Archival Research: Online Resources

National network of libraries, archives, and musuems showcasing their digital collections

Consists of millions of documents, books, audiovisual recordings, and websites.

Provides digital access to European cultural heritage material.

"The World Digital Library is a free online archive of over 19,000 culturally significant primary source materials from around the world. It is an international collaboration between the Library of Congress, UNESCO, and 158 libraries, museums, archives, and other partners across 60 countries."

Collection of millions of digitized books provided by libraries from around the world.

IHSP is "a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Primary sources are available here mainly for use in high-school and university/college courses. From the outset the site took a very broad view of the sources that should be available to students and as well as documents long associated with a "western civilization" approach to history also provides much information on Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, Indian, East Asian, and African history. You will also find many documents especially relevant to women's history and LGBT studies."

DLIR contains digital collections from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS).

The Digital Library of South Dakota (DLSD) is a collaboration of the libraries of the six Board of Regents colleges and universities as well as partners in the state of South Dakota.

Contains archival and manuscript materials held by institutions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and Utah.

Includes materials from oncordia College Archives, Moorhead, Minn.; NDSU Institute for Regional Studies & University Archives, Fargo, N.D.; Prairie Public Broadcasting, Fargo, N.D.; and State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, N.D.

Digital access to select pages of historical newspapers, 1770-1963

Contains documents that have been digitized through the Freedom of Information Act and made available online.

Contains legislative records of the United States Congress, including information regarding proposed and enacted legislation, the Congressional Record, and various reports.

Contains documents that have been digitized through the Freedom of Information Act and made public online.

Contains both inventories of collections and digital items.

Provides Access to presidential documents, federal laws, and administrative regulations.

Includes millions of 2D and 3D digital items from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

The Digital Library of South Dakota (DLSD) is a collaboration of the libraries of the six Board of Regents colleges and universities as well as partners in the state of South Dakota.

Contains photographs, manuscripts, land survey records, and maps from South Dakota history.

Contains include newspaper articles, photographs, state government annual reports and research reports, SD Codified Laws, Session Laws, House and Senate Journal

Includes materials from oncordia College Archives, Moorhead, Minn.; NDSU Institute for Regional Studies & University Archives, Fargo, N.D.; Prairie Public Broadcasting, Fargo, N.D.; and State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, N.D.

The NYPL Digital Collections contain nearly 900,000 digitized items from their collections.

The MOA is "digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."