Directories of Digital Collections
Many libraries and other institutions have digitized materials and made them available on the internet.
Some directories of these resources are listed below.
Or, try a search in Google with the phrase "digital collections" (including the quotation marks) and keywords that describe your topic.
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Chronicling America This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1756-1963
Access to hundreds of historic American newspapers from across the country. Resources include the Historical African American Newspaper Collection, which features 300 newspapers from nearly every state, and the Indians of North America Newspaper Collection.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Digital Black HistoryThis website is a free, searchable directory for online history projects that can help further Black history research.
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Digital Public Library of AmericaPortal to libraries, museums, and archives across the United States.
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Discovering American Women's History OnlineList of digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (Fordham Univ.)Provides and organize texts for use in classroom situations. This site focuses on online texts, which, for the most part, means public domain texts translated more than 75 years ago.
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Full Text Sources (Fordham Univ.)Includes Church Councils, Islam, Medieval Thought, Reformation Texts and more.
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Latin American and Caribbean Digital Primary Resources (Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials)Database of listings that provide links to open access digitized collections of primary sources that relate to Latin America and the Caribbean.
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OAIster This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a union catalog of more than 19 million digital resources including digitized books and articles, born digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and datasets.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Old Maps OnlineAllows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search.
Frequently Used Sites
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British History Online (Institute of Historical Research)Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Most of the material is free, but some is not. See this page for a list of material that is NOT free. We have access to some of that subscription material in State Papers Online
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CPI Inflation Calculator (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)The CPI inflation calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used.
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Library of Congress - Digital CollectionsIncludes digital collections on advertising, culture, photography, and many more subjects.
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Measuring Worth.com (MeasuringWorth Foundation)Includes a calculator for determining historical exchange rates.
