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
31 |
148 |
51 |
5 |
0 |
43 |
281 |
Evans Digital Coll. |
8 |
21 |
9 |
29 |
12 |
34 |
42 |
53 |
209 |
75 |
101 |
121 |
714 |
Shaw-Shoemaker |
22 |
4 |
16 |
23 |
5 |
14 |
21 |
6 |
3 |
20 |
1 |
10 |
145 |
Total |
67 |
114 |
87 |
114 |
59 |
104 |
188 |
478 |
533 |
211 |
226 |
358 |
2,539 |
Articles / Documents Viewed
Searches Database |
June 05 |
July 05 |
Aug 05 |
Sept 05 |
Oct 05 |
Nov 05 |
Dec 05 |
Jan 06 |
Feb 06 |
Mar 06 |
Apr 06 |
May 06 |
Total |
American State Papers |
70 |
159 |
81 |
339 |
38 |
123 |
361 |
452 |
285 |
322 |
240 |
1480 |
3950 |
Early American Newspapers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
156 |
313 |
79 |
30 |
0 |
162 |
778 |
Evans Digital Coll. |
12 |
51 |
30 |
67 |
15 |
44 |
204 |
6 |
199 |
187 |
234 |
689 |
1738 |
Shaw-Shoemaker |
49 |
2 |
17 |
259 |
2 |
41 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
101 |
0 |
629 |
1102 |
Total |
131 |
212 |
128 |
665 |
55 |
246 |
722 |
771 |
564 |
640 |
474 |
2960 |
7568 |