SECTION ONE: CONTRIBUTOR'S DETAILS and READING EXPERIENCE

N.B. Unattributed entries CANNOT be entered into the database.

1. Your name and contact details

2. Evidence of the Reading Experience Notes

Please use this space to quote the words that act as the evidence of the reading experience. If no quotation exists, please describe your findings here in your own words. For legal reasons, we have limited entries here to 400 words (see below note). If entering marginalia, please follow this link.

 

3. Source for the reading experience

Please select Print, Manuscript or Other.

 

Additional Information:Notes

 

 

4. Century of Reading Experience  

And Date of Reading Experience (if known)  Notes

If you know the exact date of the reading experience, please use the first option ("Exact date") only. If you have a date range, please use the "Date range" option. Follow the link for more detailed guidance.

 

 

5. Name of

6. Age and Gender

7. Text Being ReadNotes

SECTION TWO: DETAILS OF THE TEXT BEING READNotes

1. Form of Text

Please select Print, Manuscript or Unknown.

 

 

2. Any known publication details of the text being read

3. Provenance (choose one)Notes  

SECTION THREE: FURTHER DETAILSNotes

If you have material relating to any of the categories below, please select the category to enter data.

1. Date of Birth of Reader / Listener

Note: boxes in this category can be left blank. For example, if you only know the year in which the reader / listener was born, only fill in that box.

 

2. Socio-Economic Group of Reader / Listener:  

3. Occupation of Reader / Listener

4. Religion of Reader / Listener

5. Country of Origin of Reader / Listener

6. Country of Experience of Reader / Listener

7. Time of Experience of Reader / ListenerNotes

Please select as many options as appropriate. Boxes are provided next to each field for any additional information that you might like to enter.

 

8. Place of Experience of Reader / ListenerNotes

Please select as many options as appropriate and complete the accompanying box if applicable. Follow the link for more detailed instructions and guidance.

 

9. Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)Notes

Were any listeners present at the reading - for example, family, friends, servants or workmates? Please complete the box below. If you are completing this form for a listener rather than a reader, please list any other listeners present at this reading. Follow the link for more detailed instructions and guidance.

10. Type of Experience (Reader only)   Notes

Please select as many as appropriate from each of the following groups.

 

And/Or

Type of Experience (Listener only)  

Please select as many as appropriate from each of the following groups.

11. Additional CommentsNotes

Please add any comments that you think are necessary. For example, 'I am not certain of the reliability of this source', 'I have not entered all the relevant reading experiences from this book or manuscript'. 'These are marginal notes in a book', 'This is editorial commentary or interjection', 'this information comes from a secondary source', 'I have transcribed the words of an interview on 23 June, 1990, with Mrs Jane Smith, born in 1920', etc.