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Corpus of Electronic Texts
Producer University College Cork (Ireland)
History1992
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CostFree
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Disciplines Irish history and culture
Record depthIndex & full-text
Geospatial coverageIreland
No. of records1,601 (2016)
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Website celt.ucc.ie

The Corpus of Electronic Texts, or CELT, is an online database of contemporary and historical documents relating to Irish history and culture. [1] As of 8 December 2016, CELT contained 1,601 documents, with a total of over 18 million words. [2] In 1992, CELT originated from the ashes of an unsuccessful partnership between University College Cork (UCC/NUI) and the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) through a project named CURIA. [3] According to CELT, the database "caters for academic scholars, teachers, students, and the general public, all over the world". [4]

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References

  1. Trinkle, Dennis A.; Merriman, Scott A., eds. (2006), The history highway: a 21st century guide to internet resources (4th ed.), M. E. Sharpe, pp.  82, 227, ISBN   0-7656-1630-0 . See also: About Us, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. Hutton, Clare; Walsh, Patrick, eds. (2011), The Irish Book in English, 1891-2000, The Oxford History of the Irish Book, vol. 5, Oxford University Press, pp. 473–474, ISBN   978-0-19-924911-4 .
  4. About Us, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 15 October 2012.