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American Libraries

The American Libraries collection includes material contributed from across the United States. Institutions range from the Library of Congress to many local public libraries. As a whole, this collection of material brings holdings that cover many facets of American life and scholarship into the public domain. Significant portions of this collection have been generously sponsored by Microsoft, Yahoo!, The Sloan Foundation, and others.

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TOPIC atoz
bub_upload 72,819
genealogy 38,039
Bible 12,472
Science 10,587
Medicine 10,210
Education 9,262
Ships 9,028
Missions 8,191
Agriculture 7,488
Operas 6,880
Art 5,986
Numismatics 5,726
Geology 5,139
Law 5,109
History 4,856
Zoology 4,807
Periodicals 4,780
Music 4,762
Botany 4,248
Baptists 4,093
Birds 3,954
Women 3,937
Theology 3,896
Railroads 3,796
Architecture 3,706
Economics 3,457
Plants 3,359
Presidents 3,357
Theses 3,355
CSAIP 3,159
Jesus Christ 3,098
Medicare 2,846
Physics 2,819
Slavery 2,733
Management 2,705
Yearbooks 2,702
Literature 2,685
Painting 2,657
Insects 2,503
Philosophy 2,459
Chemistry 2,411
Entomology 2,406
Geography 2,369
Mathematics 2,343
Jesuits 2,339
periodicals 2,326
Christianity 2,324
Gardening 2,282
Roads 2,262
Land use 2,253
Ethnology 2,212
Jews 2,175
Horses 2,107
Taxation 2,088
cbk 2,007
Biology 1,999
Biography 1,990
Physiology 1,963
Paleontology 1,933
Aeronautics 1,893
Water-supply 1,875
Theater 1,873
Fishes 1,855
Religion 1,824
Pennsylvania 1,813
Children 1,799
Public lands 1,794
Mollusks 1,782
Ethics 1,763
Socialism 1,713
yearbooks 1,711
Bibliography 1,684
Fisheries 1,676
New York 1,665
Books 1,651
Housing 1,607
Finance 1,595
Psychology 1,589
Labor supply 1,582
Astronomy 1,539
Homeopathy 1,529
Yearbook 1,488
The Bullet 1,471
Industries 1,468
Surgery 1,458
Medicaid 1,431
Physicians 1,421
Libraries 1,417
Folklore 1,388
Archaeology 1,377
Artists 1,370
Technology 1,364
Statistics 1,362
Insect pests 1,352
LANGUAGE
English 1,752,732
German 210,550
French 160,233
Spanish 45,493
Italian 41,281
Latin 26,434
Russian 13,850
Dutch 12,053
Portuguese 8,265
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The Boston Library Consortium
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80,406
ITEMS
50.5M
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Books from the Boston Library Consortium. See a Tag Cloud for the Boston Library Consortium collection.
Boston Public Library
collection
51,268
ITEMS
28.5M
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by the Boston Public Library.
MBLWHOI Library
collection
10,733
ITEMS
17.9M
VIEWS
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Books from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
collection
43,472
ITEMS
17.8M
VIEWS
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As a member of the Open Content Alliance, the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is contributing digital content to the Internet Archive from our Rare Book Collection and North Carolina Collection, including rare Spanish dramas, UNC Yearbooks, and North Carolina legislative materials. Other subject areas such as early North Carolina medical journals and North Carolina judicial materials are also represented. UNC's participation in the Open Content Alliance is...
Getty Research Institute
collection
33,296
ITEMS
13.5M
VIEWS
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Books contributed by Getty Research Institute. The Research Library at the Getty Research Institute focuses on the history of art, architecture, and archaeology with relevant materials in the humanities and social sciences. The range of the collections begins with prehistory and extends to contemporary art. - The Getty Institute
CARLI
collection
15,403
ITEMS
8.8M
VIEWS
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Material in this collection has been provided by The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. The Consortium leads Illinois academic libraries to create and sustain a rich, supportive, and diverse knowledge environment that furthers teaching, learning, and research through the sharing of collections, expertise, and programs.
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
collection
28,281
ITEMS
7.2M
VIEWS
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries sends selected library materials to Internet Archive for scanning and online access from a variety of units and collections within the Libraries. These include but are not limited to U. S. Government Documents, UF print Dissertations, Duplicates from the storage collection and the Panama Canal Museum Collection. The Internet Archive pre-scanning processing operation at the Libraries is managed by the Preservation Department. Digitization is...
North Carolina Digital Heritage Center
collection
12,608
ITEMS
7.2M
VIEWS
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A collection of items from the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center Project.
Topic: UNC yearbooks
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
collection
14,441
ITEMS
5.1M
VIEWS
collection
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the University of Massachusetts Libraries.
Books digitized through a federally funded LSTA grant, through MBLC.
Media History Digital Library
collection
3,191
ITEMS
4M
VIEWS
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A conservation and access project for historical printed materials related to cinema, broadcasting and recorded sound. Visit our new website and read our blog at http://www.mediahistoryproject.org/ Search Media History Digital Library titles: Advanced Search
Duke University Libraries
collection
12,040
ITEMS
3.9M
VIEWS
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for Duke University Libraries. The Duke University Libraries Digital Collections Program creates distinctive digital collections that provide access to Duke's library and archival materials in support of teaching, learning, and research at Duke and worldwide; and contributes collaboratively to national and international digital collections initiatives that benefit Duke and the larger research community. See a digital archive of thousands of vintage...
Brigham Young University
collection
16,587
ITEMS
3.9M
VIEWS
by Brigham Young University
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Books from the libraries of Brigham Young University
Wellesley College Library
collection
6,032
ITEMS
3.9M
VIEWS
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Books from Wellesley College Library
University of Florida Duplicates
collection
3,633
ITEMS
2.8M
VIEWS
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University of Florida Duplicates
Topic: University of Florida
Church History Library
collection
15,539
ITEMS
2.7M
VIEWS
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The collections of the Church History Library contain materials chronicling the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from its beginning in 1830 to the present day. The collections contain manuscripts, books, Church records, photographs, oral histories, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, and audiovisual materials. The staff creates and maintains catalogs and indexes for accessing this wide variety of information. Search our Catalog...
Topic: Church History Library
The American Methodism Project
collection
5,539
ITEMS
2.4M
VIEWS
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The American Methodism Project is a digitized collection of interdisciplinary and historical materials related to American Methodism. The primary goal of this project is to provide both the digital tools and the digitized texts of American Methodism to better understand both Methodism and the United States. Contemporary questions of church and state boundaries, the role of government, moral development, education, leadership, labor, immigration, family, etc. are topics which can benefit from...
Boston College Library
collection
5,129
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
by Boston College Libraries
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Books from Boston College.
John Carter Brown Library
collection
9,262
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
collection
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THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY is an independently administered and funded center for advanced research in history and the humanities, founded in 1846 and located at Brown University since 1901. Housed within the library's walls is an internationally renowned collection of primary historical sources pertaining to North and South America from the time of its discovery by Europeans (ca. 1492) until the end of the colonial period (ca. 1825). View the JCB Collections on Open Library
US National Library of Medicine
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15,552
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in Bethesda, Maryland, is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Since its founding in 1836, NLM has played a pivotal role in translating biomedical research into practice. It is the world's largest biomedical library and the developer of electronic information services that deliver trillions of bytes of data to millions of users every day. Scientists, health professionals, and the public in...
NLM Medicine in the Americas
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14,145
ITEMS
2.2M
VIEWS
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Medicine in the Americas – a digital library project of the U.S. National Library of Medicine – consists of works which demonstrate the evolution of American medicine from seventeenth-century colonial frontier outposts to twentieth-century research hospitals. Drawing on the collections of NLM's History of Medicine Division, Medicine in the Americas encompasses works dating as early as 1610 and printed in the United States and around the New World, including Latin America, the Caribbean, and...
Spanish Drama
collection
11,542
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
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A collection for internal support at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Topic: drama
California Digital Library
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Topics: Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Conduct of life, Education
Family History Library
collection
565
ITEMS
2M
VIEWS
by Family History Library
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Books from the libraries of Brigham Young University Family History Library
Minnesota Historical Society
collection
2,661
ITEMS
2M
VIEWS
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The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. The Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota's past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing. The Minnesota Historical Society is providing newspapers and manuscripts to the Internet Archive to provide access and preserve their content on the web for future generations. This project was funded in FY11...
Kansas State University
collection
7,838
ITEMS
1.9M
VIEWS
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Historical aspects of Kansas State University are documented in this collection of primary sources. Included are yearbooks, course catalogs, and more.
Cushing-Whitney Medical Library
collection
5,083
ITEMS
1.9M
VIEWS
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Books contributed by the Cushing-Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
North Carolina Directories
collection
925
ITEMS
1.7M
VIEWS
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A collection of North Carolina City Directories from various contributing institutions. Visit the North Carolina Directories page at Digital NC: http://digitalnc.org/collections/north-carolina-city-directories
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The goal of the University of Florida's Retrospective Dissertation Scanning project is to build a digital collection of approximately 8,000 dissertations written by PhD graduates of the University of Florida from 1934-2006. This page is the portal to the UF dissertations scanned and made available via the Internet Archive up to this point. In 2000 the University of Florida began requiring theses and dissertations in a digital format, and by 2006 all thesis and dissertations being submitted by...
Northeastern University Libraries
collection
1,641
ITEMS
1.7M
VIEWS
collection
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Digitized versions of unique and rare books from Northeastern University Libraries
Religion in North Carolina
collection
6,229
ITEMS
1.6M
VIEWS
collection
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The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection is a grant-funded project to provide digital access to publications of and about religious bodies in North Carolina. Partner institutions at Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest University, contributed the largest portion of the items in this collection, but the collection is enriched by unique materials from libraries and archives throughout North Carolina. The materials in this collection include local church histories, periodicals, clergy biographies,...
Boston University Libraries Collection
collection
4,705
ITEMS
1.6M
VIEWS
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Boston University Libraries house more than 2.4 million physical volumes, over 45,000 current unique serials, and 77,000 media titles. Specialized libraries and collections include: African Studies Library Alumni Medical Library Astronomy Library Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Mugar Memorial Library Music Library Pappas Law Library & Law Annex Pardee Management Library Pickering Educational Resources Library Science & Engineering Library Stone Science Library Theology Library
Brandeis University Libraries
collection
1,836
ITEMS
1.6M
VIEWS
by Brandeis University Libraries
collection
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Books from Brandeis University.
MIT Libraries
collection
3,551
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
collection
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Books scanned by the Internet Archive for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries.
State Library of North Carolina
collection
4,749
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
collection
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The State Library of North Carolina is a part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. It is the catalyst for exceptional library services in North Carolina. It is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in North Carolina. It develops and supports access to specialized collections for the people of North Carolina, including genealogy, North Caroliniana, and resources for the blind and physically handicapped. - General Collection Examine...
Emory University Libraries
collection
6,737
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Emory University Libraries
collection
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Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Veterinary Medicine
Penn State University
collection
3,292
ITEMS
1.5M
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by Penn State University.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
1,283
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
by University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
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Books from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
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German, Scandinavian and Dutch Periodicals from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
California State Library
collection
2,958
ITEMS
1M
VIEWS
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The California State Library, a California public research institution, provides its customers with the accurate, up-to-date information they need to do their jobs easily, quickly, and confidently. Whether you are an elected official, a state employee, a representative of one of California's libraries, a person with special reading needs or a member of the general public, the California State Library is here for you. Our staff, including librarians, researchers, and consultants are at your...
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Books from the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University Libraries.
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Books included from the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Strengths are in areas of textile education, textile manufacturing and design, local history (Fall River and New Bedford and surrounding communities), and local ethnic communities including Portuguese, French-Canadian and Jewish.
LDS Church Magazines
collection
5,462
ITEMS
973,628
VIEWS
collection
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Periodicals from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Brethren Digital Archives
collection
751
ITEMS
967,186
VIEWS
collection
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The Mission of the Brethren Digital Archives is to digitize some or all of the periodicals produced from the beginning of publication to the year 2000 by each of the Brethren bodies who trace their origin to the baptism near Schwarzenau, Germany in 1708.
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The John Carter Brown Library's collection of books printed in Spanish America is among the finest in the world. In some areas, the collections are unmatched and include works found nowhere else. The Library has the largest collection in the world of books printed in Spanish America as a whole prior to ca. 1820, over 7,000 titles, encompassing the output of presses in Mexico, Peru, Central America, Argentina, Chile, and elsewhere. The remaining Spanish American presses represented in the JCB's...
David O. McKay Library, BYU Idaho
collection
1,647
ITEMS
925,298
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the David O. McKay Library at Brigham Young University, Idaho
Topic: keyword
State Library of Massachusetts
collection
1,544
ITEMS
924,555
VIEWS
collection
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the State Library of Massachusetts.
collection
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The Journal of Research reports NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science engineering applied mathematics statistics biotechnology information technology Papers cover a broad range of subjects with major emphasis on measurement methodology and the basic technology underlying standardization. Also included, on occasion, are articles on topics closely related to the Institute’s technical and scientific programs.
Kansas State University Theses
collection
5,736
ITEMS
875,815
VIEWS
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Dissertations, Theses, Projects, and Reports from Kansas State University prior to 1990.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
collection
1,941
ITEMS
840,393
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Library of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Duke University Libraries, University Archives
collection
539
ITEMS
802,920
VIEWS
collection
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The Duke University Archives preserves the historical record of the university. This collection provides access to several key campus publications including the Chanticleer (student yearbook), the Trinity College Historical Papers (series of early faculty publications), as well as other core resources, such as campus course catalogs.
BYU Brussels Opera and Ballet
collection
5,067
ITEMS
776,008
VIEWS
collection
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This research collection for opera and ballet consists of a selection of print and manuscript scores, libretti, mise en scène, programs, scene designs and other archival documents. The materials date from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Its strengths include scores and performance materials from the French and Italian repertories dating from the late 18th and 19th centuries. Special features include a large collection of copyists’ manuscript scores for the operas of Giovanni Paisiello...
Meetings, Proceedings, and Conference Reports
collection
2,727
ITEMS
697,259
VIEWS
collection
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Meetings, proceedings and conference reports relating to Religion in North Carolina.
Kansas State University Newspapers
collection
1,751
ITEMS
669,626
VIEWS
collection
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Kansas State University Newspapers 1875- .
BYU Campus Publications
collection
467
ITEMS
665,387
VIEWS
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This collection contains materials published by Brigham Young University. These publications include the school yearbook (the Banyan), course catalogs and class schedules. The yearbook contains information about campus events and student life, the course catalogs offer descriptions of the various courses offered at Brigham Young University during a given academic year and contain information on degree requirements, and the class schedules provide detail as to what classes where offered when, by...
Topic: Brigham Young University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
collection
973
ITEMS
660,705
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by Southern Illinois University Carbondale .
University of Memphis, University Libraries
collection
1,164
ITEMS
659,767
VIEWS
collection
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As a member of the Open Content Alliance, the University Libraries at the University of Memphis is contributing digital content to the Internet Archive from our holdings including yearbooks, the campus newspaper, bulletins and schedules of classes, early literary magazines, and other materials related to the life and times of the University of Memphis and its predecessors throughout its first 100 years since opening its doors in 1912 as the West Tennessee State Normal School. All materials are...
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries
collection
732
ITEMS
632,838
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Duke University Libraries, Confederate Imprints
collection
2,374
ITEMS
584,657
VIEWS
collection
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Duke holds one of the world’s largest collections of Confederate imprints, or items printed in the Confederate States of America between secession from the Union and the surrender of the Confederate military forces (December 1860-April 1865). Confederate imprints are notable for their fragility and ephemerality, due to the scarcity of high-quality paper and a lack of large publishing and printing houses in the South, as well as for the view their contents give of military and civilian life in...
Topics: Confederate, Civil War, American history
NYARC - New York Art Resources Consortium
collection
1,016
ITEMS
576,728
VIEWS
collection
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The New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC) consists of the research libraries of three leading art museums in New York City: The Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, and The Museum of Modern Art. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NYARC was formed in 2006 to facilitate collaboration that results in enhanced resources to research communities.NYARC provides a framework to advance a series of programmatic services, with a potential for transforming the environments in which...
Topic: art
collection
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Materials from University of California, San Francisco Library (UCSF): http://www.library.ucsf.edu/. The mission of the UCSF Library is to advance science, foster excellence in teaching and learning, and promote health through the collection, development, organization, and dissemination of the world's health sciences knowledge base.
Duquesne University, Gumberg Library
collection
828
ITEMS
567,044
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Duquesne University, Gumberg Library
Illinois State Library
collection
599
ITEMS
550,588
VIEWS
collection
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The Illinois Documents collection at the Illinois State Library Illinois State Library is a historical representation of state government since Illinois was granted statehood in 1818. The collection covers the entire scope of state government as Illinois evolved into an agrarian and industrial powerhouse. The coal mining industry was a critical part of the state’s economy during the past 100 years and the Illinois Coal Reports (1883-1986) document advances in mining technology, workmen...
Indianapolis Public Library
collection
788
ITEMS
549,730
VIEWS
collection
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Materials contributed by The Indianapolis Public Library.
Ohio State University Library
collection
1,023
ITEMS
527,672
VIEWS
collection
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The Ohio State University Libraries is contributing public domain texts from its Reformatting Program to the Internet Archive. Texts are selected by the OSU Libraries Collection Managers, in consultation with the Preservation and Reformatting Department, based on the following criteria: the materials are damaged or deteriorated, are in continuing demand, and are not available as a readily-accessible reprint. Titles are drawn from all subject areas of the Libraries' collections. Texts no longer...
Topic: ohio state
Lehigh University Libraries
collection
1,194
ITEMS
526,703
VIEWS
collection
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Books from the Lehigh University Libraries
University of Massachusetts, Boston
collection
872
ITEMS
509,686
VIEWS
collection
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Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Northwestern University
collection
846
ITEMS
502,094
VIEWS
collection
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The Northwestern University Archives, established in 1935, holds material relating to every aspect of Northwestern's history, including non-current official University records, papers of faculty members, and records of student organizations-- as well as publications, photographs, audio-visuals, artifacts, and more. The Archives' holdings are non-circulating, and are open to the public for research and reference. The Transportation Library of Northwestern University contains over 500,000 items,...
Topic: Northwestern University
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The Portuguese and Brazilian books held at the John Carter Brown Library comprise one of the finest North American collections relating to Brazil before the country declared its independence from Portugal in 1822. The collection includes 650 titles before 1800 and another 500 titles from 1800 to 1822—including 165 books printed in Brazil itself after the *Impressão Regia* opened a branch in Rio de Janeiro in 1808 and presses began operating in Bahia. This collection has been compiled from a...
Topics: jcbportugalbrazil, brazil, portugal, John Carter Brown Library
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
collection
1,095
ITEMS
491,121
VIEWS
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The John Carter Brown Library has one of the five largest collections of early Peruviana in the world. It is not just the number of Peruvian imprints of the colonial, independence, and early national periods held by the John Carter Brown Library that is important, however, but the diversity of those materials and in a great many instances, their singularity - being only known copies. The subjects range from ecclesiastical matters, to government papers, to indigenous language studies, and...
Topic: Peru
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This selection of harp scores from the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University includes items from the 18th century through the early 20th century. Most of the selections are works for solo harp but other duets and small chambers works are included, especial early 19th-century duets for harp and piano. Many of the composers represented in the collection are harpist-composers from the 19th century including François Joseph Naderman, Charles Oberthür, Alphonse Hasselmans,...
California Digital Library
by Crane, Thomas, b. 1843?; Houghton, Ellen Elizabeth, 1853-1922
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Topics: Poetry of places, France -- Description and travel Juvenile literature
MoMA Library
collection
287
ITEMS
470,443
VIEWS
collection
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The Museum of Modern Art Library is a comprehensive collection devoted to modern and contemporary art. The noncirculating collection documents painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, architecture, design, performance, video, film, and emerging art forms from 1880 to the present. The Museum of Modern Art Library is a founding member of the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC). NYARC is a collaborative program of the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn...
Brigham Young University, Hawaii
collection
885
ITEMS
468,738
VIEWS
collection
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Books contributed by BYU Hawaii