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Alexandria Digital Library Project
Digital map collections at the University of California Santa Barbara.
http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/
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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.
http://www.americanjourneys.org/
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Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
Program information, resources, and access to digital collections.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
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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.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/online.html
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British Library Images Online
Search, order and purchase items from the thousands of images from the library’s collections.
http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/
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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.
http://www.cdlib.org/
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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.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/
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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.
http://www.ceeol.com
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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.
http://www.bookchilde.org/
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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.
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
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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.
http://www.cdpheritage.org/
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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.
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/dachs/
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Digital Bridges
Collection of historical bridge design manuals, images and books from Lehigh University.
http://bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/
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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.
http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/
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Digital Library Project
A University of Pennsylvania selection of digital library collections, exhibits, and finding aids prepared by digital librarians. Site includes information on tools and technology.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/
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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.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/digproj/digprojt.html
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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.
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/
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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.
http://library.case.edu/ksl/research/eresources.html
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Digital South Asia Library
Materials related to South Asia, including maps, statistics, photographs, and official publications.
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/
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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.
http://www.ethnomath.org
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Everglades Digital Library
Access to the digital collections at Florida International University. Relates to the south Florida environment.
http://cwis.fcla.edu/edl/
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Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes
Provides access to materials including including books, images and databases selected from Fish and Mammal Divisions of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and the Fungus Collections of the University of Michigan Herbarium.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/programs/greatlakes/index.html
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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.
http://www.ibiblio.org
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Illinois Alive
Includes text and images about agriculture and business; early Illinois authors; and issues facing minorities, immigrants, and women. Also includes an introduction to 19th century Illinois, tools for educators, and a timeline.
http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/
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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.
http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/
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Indiana University Digital Library Program
Provides access to text, images, maps and audio collections as well as virtual exhibits. The site includes information on digitization projects and links to further resources.
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/
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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.
http://www.archive.org/
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Internet Moving Image Archive
A collection of hundreds of short films in MPEG-2 format
http://www.archive.org/details/movies
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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.
http://www.intratext.com/
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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.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/initiatives/index-e.html
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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.
http://www.irvl.net/
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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.
http://www.kyvl.org/
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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.
http://lib.sasa.org.il/
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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.
http://www.library.ca.gov/loc/
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Library of Virginia Digital Library Program
Provides access to multiple databases and millions of digital images of text, photographs and maps pertaining to the history and culture of Virginia.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/index.htm
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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.
http://www.lifeinwesternpa.org
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Mylib's Knowledge Portal
A portal to on-line dictionaries and reference works. Some emphasis on Malaysian society.
http://www.mylib.com.my/
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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.
http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in
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National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
Comprehensive source for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Funded by the National Science Foundation.
http://nsdl.org/
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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.
http://www.nypl.org/digital/
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Open Content Alliance (OCA)
A group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content.
http://www.opencontentalliance.org/
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Original Sources
Electronic library with works from history, the social sciences, philosophy, literature, and religion. Fee required for access.
http://www.originalsources.com/
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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.
http://www.questia.com/
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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.
http://sagnanet.is/
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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.
http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
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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.
http://digital-library.csun.edu/
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Science Direct - Journals
An online library featuring fulltext journals from Academic Press and other scholarly publishers. Access by subscription.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journals
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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.
http://laurentius.lub.lu.se/
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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
http://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.
http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/
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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.
http://www.nextlibrary.com/tbpl/home.html
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The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)
A 5-year project by the Internet Archive and the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab to develop a library using innovative software specifically for children.
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
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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.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
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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.
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-winter/internet.html
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UCEEL Digital Library
Based at the University of Central England. Collections include past exam papers, book chapters, journal articles, student projects and a special collection on contemporary jewellery.
http://diglib.uce.ac.uk/
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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.
http://www.webarchive.org.uk
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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.
http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/dlc/
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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.
http://www.utm.edu/vlibrary/vlhome.shtml
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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.
http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/
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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.
http://aton.ttu.edu/
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Victorian Women Writers Project
A collection of text, essays, and fiction written during the Victorian period, by women writers.
http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
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VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia
Information on this library consortium of shared digital collections.
http://www.vivalib.org/
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Washington State Digital Library Resources
Text, image, archive and local history collections. Site includes best practice guide and Digital Imaging Initiative project pages.
http://digitalwa.statelib.wa.gov/
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Worthington Memory
Online history scrapbook of Worthington, Ohio.
http://www.worthingtonmemory.org/
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