

                     MEMDB: Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
            Department of History, CN 5059
            Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
            New Brunswick, NJ 08903

            _E-_m_a_i_l: <4212001@rutmvs1.rutgers.edu>

            _P_h_o_n_e: (201) 932-8335


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank is a  resource  pro-
            ject  established  at Rutgers University and co-sponsored by
            The Resource Libraries Group, Inc.  Its aim  is  to  provide
            scholars  with  a continually expanding reference library of
            information  concerning  the  medieval  and   early   modern
            periods,  circa A.D. 800-1800.  Because MEMDB is a computer-
            based,  electronic  reference  tool,  it  offers  remarkable
            facilities for immediate information retrieval and manipula-
            tion.

            In 1989-90 MEMDB will become an on-line system, available to
            subscribers  through  RLG's  Research  Libraries Information
            Network (RLIN).  When MEMDB becomes  RLIN-based  its  master
            data set will be vastly expanded.  MEMDB's scope will extend
            to virtually any scholarly compilation of data that  can  be
            presented  in  a  tabular  form.   New material to be incor-
            porated will include information on such subjects  as  wages
            and  prices,  household  size, mortality, property-holdings,
            charity, and nutrition, drawn from such sources as:

            o+    taxation records

            o+    wills and inventories

            o+    parish records and vital statistics

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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.


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            o+    company records

            o+    import/export records

            o+    household/estate accounts

            o+    paleopathology studies

            In addition, MEMDB will provide important  scholarly  refer-
            ence aids, such as:

            o+    glossaries of weights and measures

            o+    gazetteers of Latin and vernacular place names

            o+    calendars of dates.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s

            MEMDB will be accessible through RLIN, which  is  accessible
            via the Internet.  (See the RLIN entry in Chapter 2).

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _M_E_M_D_B

            Contact MEMDB for more information.


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