Our primary digital sources for data are the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), the Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC), A.W. Pollard and G.R. Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue of English Books 1475-1640, Donald Wing’s Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America 1641-1700, Early English Books Online (EEBO), and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). These physical and digital reference materials have been key in gathering and amending information on our selection of courtesy, conduct, and civility texts. The information entered into our database has also been enriched through first-hand bibliographical analysis of certain texts from key rare book libraries around the world.

Beyond enabling our own investigations into the patterns of translation, publication, marketing, and commercial reception of conduct books in England, our database is also intended for use by students and scholars around the globe. The goal is to create an accessible repository of data which researchers at every stage can draw on to formulate new insights on the nature and importance of conduct books in the intellectual and cultural milieu of early modern Europe.