Chadwyck-Healey embarked last year on two distinct yet related full-text humanities database projects. The English Poetry Full-Text Database and the Patrologia Latina Database represent new approaches to linguistic research resources. The size and complexity of the projects present problems for electronic publishers, but surmountable ones if they remain abreast of the latest possibilities in data capture and retrieval software techniques. The issues which required address prior to the commencement of the projects were legion: 1. Editorial selection (or exclusion) of materials in each database 2. Deciding whether or not to incorporate a normative encoding structure into the databases? A. If one is selected, should it be SGML? B. If SGML, then the TEI? 3. Deliver as CD-ROM, magnetic tape, or both? 4. Can one produce retrieval software advanced enough for the postdoctoral linguist, yet accessible enough for unattended general use? Should one try? 5. Re fair and liberal networking policies, what are the risks to an electronic publisher? 6. How does the emergence of national and international education networks affect the use and viability of research projects requiring high investment? Do the new European Community directives concerning database protection necessitate two distinct publishing projects, one for North America and one for overseas? From new notions of "scholarly fair use" to the future of optical media, virtually every issue related to electronic publishing was aired. The result is two projects which have been constructed to provide the quality research resources with the fewest encumbrances to use by teachers and private scholars. Dorothy TWOHIG