Find Digitized Archival Material
Just because you're looking for something old doesn't mean you need to buy a plane ticket! Have you checked to see if it's already online? Try looking in these major online collections (remember: just because an archive is in a country doesn't mean that the archive is ABOUT that country).
- Carleton Digital Archival CollectionsIncludes yearbooks, Zoobooks, the Voice, the Carletonian, academic catalogs, historical documents, oral histories, photos, press releases, and other audio and visual material.
- DPLA: Digital Public Library of America This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and transcripts)
Aggregates millions of digital items from major libraries and collections across the country, including Carleton College.
- Internet archive
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The Internet Archive is a non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access to current and historical web content.
- CRL: Center For Research Libraries This link opens in a new window
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This collection includes microfilm for foreign newspapers and foreign dissertations. You may borrow microfilm reels and other materials through Interlibrary Loan. - Europeana This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations and subject indexing)
A large collections with artworks, artifacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe. Has filters for Open Licenses.
- Trove (National Library of Australia)
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Find millions of books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more. - DigitalNZUncover amazing aerial photos, posters, newspapers, artwork, research papers and more. Use DigitalNZ to discover millions of NZ items from the digital stores of libraries, museums, archives, communities, and government.
- Gallica - Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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This is a rich digital archive of French primary sources.
