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Digital
 Websites presented in alphabetical order African Online Digital Library (AODL) 
 "The goal of this fully accessible online digital repository is to adopt the emerging best practices of the American digital library community and apply them in an African context." The site features "guides to best practices in digitizing text and multimedia resources" and galleries of digitized images. A project of Michigan State University's Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online (MATRIX) and African partners. Searchable. http://www.aodl.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Libraries & Archives by Type, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Jan 21, 2008 Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE "builds digital collections and services while providing information and support to digital library developers worldwide." The site contains links to SunSITE catalogs and indexes, and digital text and image collections (many featuring California content). Sponsored by Sun Microsystems and the University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jul 6, 2006 The British Columbia Digital Library
A guide to digital library collections around the world and to the Digital Content in BC's Libraries . The briefly annotated links are arranged alphabetically, geographically (under collections by institution), and by subject. Additionally, there is a section on Digital Library Construction Tools . Readings About Digital Libraries includes selected conferences, discussion lists, and publications, both online and in print. http://bcdlib.tc.ca/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Sep 29, 2002 California Digital Library (CDL)
Featuring access to Melvyl (online catalog of the University of California (UC) campuses, the California State Library, and several other libraries) and California Periodicals (a union database of over 814,000 serials in California libraries), the CDL calls itself a "co-library" of the UC system. Unified access to the finding aids and many digital facsimiles of the Online Archive of California (primary resource collections throughout California) is also provided. http://www.cdlib.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Dec 2, 2002 Cambridge University: Digital Image Collections
Digitized images of several important collections from Cambridge University Library. Features images from the Portsmouth and Macclesfield Collections (documents relating to Sir Isaac Newton's writings and ideas), the sketchbooks of Conrad Martens, who accompanied Charles Darwin on the voyage of the "Beagle," pages from the 13th-century illustrated Anglo-Norman verse "Life of Saint Edward the Confessor," and selected Royal Commonwealth Society photographs from the late 19th century to the mid-1980s. http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/digital_image_collections/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jun 27, 2007 Cornell University Library Windows on the Past
This resource provides a single place to search and browse significant, historical, digital collections created by the Cornell University Library. Topics include witchcraft, agriculture, international women's periodicals, math books, monographs, Ezra Cornell, and more. Searches can be very broad, or scoped to specific collections. http://historical.library.cornell.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Nov 19, 2003 The Cornell University Prototype Digital Library
Among digitized graphic and text resources available at this site are the Making of America collection , Math book collection , Ezra Cornell papers , National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) agriculture collection , Core historical literature of agriculture , full text articles in Africana digital periodicals , Icelandic sagas , Division of rare and manuscripts digital collections , and exhibits from the Johnson museum of art permanent collection . http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Dec 24, 2001 Cufts
Use the database in the "Tools" section of this site to look up a magazine or journal by title or ISSN and find out what databases index that journal and what databases include full text. Use the "Resource Comparison " to find out the overlap between two electronic collections and what titles are unique to each. Developed by Simon Fraser University Library for the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL). http://researcher.sfu.ca/cufts Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 D-Lib Forum and D-Lib Magazine
A forum for researchers and developers of advanced digital libraries. Includes a monthly electronic magazine and links to projects and collections concerning digital library research. http://www.dlib.org/ Topics: Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Magazines, Social Science Last updated Dec 22, 2003 Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web
This article describes "some of the visual resources available on the web. The deep web. These images won't show up in search engines' image searches or on Flickr (save one exception). ... The images are a part of online collections created by institutions in the U.S. Some of the images may be a part of the public domain, but many will require permission or accreditation in order to use." From ReadWriteWeb. http://blogwww.readwriteweb.com/archives/digital_image_resources_on_the_deep_web.php Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Aug 11, 2008 Digital Library Building Blocks: Glossary
This glossary of terms for digital librarianship can help you distinguish OAI from an IOU, and familiarize you with acronyms, terms, and phrases such as METS, "XML Gateway," and "behaviors metadata." Searchable; browsable by major topic. From the California Digital Library. http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/glossary/ Topics: Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Science Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Digital Library Federation (DLF)
This site provides guidance for "developing digital collections and managing networked information for the benefit of scholarship, education, and cultural progress." Among site resources find Roles & Responsibilities , Standards & Practices , and more. Publications & Resources links to "working papers, reports, and other information resources." Public Access Collections links to content published by member institutions. Sponsored by the Council of Library and Information Resources (CLIR) . http://www.diglib.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Aug 7, 2002 Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems
This "tutorial will introduce you to the basic tenets of digital preservation. It is particularly geared toward librarians, archivists, curators, managers, and technical specialists." Topics include terms and concepts, obsolescence, and challenges. Also includes a bibliography and a timeline dating back to 1950 that "highlights key events, projects, publications, and technological changes affecting the use of digital technology and efforts to preserve it." In English, French, and German. From Cornell University Library. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Aug 7, 2008 Digital Quaker Collection (DQC)
"DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries." Searchable, or browsable by author or title. Also includes links to related sites. From the Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana. http://esr.earlham.edu/dqc/ Topics: Christianity, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Digital South Asia Library
This website "provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users." Find digitized images of maps, photographs, and publications about South Asia. India is well-represented in this collection. Also includes bibliographies and links to related resources. A collaboration of several research institutions, and funded by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). http://dsal.uchicago.edu Topics: History By Place, Libraries & Archives by Type, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 28, 2006 Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives): National Archives of Norway
Tracing your Norwegian heritage? This Web site has migration, court, church, census and military records, emigrant lists, maps, real estate books, and registers of conveyances and mortgages. The site also has maps, online exhibitions (some only in Norwegian), forums, a "Digital Inn" (content provided by entities outside the National Archives), an article on tracing your ancestry in Norway, and a directory of links to additional resources. Searchable. In English and Norwegian. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm Topics: Archives, Families, History, History By Place, Hobbies, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 18, 2004 DIGLIB: A Discussion List for Digital Libraries Researchers and Librarians
"The DIGLIB mailing list is for librarians, information scientists, and other information professionals to share information about the many issues and technologies pertaining to the creation of 'digital libraries.'" Archived and searchable. http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/diglib Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated May 1, 2009 DSpace at the University of Washington
"DSpace captures, distributes and preserves digital research products [from the University of Washington]. Here you can find articles, working papers, preprints, technical reports, conference papers and data sets in various digital formats." Search, or browse by title, author, date, or communities and collections (such as College of Forest Resources and University Archives). Requires free registration. From the University of Washington Libraries. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/dspace/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated May 31, 2006 Ejournals
This resource page is full of links to information about electronic journals. They include an explanation of ejournals; directories of ejournals; directories of publishers and vendors; copyright, collection development, and licensing information; directories of library consortia; poster sessions on ejournals in libraries; and additional reading from professional journals on this subject. This is a very useful source for librarians dealing with the proliferation of information available in electronic format. http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/ejournals/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Europeana: Connecting Cultural Heritage
Website for this 2-year project to "produce a prototype website giving users direct access to some 2 million digital objects ... selected from that which is already digitised and available in Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections." The prototype will be launched in November 2008. Explore the demo version, read project background, and sign up to receive updates about progress. Run by a team based in the national library of the Netherlands. http://www.europeana.eu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Sep 24, 2008 Exploratorium Digital Library
This collection features "digital media and digitized museum materials related to interactive exhibits and scientific phenomena, including images, educational activities in PDF and html formats, QuickTime movies, streaming media, and audio files." Covers astronomy, biology, mathematics, and other scientific disciplines. From the Exploratorium, San Francisco. http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/dl.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Science Last updated Apr 4, 2006 Google Book Search
A searchable archive of the full texts of books scanned from publishers and libraries. The site includes a discussion of what portions of materials are available for books that may still be under copyright protection: "you'll only see snippets of text directly around your search term. This snippet view is designed to help users ... make a decision about whether to go find a physical copy of the book." Formerly known as Google Print. http://books.google.com/ Topics: Industries, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Nov 17, 2005 Harvard University Library: A Selection of Web-Accessible Collections
This digital archive gathers thousands of images from the Harvard University libraries. Includes links to online collections such as "Botanical and Cultural Images of Eastern Asia, 1907-1927," photos of Muslims in China in the 1920s and 1930s, Latin American pamphlets from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and "thousands of pages of scanned images of rare and unique musical scores." From Harvard University. http://digitalcollections.harvard.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated May 21, 2008 Health Education Assets Library: Heal National Digital Library
This collaborative project from three medical schools offers multimedia presentations on a wide range of health education topics at both the professional and lay levels. It includes images, video and audio clips, animations, presentations, and documents. Free registration is required to search and use the files. A useful resource for health educators, teachers, and students preparing reports. http://www.healcentral.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Mar 16, 2004 HistoricalVoices.org
Historical Voices is creating "a significant...online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century." Galleries lists their eclectic collection of databases and links. Following another goal of the project, there is also research on "sound digitization, system architecture, federated searching, metadata implementations, online delivery, and multimedia education." http://www.historicalvoices.org/ Topics: Government, History, Internet, Libraries & Archives by Type, Music, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Oct 3, 2002 If a Library Is Bookless, What's In It?
This 2006 radio program looks at the role of public libraries in the 21st century, given the advances in information technology. The program focuses on these questions: "What is the library's role -- and who should pay for it?" Includes links to opinions about "bookless libraries" and public library services of the future. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5235518 Topics: Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 28, 2006 International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)
"The mission of the ICDL is to select, collect, digitize, and organize children's materials in their original languages and to create appropriate technologies for access and use by children 3-13 years old." The site provides access to hundreds of digitized children's books from around the world. Books are searchable, or browsable by category, title, author, or location. Also includes links to related resources. A project of the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive. http://www.icdlbooks.org/ Topics: Children's Literature, Librarian Specialties, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books Last updated Feb 11, 2004 Intute Repository Search
Searchers "can find descriptions from over 166,000 working papers, journal articles, reports, conference papers, and other scholarly items that have been deposited into 86 UK eprints repositories. Search results link to original items provided these have been made available by the originating institution." Advanced search allows selection of specific repositories. From Intute. http://www.intute.ac.uk/irs/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives
This site "provides links to, and descriptions of digitized Canadian resources created for the Web. These initiatives include digital collections centred around themes and collections, reference sources, and databases." Searchable; and browsable by title of site, organization, subject, material type, and geographic location. From the National Archives of Canada and National Library of Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/initiatives/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Aug 28, 2008 Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
This site contains digital collections, research aids, and virtual exhibitions on aboriginal peoples, exploration, genealogy, sports, and other topics. Also features links to catalogs of the Library's archival and published materials, and a learning center for teachers and students. Searchable. Note: This site "integrates the former National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada sites." http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Topics: Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Sep 2, 2008 The Library of Congress: Digital Preservation
This website features background and news about the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), a collaborative initiative of the Library of Congress, which collects, archives, and preserves digital content. The site includes a number of tools and publications of interest to librarians and archivists, and a section on personal archiving. Includes links to related Library of Congress resources. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Memory of the World
A database of digitized collections and projects worldwide reflecting "the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures." Entries include the country, collection name and web address, a brief description, type of material, and language. A joint project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Programme and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated May 2, 2006 Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial
"This online tutorial offers base-level information on the use of digital imaging to convert and make accessible cultural heritage materials. ... The tutorial has been translated into Spanish and French." Includes information about basic terminology, selection, conversion, quality control, metadata, technical infrastructure, presentation, digital preservation, and management. Searchable. From Cornell University Library. http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Dec 15, 2004 National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
"NSDL provides educational resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education." The site features links to hundreds of digital resources for teaching and learning about science. Material is searchable or browsable by topic. Also includes news and highlights from the collection. Searchable. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). http://nsdl.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Science, Science Last updated May 13, 2005 Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
This group "is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. This website contains information about the initiative, how to set up Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) programmes, how to create and locate ETDs," and more. Features an ETD union catalog. "Development sponsored by UNESCO and Adobe Systems, Inc." http://www.ndltd.org/ Topics: Communications, English Language, Libraries & Archives by Type, Nonfiction by Genre, Writing Last updated Jun 22, 2004 The New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital
A "gateway to The New York Public Library's rare and unique international holdings in digitized form," including maps, photographs, illuminated manuscripts, audio and video, and more. Searchable, and browsable by subject (African American culture, history, literature, New York City, and more). From the New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/digital/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 30, 2006 NYPL Digital Gallery
This site "provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library [NYPL], including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more." Searchable, or browsable by collection, such as art and literature, cities and buildings, industry and technology, and nature and science. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 9, 2005 OAIster Search
A search tool for millions of "academically-oriented digital resources" from hundreds of institutions. Includes electronic books, online journals, audio files, video, and reference texts. A project managed by librarian Kat Hagedorn at the University of Michigan. http://www.oclc.org/oaister/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Nov 6, 2009 Open Library
"[Selected] books are scanned and then offered in an easy-to-use interface for free reading online. If they're in the public domain, the books can be downloaded, shared and printed for free. They can also be printed for a nominal fee by a third party." Includes books such as "Old Christmas" by Washington Irving, "Complete Works of Frank Norris," and "The Californians" by Gertrude Atherton. Part of the Internet Archive. http://www.openlibrary.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jul 25, 2007 Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project
Provides "access to Alberta Art; Aerial Photographs; Early Alberta Newspapers; Folklore; Retrospective Legal Material; Medical History, Local Histories," and more. From the University of Calgary Press. http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/ Topics: History By Place, Libraries & Archives by Type, Photograph Collections Last updated Jun 2, 2007 Parallel Worlds: Online Games and Digital Information Services
This December 2005 article looks at the similarities of online gaming and digital library services, and provides background about the development of online games. Explains early online games (such as MUDs or multi-user dungeon games), advancements to MMOGs (massive multiplayer online games), characteristics of online game players and games, the significance of "Web 2.0," and related subjects. From D-Lib Magazine, a publication that focuses on digital library research and development. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december05/kirriemuir/12kirriemuir.html Topics: Internet, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 28, 2006 Rare Book Room
This "educational site [is] intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world." Includes digitized facsimiles of "some of the great books in science, including books by Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Kepler, Einstein, [and] Darwin"; most of the Shakespeare Quartos; musical scores by Beethoven and Mozart; the 1455 Gutenberg Bible held by the Library of Congress; and many more. Searchable, or browsable by topic, author, or library. http://www.rarebookroom.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books Last updated Jun 25, 2007 Research Using Primary Resources
A primer on "finding, using, and understanding primary sources." Written by special collections librarians, it includes examples, definitions, and techniques and also addresses copyright and citation issues. While it has the expected focus on holdings of the university, it offers practical tips for effective use of repository materials generally. From the University of Maryland Libraries Special Collections. http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/research/ Topics: History, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 4, 2009 Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI)
"SCETI, a fully integrated digital library, was created in 1996 to publish virtual facsimiles of rare books and manuscripts in the Penn [University of Pennsylvania] Library's collections." Features collections of images of U.S. Civil War documents, scientists and equipment, medieval and early modern manuscripts, and other topics. From the University of Pennsylvania Library. http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 3, 2006 Scitopia
This site is a "free federated search portal to the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies." Use it to "search over 3 million documents, plus patents and government data" from "fifteen societies spanning 150 years of sci-tech scholarship." Participating groups include the Acoustical Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the American institute of Physics, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. http://www.scitopia.org/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Science, Technology Last updated Aug 8, 2007 The Section 108 Study Group
This group "of copyright experts, [was] convened by the Library of Congress [in 2005], and charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives." The site provides information about section 108 (which "permits libraries and archives to make certain uses of copyrighted materials ... [to] ensure the availability of works over time"), background papers, and news. http://www.section108.gov/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Intellectual Property, Libraries & Archives by Type, Media Last updated Sep 15, 2009 Smithsonian Institution Digital Library
The Smithsonian gateway to digitized images from its museums, archives, and libraries. Currently more than 15,000 images have been digitized and described. The collection is browsable by general topic and searchable throught the main Smithsonian Web site search. Digitization of the collections is an ongoing project as there are more than 240 million objects in the Smithsonian. You must have cookies turned on for this site to work. http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Feb 26, 2003 Strategies for Building Digitized Collections
Policies, guidelines, best practices, and other recommendations for building digitized collections, based on the author's synthesis of "the nearly 10 years' experience that libraries have had digitizing items from their rare, special, and general collections, and making them available online." From the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub101/contents.html Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Turning the Pages
This site allows visitors to "turn" the pages of famous manuscripts by using interactive animation. Manuscripts include Leonardo's Notebook, the Golden Haggadah, Vesalius' Anatomy, the Diamond Sutra, and Sultan Baybars' Qur'an. Also includes audio commentary. From the British Library. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html Topics: Artists, Libraries & Archives by Type, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Sep 22, 2009 University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries: Digital Library Collections
These digitized collections include the "Fragmenta Manuscripta," manuscript leaves and fragments dating from the eighth to the 17th centuries; the Rare Collection, including several full-text historical works by William Smith Bryan, Zadok Cramer, and W.F. Switzler; e-books relating to the University of Missouri; and digital guides for selected Special Collections material. http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/digital.htm Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Nov 10, 2004 Vivarium: The Online Digital Collections of St John's University and the College of St. Benedictine
"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. It is a searchable database delivering a variety of digital objects, including pictures, audio, video, etc." Browse within collections or take a sample tour. http://www.hmml.org/vivarium/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Mar 30, 2006 Washington State Library: Digital Best Practices
This site offers advice on planning a digital project, covering project management, collection of items to convert to digital formats, technology, and funding. Detailed pilot project reports from five libraries in Washington state are included, and a sample plan is illustrated in "a step-by-step scenario with decision points for a project." From the Washington State Library. http://digitalwa.statelib.wa.gov/newsite/best.htm Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Women Working, 1870-1930
"Provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. This collection explores women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues are all well documented." Thousands of items are searchable, or browsable by topic, individual, dates and events, or organization. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ Topics: History, Jobs & Work, Libraries & Archives by Type, Notable People: Women, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Women Last updated Jan 2, 2009 World Digital Library (WDL)
Launched in April 2009, the WDL "makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world," including manuscripts, maps, books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, and photographs. Browse by place, time, topic, type of item, or institution. Developed by a team at the U.S. Library of Congress, with contributions by national libraries and with the support of UNESCO and companies and private foundations. http://www.wdl.org/en/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Apr 27, 2009 World eBook Library
This site provides free access to tens of thousands of online publications in HTML format in the areas of classical and religious literature, poetry, and historical documents. The public access section of this consortium-based collection is searchable but not browsable. Some materials on the site require a fee. http://www.netlibrary.net/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jun 7, 2004 World Environmental Library
A collection of "400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas and solutions in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management and Water." Search by word, title, subject, or organization. From the Southern Alberta Digital Library Center, Canada, in collaboration with the New Zealand Digital Library Project. http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=envl Topics: Environment, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Sep 23, 2006 |
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