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American
Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
(Library of Congress)
"American Memory
is a gateway to rich primary source materials
relating to the history and culture of the
United States. The site offers more than 7
million digital items from more than 100 historical
collections."(from website)
ExLibris
- Special Collections Directory
"This site seeks to provide a comprehensive directory of special collections
libraries that support digitization and make content such as manuscripts, art
images, and electronic texts available over the Internet. Coverage is global
and multidisciplinary." (from website)
CalPhotos
[choose either CalPhotos as overall collection, or pick one
of the more specific collections]
"This incredible site, with access to nearly 80,000 images of plants, fungi,
animals, people and culture, and landscapes and habitats around the world, is
part of the University of California Digital Library Project. Many of these spectacular
photos "may be used freely for non-commercial purposes" as long as
the source is credited and the California Academy of Sciences is notified of
the use. Photos are searchable by type, name, location, California county, U.S.
state, country, continent, collection, or photographer." (description from
lii.org -Librarians´s Index to the Internet)
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