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| Giga Bits (more) | 1966 | illuminated manuscripts | resources |
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Internet Archive A digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Includes a text archive of digitised books from Canadian libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, and Project Gutenberg. Search in Category: Computers: Internet: History: Archives www.archive.org - cached |
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American Memory Site hosted by the Library of Congress as a gateway to online collections of the history and culture of the United States, totaling more than 7 million digital items. memory.loc.gov - cached |
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California Digital Library (CDL) Provides access to scholarly materials, databases of journal article abstracts and citations, electronic journals, publishing tools, and reference databases for the University of California. The CDL also builds collections and provides public access to cultural heritage materials though a variety of innovative programs. Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Arts and Entertainment www.cdlib.org - cached |
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CiteSeer: The NEC Research Institute Scientific Literature Digital Library Aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness. Rather than creating just another digital library, CiteSeer provides algorithms, techniques, and software that can be used in other digital libraries. CiteSeer indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web, and provides a number of special features. Search in Category: Science: Math: Publications: Search Engines Search in Category: Science: Publications: Archives: Free Access Online Archives Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Methodology: Qualitative citeseer.ist.psu.edu - cached |
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ibiblio A collaboration of the Center for the Public Domain and The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill to provide public domain material, organised by subject and UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) including journals, ebooks and a special collection of linux programs and documentation. www.ibiblio.org - cached |
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Questia Paid subscription service that provides access to a large online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles. www.questia.com - cached |
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Science Direct - Journals An online library featuring fulltext journals from Academic Press and other scholarly publishers. Access by subscription. Search in Category: Science: Publications: Journals www.sciencedirect.com/science/journals |
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Alexandria Digital Library Project Digital map collections at the University of California Santa Barbara. Search in Category: Reference: Maps: Libraries www.alexandria.ucsb.edu - cached |
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American Journeys A digital library of more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration. A collaboration between the Wisconsin Historical Society and National History Day. www.americanjourneys.org - cached |
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Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE Program information, resources, and access to digital collections. Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives: Universities Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: California: University of California: Berkeley: Libraries and Museums sunsite.berkeley.edu - cached |
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Brigham Young University Digital Media Library The public access interface of this online resource allows browsing or searching of university publications, including theses and the Mormon Studies Index. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Utah: Localities: P: Provo: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries www.lib.byu.edu/online.html |
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Canada's Digital Collections Collections include over 600 web sites covering Canadian history, geography, science, technology and culture, ranging from national treasures to local history. The site features educational resources, such as curriculum units, classroom activities, quizzes and games. Also available in French. Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: Social Studies: World Cultures: North America: Canada Search in Category: Regional: North America: Canada: Science and Environment collections.ic.gc.ca - cached |
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Center for Retrospective Digitization Access to the digital collections at the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen, Germany, including the Gutenberg Bible, travel literature and North Americana from the 18th and 19th centuries, DIEPER (Digitized European Periodicals), historical mathematics materials, and Goethe illustrations. gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/search-entry.shtml |
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Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) A paid subscription service providing access to articles, scholarly journals, electronic books and re-digitized documents from cultural and scientific publications related to central and eastern Europe. www.ceeol.com - cached |
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Digital Library of Information Science and Technology (DLIST) Developed by the School of Information Resources and Library Science and the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona using Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compliant Eprints v.2 software. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Journals: Directories Search in Category: Science: Publications: Archives: Free Access Online Archives dlist.sir.arizona.edu - modified: Dec 03 2009 - cached |
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Digital Library Project A University of Pennsylvania selection of digital library collections, exhibits, and finding aids prepared by digital librarians. Information on tools and technology. Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives: Universities digital.library.upenn.edu - cached |
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Digital South Asia Library Materials related to South Asia, including maps, statistics, photographs, and official publications. dsal.uchicago.edu - cached |
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eCUIP : The Digital Library Project A browsable and searchable digital library of materials for K-12 teachers and students. ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu - cached |
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Ethnomathematics Digital Library Collection of links and papers covering the interaction of mathematics and culture, with emphasis on the indigenous mathematics of the Pacific region. www.ethnomath.org - cached |
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Indiana University Digital Library Program Provides access to text, images, maps and audio collections as well as virtual exhibits. Includes information on digitization projects and links to further resources. www.dlib.indiana.edu - cached |
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International Children's Digital Library Multicultural digital library of outstanding children's books. Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Children's: Online Books Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: English: Literature Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: Reference Tools: Libraries www.childrenslibrary.org - published: Jan 29 2009 - cached |
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IntraText Digital Library A multilingual, open access and XML-based digital library offering texts and corpora in 36 languages from religions, humanities, and research. www.intratext.com - cached |
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Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives Provides descriptions of Canadian information resources created for the Internet, including general digital collections, resources centered around a particular theme, and reference sources and databases. www.collectionscanada.ca/initiatives/index-e.html - published: Feb 28 1999 - cached |
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Iran Virtual Library Nonpartisan archive of social, political, economic and cultural documents pertaining to Iran. Edited by Frederick Nemani, a professor at South Bank University, London. Search in Category: Regional: Middle East: Iran: Society and Culture www.irvl.net - cached |
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Kentucky Virtual Library Online catalogs and databases, online tutorial and help with internet-based research, a virtual reference desk, and access to Kentuckiana digitized collections, serving Kentuckians and supporting the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Online Catalogs Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Kentucky: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries www.kyvl.org - cached |
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Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Presents the collection of the Dutch Royal Library and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum in The Hague. Highlights and database with images and backgrounds. Search in Category: Society: History: By Time Period: Middle Ages: Manuscript Images Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: National www.kb.nl/manuscripts - cached |
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Mylib's Knowledge Portal A portal to on-line dictionaries and reference works. Some emphasis on Malaysian society. www.mylib.com.my - published: Jun 01 2000 - cached |
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Nalanda Digital Library Based at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) in India. Open access is provided to selected collections of published papers, PhD theses, student projects, research reports, course materials, ebooks, etexts and Perl scripts. www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in - cached |
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National Science Digital Library (NSDL) A source for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Funded by the National Science Foundation. www.nsdl.org - cached |
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New York Public Library Digital Gallery Provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from the library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, and printed ephemera. Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: New York: Localities: N: New York City: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries digitalgallery.nypl.org - cached |
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NYPL Digital Library Collections Collections provided by the New York Public Library covering Black culture and experience, history, literature, maps, New York City and State, performing arts, prints, and photographs. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: New York: Localities: N: New York City: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries www.nypl.org/digital - cached |
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Perseus Digital Library An evolving collection of resources for the study of the ancient world, including archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica. Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives Search in Category: Arts: Visual Arts: Research Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: Social Studies: History: By Time Period: Ancient History Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Regional: Mediterranean Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Indo-European: Hellenic: Classical Greek www.perseus.tufts.edu - cached |
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Sagnanetið Saganet project by the National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University with the association of the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland to provide the entire range of Icelandic family sagas and other works published before 1900 online. Site in English and Icelandic. www.sagnanet.is - cached |
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SAILOR: Maryland's Public Information Network Provides public information for citizens of and visitors to Maryland, including resources for health, business, education, and history. www.sailor.lib.md.us - cached |
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San Fernando Valley History Digital Library An image database of historically significant documents, manuscripts, photographs and related graphic materials of the San Fernando Valley. Administered by the State Librarian of California. Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Counties: Los Angeles: San Fernando Valley digital-library.csun.edu - cached |
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The Digital Mirror The Welsh national collection of manuscripts, early and rare printed books, antiquarian maps, and diverse images at The National Library of Wales. Includes online exhibitions and information about the digitisation program. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: National Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Government: Culture, Media and Sport: National Libraries Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Wales: Arts and Entertainment Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Wales: Ceredigion: Aberystwyth: Society and Culture Search in Category: World: Cymraeg: Rhanbarthol: Cymru: Celfyddydau ac Adloniant www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=digitalmirror - cached |
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The Online Archive of California This union database of manuscripts and images from institutions across California is comprised of over 5,000 archival finding aids encoded using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard and the SGML document type definition. Part of the California Digital Library. Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Society and Culture: History www.oac.cdlib.org - cached |
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There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public Article by Sandy Lewis containing a list of databases that produce a list of citations to scientific literature, published in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Journals Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: California: University of California: Santa Barbara Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-winter/internet.html - cached |
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UK Web Archiving Consortium Aimed at the broad research community and is systematically attempting to create an archive of social, historic and culturally significant web-based material from the UK domain. Search in Category: Computers: Internet: History: Archives www.webarchive.org.uk - cached |
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University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service The Digital Library Production Service (DLPS) was formed in 1996 to provide infrastructure for campus digital library collections, including both access and delivery of collection content. www.umdl.umich.edu - cached |
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University of Tennessee-Martin Andy Holt Virtual Library Focus is on the humanities and fine arts, with access to local and world library catalogs, electronic journals, databases, virtual reference desk, digitized documents, and departmental resources. Partners with the physical Paul Meek Library to provide face to face services. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Tennessee: University of Tennessee: Martin www.utm.edu/vlibrary/vlhome.shtml - cached |
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University of Texas System Digital Library Supporting the learning and research needs of the University of Texas Telecampus and University of Texas System students and faculty on campus and at a distance. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Texas: University of Texas www.lib.utsystem.edu - published: Sep 04 2003 - cached |
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Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (ATON) Collection of written (PDF) and spoken (MP3) texts in several Turkic languages at Texas Tech University. Search in Category: Arts: Literature: World Literature: Turkish Search in Category: Reference: Archives: Arts Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Texas: Texas Tech University: Libraries and Museums Search in Category: Regional: Asia: Azerbaijan: Arts and Entertainment: Literature Search in Category: Regional: Middle East: Turkey: Society and Culture Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology: Ethnography Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Altaic: Turkic Search in Category: Society: Folklore: Literature: Proverbs and Sayings: Middle Eastern Search in Category: Society: Folklore: Literature: Tales: Fairy Tales: World Tales: Middle Eastern Search in Category: World: Türkçe: Bilim: Sosyal Bilimler: Antropoloji Search in Category: World: Türkçe: Kültür ve Sanat: Edebiyat: Türk Edebiyatı aton.ttu.edu - cached |
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VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia Information on this library consortium of shared digital collections. www.vivalib.org - cached |
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AGF Library Contains mainly religious and mythological books and texts with some multimedia files, using a bulletin board format. Search in Category: Computers: Internet: On the Web: Online Communities: Community Providers groups.msn.com/AGFlibrary - cached | |
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British Library Images Online Search, order and purchase items from the thousands of images from the library’s collections. www.imagesonline.bl.uk - cached | |
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CHILDE Project Children's Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe is a project, funded under the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme, which has created a collection of images from early children's books. www.bookchilde.org - cached | |
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Colorado Digitization Project A collaborative initiative to provide access to the unique collections of Colorado's archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Digital Library Development Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Colorado: Society and Culture: History www.cdpheritage.org - cached | |
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Digital Archive for Chinese Studies (DACHS) Based at the Institute of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), the collection includes websites, e-journals, films, snapshots of discussion boards, and single documents covering social and political subject matters. www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs - modified: Jan 20 2010 - cached | |
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Digital Collections: National Library of New Zealand Provides access to text, images, photographs, newspaper articles, audio and video collections as well as virtual exhibits. Bilingual site (Maori and English). Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: National Search in Category: Regional: Oceania: New Zealand: Society and Culture: Libraries www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/digital-collections/?searchterm=Digital%20Collections - cached | |
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Digital Projects at the University of Illinois Information and access to the digital collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research www.library.uiuc.edu/digproj/digprojt.html - cached | |
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Digital Research Library (DRL) Text-based collections, photographs, map images, finding aids, databases, audio-visual material, and bibliographic catalogs of collections to aid the research of scholars, historians, faculty, and students at the University of Pittsburgh. digital.library.pitt.edu - published: Jul 01 2002 - cached | |
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Digital Resources & Exhibitions Special collections at Case Western Reserve University, including medieval manuscripts and items from the US 1930s Works Projects Administration era. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Ohio: Localities: C: Cleveland: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries library.case.edu/ksl/research/eresources.html - modified: Mar 29 2009 - cached | |
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Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - Vivarium Vivarium is the home of digitized manuscripts, art, rare books, photographs, audio, video, and other resources from two Benedictine monastic and educational communities in central Minnesota. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Minnesota: College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University: Libraries and Museums Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Subject Specific: Theology Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Minnesota: Localities: C: Collegeville www.hmml.org/vivarium - cached | |
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Illuminated Books Illuminated and illustrated books scanned for online viewing. Collection consists of books from the 1800's to the 1920's. Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Special Collections www.illuminated-books.com - cached | |
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Images from the Heritage Collection of the State Library of Tasmania A searchable database of images from the Heritage Collection of the State Library of Tasmania, Australia. images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au - cached | |
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Internet Moving Image Archive A collection of hundreds of short films in MPEG-2 format Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Localities: S: San Francisco: Society and Culture: History: Media Search in Category: Computers: Internet: History: Archives www.archive.org/details/movies - cached | |
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Library of California Details the Library's services to local libraries, state and local government and the public as well as links to California Research Bureau papers online, LDS publications, the California Library Directory and other useful information. Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries: Public www.library.ca.gov/loc - cached | |
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Life in Western Pennsylvania 1840 -1970 Historic photographic collection provided by the library and archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The site also covers the local history of photography and information on the care and handling of photographs. www.lifeinwesternpa.org - cached | |
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Original Sources Electronic library with works from history, the social sciences, philosophy, literature, and religion. Fee required for access. www.originalsources.com - cached | |
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Quinnipiac University: Arnold Bernhard Library Resources - E-Texts Materials digitized by the university and links to materials available elsewhere. Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Connecticut: Quinnipiac University www.quinnipiac.edu/x874.xml - cached | |
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Simon Fraser University Library Electronic Document Centre Promotes access to knowledge created at Simon Fraser University and makes some of the Library's unique holdings available to a wider audience. edocs.lib.sfu.ca - cached | |
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St Laurentius Digital Manuscript Library A collection of scanned images of medieval manuscripts comprising 67 volumes, ranging from the 10th century to the 1640s provided by Lund University Library in Sweden. laurentius.lub.lu.se - cached | |
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections List of collections, and links to collections at various UW branches. uwdc.library.wisc.edu - cached | |
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Washington State Digital Library Resources Text, image, archive and local history collections. Best practice guide and Digital Imaging Initiative project pages. digitalwa.statelib.wa.gov - cached | |
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Digital Library Here you can view digitised material from the National Library of Scotland's outstanding collections. These special web features offer unique glimpses into a variety of chapters of Scotland's story.. ... Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: National Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Government: Culture, Media and Sport: National Libraries Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Scotland: Arts and Entertainment Search in Category: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Scotland: Government: Culture, Media and Sport www.nls.uk/digitallibrary - cached | |
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Worthington Memory Online history scrapbook of Worthington, Ohio. Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Ohio: Localities: W: Worthington: Society and Culture www.worthingtonmemory.org - cached | |
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Virginia Digital Collections Mission is to preserve, digitize, and provide access to significant archival and library collections. Search in Category: Reference: Archives: Regional: United States: State Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Virginia: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries: Public Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Virginia: Localities: R: Richmond: Arts and Entertainment: Libraries Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Virginia: Society and Culture: Genealogy www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave - cached | |
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75th Anniversary of the Free Library of Philadelphia Special collection of over 225 texts and images covering local architecture, history and African American architects. libwww.library.phila.gov/75th - cached | |
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Carrie Electronic Library Collection of full-text electronic academic works related to Asian studies. Search in Category: Science: Social Sciences: Area Studies: Asian Studies: Directories Search in Category: Arts: Literature: Electronic Text Archives: Universities vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books - published: Dec 17 2007 - cached | |
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Eastern North Carolina Digital Library Collection includes texts and maps pertaining to the history of 41 counties in eastern North Carolina and works of fiction that relate to some of those counties. Historic soil surveys and maps with zooming capability are a unique feature of the site. digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction - cached | |
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Everglades Digital Library Access to the digital collections at Florida International University. Relates to the south Florida environment. cwis.fcla.edu/edl | |
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Kibbutz Sasa Virtual Library Online bibliographical and image search service in Hebrew only, which also retains an "expert searcher" for locating online sources of information. lib.sasa.org.il - cached | |
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TAEVIS Online Home Page Tactile access to education for visually impaired students.A collection of 2,500 tactile diagrams covering college-level course.In either braille or low-vision format, for sale to subscribers www.taevisonline.purdue.edu | |
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The Digital Reading Room (DRR) An Athabasca University Library project. The DRR is an interactive online reading room, offering a digital solution for course readings and supplementary materials. It has been designed to provide access to faculty-selected resources and can accommodate a range of formats, including online journal articles, electronic books, audio or video clips, web sites and learning objects. library.athabascau.ca/drr - cached | |
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The Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History Collection includes photographs, books, drawings and artifacts. Site in English with French version under development. www.nextlibrary.com/tbpl/home.html - cached | |
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University of Chicago Digital Library Activities Text, image, audio and special collections in the humanities and the arts. www1.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/nand/search/diglist?search-keywords-0=*&search=::CONFIG::defsearch | |
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University of Tennessee Digital Library Center Promotes the development of a growing collection of digital content for the University community and the State of Tennessee. diglib.lib.utk.edu/dlc | |
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Victorian Women Writers Project A collection of text, essays, and fiction written during the Victorian period, by women writers. Search in Category: Arts: Literature: World Literature: British: Victorian Search in Category: Society: People: Women: Arts and Entertainment: Literature Search in Category: Reference: Education: Colleges and Universities: North America: United States: Indiana: Indiana University www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp - cached | |
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Online Publications at the University of Stuttgart (OPUS) Collection of theses, dissertations, preprints, proceedings and full-text documents published in pdf format by staff and students of the University. Site in German and English. elib.uni-stuttgart.de/opus - cached | |
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