News from Patricia Killiard, Head of Electronic Services and Systems, Cambridge University Library (UL):
The Patrologia Latina Database (PLD), previously available only on CD-Rom in the University Library, is now accessible online within the university following an upgrade to the University Library licence. No passwords are required. Off-campus access is not yet available but will be set up shortly.
The Patrologia Latina collects the works of latin Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to Pope Innocent III (who died in 1216). The Database contains a complete full text electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne’s Patrologia Latina. In all, the database comprises 221 volumes: 217 volumes of the Patrologiae Latinae Cursus Completus, in two series (published 1844-1855) plus four volumes of indexes (1862-1865).