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Digital Archive Links

Digital Public Library
DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.
Library of Congress
Search at loc.gov for items available online or browse digital collections.
Illinois Digital Archives
A repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois. Includes photographs, slides, glass negatives, oral histories, manuscripts and letters, federal government documents, postcards, posters, videos, newspapers, maps.
Europeana Collections
Explore 58,330,889 artworks, artefacts, books, films and music from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives.

Searching for Digital Items

Using Google to find items in digital archives:

your terms AND ("digital archive" OR "digital library" OR "digital collection" OR "digital repository" OR "virtual archive" OR "virtual library" OR "virtual collection" OR "online archive" OR "online library" OR "online collection")

examples:

chicago AND "gas station" AND ("digital archive" OR "digital library" OR "digital collection" OR "digital repository" OR "virtual archive" OR "virtual library" OR "virtual collection" OR "online archive" OR "online library" OR "online collection")

women AND voting AND ("digital archive" OR "digital library" OR "digital collection" OR "digital repository" OR "virtual archive" OR "virtual library" OR "virtual collection" OR "online archive" OR "online library" OR "online collection")