Internet Archive: Universal Library. An early collection of books from the Indian scanning centers of the Universal Library Project, sometimes called the Million Books Project.
Many of these books are not complete or in good shape. texts eye favorite 316 comment 18 favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 18 reviews ) Topic: ART by Adolf Hitler favorite 207 comment 25 favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 25 reviews ) Internet Archive: American Libraries. The California Digital Library supports the assembly and creative use of the world's scholarship and knowledge for the University of California libraries and the communities they serve.
In addition, the CDL provides tools that support the construction of online information services for research, teaching, and learning, including services that enable the UC libraries to effectively share their materials and provide greater access to digital content. Books from the Boston Library Consortium . See a Tag Cloud for the Boston Library Consortium collection. Books contributed by the Boston Public Library . Established in 1848 by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library in the United States. Books contributed by Getty Research Institute . Books from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) . DistantCousin.com. ArchiveGrid. WorldShare Interlibrary Loan Overview. 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.
International Directory of Libraries. Collection of Collections. NARA: Access to Archival Databases. US National Archives Wiki. Ancestry Wiki: Specific Databases & Indexes. From Ancestry.com Wiki This article originally appeared in "General References and Guides" by Kory L.
Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy The following list of specific databases and indexes is organized alphabetically. Some groups of small, related databases or indexes are grouped together by subject. One important index to biographical information in local histories is the American Biographical Index (ABI). The selection of sources in ABI is quite broad, geographically and by scope. The index is actually a tool to access the same company’s American Biographical Archives, which is a microfiche collection of the indexed biographical sketches. The largest and most comprehensive index to published, book-length family histories is Fremont Rider’s American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI).
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If you have information you think might interest CIA due to our foreign intelligence collection mission, there are many ways to reach us. If you know of an imminent threat to a location inside the U.S., immediately contact your local law enforcement or FBI Field Office. For threats outside the U.S., contact CIA or go to a U.S.
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19th Century Masterfile. OpenDOAR. Gold Rush. ISTL.org. There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public Sandy Lewis Sciences and Engineering Librarian & Library Instruction Coordinator University of California, Santa Barbaraslewis@library.ucsb.edu Introduction Most of us are aware that there are free bibliographic databases available on the web.
Carl UnCover, ERIC, Agricola, and all of the flavors of Medline are the ones that first come to mind. Many of our libraries are open to community users and if you've ever been the one to break the bad news, "I'm sorry, our databases are not accessible off-campus," or the real clincher, "Only (insert your school name here) faculty, staff and students are authorized to use our databases from off-campus," then you have probably seen reactions ranging from sad disappointment to outright indignation. The first time I compiled this list of databases, I included references sources such as InfoPlease and the patent databases.
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