Jisc Library Hub Discover

9.6.2021 | Deleted User

Jisc Library Hub Discover exposes rare and unique research material by bringing together the catalogues of major UK and Irish libraries. In a single search you can discover the holdings of the UK’s National Libraries (including the British Library), many university libraries, and specialist research libraries. This service replaces Copac and SUNCAT.

Library Hub Discover is one of three services built on the Jisc National Bibliographic Knowledgebase, a growing collaboration with an increasing number of libraries contributing to the shared database, to benefit the academic and broader research community as well as local library activity and developments. Learn more.

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML)

31.3.2021 | Tuomo Viitala

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), located at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN, holds the world’s largest archive of manuscript photographs in both microfilm and digital format. HMML identifies manuscript collections around the world that need photographic preservation. HMML’s archives now contain approximately 300,000 manuscripts, ranging in size from large codices of hundreds of folios to brief documents consisting of just a few leaves. Learn more

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

24.3.2021 | Tuomo Viitala

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) provides an easy access to digitized sources. DPLA cooperates with main libraries and educational institutes in the United States. In addition to links primary sources, the website has digital exhibitions on various themes. Learn more

World Digital Library

21.3.2021 | Anna Lähteenmäki

World Digital Library is a database launched by the United States Library of Congress in 2009 and it’s supported by various global institutions including UNESCO. The archive provides many different cultural documents around the world with almost 20 000 items from 193 different countries in its collections. The documents in the archive include books, manuscripts, maps and photographs. Learn more

The Perseus Catalog

21.3.2021 | Elena Eriksson

The Perseus Catalog is a website by the Tufts university’s classics department that collects and catalogues humanities resources and sources, focusing on classics and the antiquity. They have their own collection of primary and secondary sources as well as an extensive catalogue of sources, bibliographies, editions and metadata. Learn more

Fordham Internet History Sourcebooks Project (IHSP)

17.3.2021 | Lauri Kunnas

The Internet History Sourcebooks Project, is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. The project is maintained by Fordham University in New York. 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.

The project however does not contain images of the actual text and therefore should not be used as a primary source for research. It can be useful as a place to browse historical documents before finding better versions of them.

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Gallica

17.3.2021 | Deleted User

Gallica is the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (National library of France) and its partners. It contains books, magazines, newspapers, photographs, cartoons, drawings, prints, posters, maps, manuscripts, antique coins, scores, theater costumes and sets, audio and video materials. All library materials are freely available. The digital library is in French with some elements also available in English.