Digitized Books and Documents
| Books and Documents | Comments |
|---|---|
| On-line Books Page | "The On-Line Books Page is a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet." |
| Berkeley Digital Books | "The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE builds digital collections and services while providing information and support to digital library developers worldwide." |
| Library of Virginia Digital Collections | "rare and unique Virginia materials into an integrated, user-friendly electronic research environment" |
| Illinois Marriages | Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 |
| Civil War Women | On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of women during the American Civil War. Includes the 1864 diary of Alice Williamson, a 16 year old girl from Gallatin, Tennessee, the papers of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a renowned Confederate spy, and the papers of Sarah E. Thompson, a spy for the Union. |
| Duke University Special Collections Library | Collections centered on "developing an understanding of human experience and culture". |
| Making of America | Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. |
| Project Gutenberg | 17,000 free books in the on-line catalog |
| Digitizing Resources and Information | Comments |
|---|---|
| Design of a Digital Library | An article by by James Richvalsky and David Watkins. |
| Digital Libraries: Resources and Projects | International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) collection of resources dealing with Digital Libraries. |
| Building Digital Libraries | Llinks to information about hardware, software, vendors and current digital library projects. |
| IEEE Digital Library Technical Committee | IEEE Digital Library Technical Committee |
| Digital Library Information and Resources | Projects, conferences, papers, publications, etc. related to digital libraries. |
| Web and Digital Imaging Tips | Stan Hoffman Photography |
| National Digital Library Program | The Library of Congress National Digital Library Program (NDLP) is assembling a digital library of reproductions of primary source materials to support the study of the history and culture of the United States. |
| Map Collections | A variety of early maps grouped under themes, including the first delineations of Liberia (1830-1870), a set of maps of the Yellowstone Valley and brand new first National Park, various maps of colonial and revolutionary America, and an 1814 map of Lewis and Clark's track west. |
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