Expand Your Understanding of This Transformative Century

Research into the eighteenth century enriches our understanding of modern institutions and fosters broad cultural awareness. Provide new critical content to analyze the ongoing influence of this pivotal century with Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part III. 

This third installment of the acclaimed ECCO series brings researchers 1.7 million never-before-digitized pages, including a variety of content types in unusual formats and sizes like broadsides, maps, and full-color book covers and spines. Expand eighteenth-century studies for researchers across disciplines to explore global perspectives from the 1700s in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.

Watch the trailer to learn more about ECCO III.

See the Impact of ECCO

Explore how ECCO has transformed the study of the eighteenth century.

Bursting the Bubble: Challenging Traditional Narratives Using Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Using documents taken straight from ECCO, including the upcoming Part III, we explore the infamous financial crash of the Eighteenth Century and the truth about its origin, the South Sea Company.

 

Read the story to see how to use ECCO to dig deeper into your research and challenge the historical narratives with new knowledge.

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Old Books and Digital Publishing: Eighteenth-Century Collections Online

Read this open-access book and discover how ECCO has evolved to become the premier resource for eighteenth century studies. Written by Dr. Stephen H. Gregg.

ECCO: From Gardening Flowers to the International Balance of Power

Access the full report about the diverse applications and significant impacts of ECCO in the academic world. Written by Prof. Mike Thelwall.

The Gale Primary Sources Platform

ECCO is available on the Gale Primary Sources platform, which allows users to cross-search this collection with others through an intuitive interface backed by essential features.

Researchers benefit from:

  • A dedicated Learning Center that explains how to make the most of the archive
  • Powerful Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software that makes each document fully keyword and text-searchable
  • Advanced search tools, including Term Frequency and Topic Finder.
  • Essays that show how ECCO supports research in trending and emerging eighteenth-century topics
  • Integration with Gale Digital Scholar Lab, an award-winning platform for text and data mining (TDM) and analysis

Librarians benefit from:

  • Enhanced MARC records for ease of integration into library catalog
  • Preservation of the electronic version of materials is ensured through Portico, a trusted partner devoted to the long-term preservation of digital objects

Register Your Interest

Interested in ECCO III? Fill in the form below to register your interest. We will keep you updated as the archive approaches its official release in 2026.

Would you prefer to talk to us directly? Contact your dedicated Gale representative to learn more about the archive, pricing, institution-wide trials, and expert product demonstrations.

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Related Resources

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Explore Parts I and II of this revolutionary archive. Containing over 180,000 titles and more than 32 million pages, it is an essential resource for anyone studying the eighteenth century.

Gale Primary Sources

Explore the complete list of primary source databases, from historical newspapers to thematic collections, and see how they function on the powerful Gale Primary Sources platform.

Gale Digital Scholar Lab

See how you can empower your primary source research with Gale Digital Scholar Lab, an essential tool for anyone delving into the digital humanities.


Eighteenth Century
Collections Online,
Part III