In addition to contemporary sources there are nearly 200 secondary works in Spanish, English, French, and German. The collection has its own website which contains fuller descriptions of the various parts of the collection and text images from representative documents. The website also contains a search page from which the online database can be accessed as well as instructions on how to download the complete collection catalog. Irish Rebellion of 1798 Over eighty titles in the Rare Book Collection pertain to the events preceding, during, and following the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Included are pamphlets, memoirs, biographies, histories, three contemporary newspapers, and a complete set of the Irish Parliamentary Debates as well as court proceedings and parliamentary reports.
All volumes are accessible through the main library catalog .
Click here for a classified bibliography of titles. Through his writings such as New Theory of Vision and Principles of Human Knowledge Berkeley became known for his theory that material objects exist only as they are perceived by the human mind. This collection of over 290 volumes includes Luce's personal library of early editions of Berkeley's works and of other writers such as Bacon, Descartes, King, Locke, and Smith. Many of them contain Luce's penciled notes.