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Jisc Library Hub Discover

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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.

National Library of Australia: Maps

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The National Library of Australia’s map collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form. All online maps are freely available for download, in high resolution. Learn more.

The David Rumsey Map Collection

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The David Rumsey Map Collection database is historical map collection presenting over 105,000 maps and related images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic, and the World. The physical map collection is housed in the David Rumsey Map Center at the Stanford University Library. Learn more.

Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection

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The PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography at the Cornell University Library is a collection of maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual use of projections, color, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Learn more.

Österreichisches Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)

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Österreichisches Nationalbibliothek looks back to a history rich in tradition going as far as the 14th century. It is a living bridge between the rich heritage of the past and the future-oriented demands of a modern information society. As a service-oriented information centre, the Austrian National Library offers its users access and professional advice on its own holdings (over 10.9 million objects) and also on international data pools. It also accepts commissions on scientific research, and operates documentation centres and service facilities, for example on literature specifically devoted to women’s studies. Since the beginning of the digital age, a steadily increasing number of services have been handled online via the website of the Austrian National Library. Learn more

Das Bundesarchiv (The Federal Archives of Germany)

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Das Bundesarchiv has the legal mandate to secure the archives of the federal government in the long term and to make them available for use. These are documents (including files, maps, pictures, posters, films and sound recordings in analogue and digital form) that have been produced by central offices of the Holy Roman Empire (1495-1806), the German Confederation (1815-1866), of the German Reich (1867/71-1945), the Occupation Zones (1945-1949), the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) and the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949). Learn more

Digital Library of the Caribbean

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Digital Library of the Caribbean is a multi-institutional, international digital library focusing on materials about the history and culture of the Caribbean and its surrounding areas. Materials include official documents, journals, newspapers, travel histories, oral histories, maps and artwork as well as historical data. Learn more

Digital Bodleian

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Digital Bodleian first launched in 2015 with the aim of bringing together digitized content from the Bodleian Libraries’ extraordinary and rich collections into a single portal. The Bodleian Libraries have been digitizing content since the early 1990s and Digital Bodleian was and is designed to enable access to that content for the widest possible audience.

The collection contains images of rare books, manuscripts and art mostly from the Medieval and Modern Ages.

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Gallica

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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.

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