Random History and Word Origins for the Curious Mind. Welcome to INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections. Biodiversity Heritage Library. Current Book List General Index Search Charles Darwin's Library Charles Darwin’s Library is a digital edition and virtual reconstruction of the surviving books owned by Charles Darwin.
This BHL special collection draws on original copies and surrogates from other libraries. It also provides full transcriptions of his annotations and marks. In this first release (2011) we provide 330 of the 1480 titles in his library, concentrating on the most heavily annotated books. more... How to use Charles Darwin's Library A Darwin’s Library transcription pane faces each page that Darwin marked or wrote notes on.
Entries in the pane have line numbers, such as lines 5-7. In books scanned from Darwin’s personal copies you will see his writing. Click the banner to reach the Current Book List and the General Index. The pane uses a very few specialized terms and symbols: The transcription pane uses special characters to represent some elements of Darwin's annotations. Support United Kingdom United States. The Shelley-Godwin Archive. Civil War-Free Federal Resources. The Civil War - September 17, 1787 When the delegates to what would become the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, they had the task of creating a new framework of government which would be workable, reflected American republican ideals, and would be acceptable to the majority of constituencies.
One major compromise was the counting of slaves as 3/5 of a person for purposes of allocating representation. Another compromise was the continuance of the slave trade for the next 20 years. March 6, 1820 - December 31, 1820 The first in a series of crises regarding the extension of slavery ended in 1820 with the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in an attempt to maintain the balance of slave and free states. It further outlawed slavery in the former Louisiana Territory from the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the new state of Missouri. August 21, 1831 - August 22, 1831 September 20, 1850 - December 31, 1850 May 30, 1854. British Library - Sounds. Digital Special Collections Projects. DSC has taken on a number of projects to grow the OAC, Calisphere, and UC Shared Images collections; bring on new contributors; explore opportunities for developing and implementing new technologies; and much more.
Current projects UC Libraries Digital Collection (UCLDC) Implementation Project The UC Libraries Digital Collection (UCLDC) Implementation Project is a collaborative initiative of the ten campus libraries that will result in a shared platform for managing and displaying selected digital resources. It will reveal the strength and breadth of the UC Libraries' combined digital collections to end-users, while providing a streamlined underlying technical infrastructure for campus libraries to manage and surface content.
The implementation phase is a two-year project to install and configure a shared digital asset management system, harvest externally hosted content, and build a public interface. Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Project Past projects American West. 160 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection. Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions. Also see our online collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. Art History A Textbook of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke, Rutgers Biology Anatomy and Physiology – Edited by various profs at OpenStaxBiology – Edited by various profs at OpenStaxBiology Pages, John W.
Business and Management Business Ethics by Jose A. Chemistry Chemistry, Grades 10-12, Created by the FHSST Project (Free High School Science Texts)Chemistry Virtual Textbooks by Stephen Lower, Simon Fraser UniversityCK-12 Chemistry (Grades 9-12) by multiple authors. Classics Computer Science & Information Systems Earth Science CK-12 Earth Science for Middle School by multiple authors.Earth Systems, an Earth Science Course (Grades 9-10).
Economics & Finance Education Electrical Engineering Engineering History Languages. The WWW Virtual Library. The British Library. Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage. University of Delaware Library Digital Collections. Digital Collections @ the University of Maryland. The USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library - Maryland Maps Index. Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium. 250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives. Hundreds of libraries and archives exist online, from university-supported sites to accredited online schools to individual efforts. Each one has something to offer to researchers, students, and teachers. This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help you continue your research efforts. death The sites listed here are mainly open access, which means that the digital formats are viewable and usable by the general public.
So, such sites as the Connecticut Digital Library (iCONN) are not listed, as they operate on the premise that the user has a Connecticut library card in his or her possession. Efforts were made to go to the root source for these collections. Localized Collections The sites listed below focus on a certain state’s towns, cities, counties, or regions within a given state. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Iowa. Globetrotter - NGDA Interface. Search Home | HathiTrust Mobile Digital Library. Perseus Collections/Texts. Digital Collections and Services: Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services.
Historic Newspapers Enhanced access to America's historic newspapers through the Chronicling America project. Historic Sound Recordings The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925. Performing Arts Collections, articles and special presentations on music, theater and dance materials from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
Prints and Photographs Catalog of about half of the Library's pictorial holdings with over 1 million digital images. Veterans History Project Experience first-person stories of wartime service through personal artifacts, audio and video interviews. Smithsonian Libraries : Digital Library. World Digital Library Home. Enoch Pratt Free Library - the public library of Baltimore City and the Maryland State Library Resource Center.