Check
this out: You can still celebrate National Library Week, which begins Sunday, at home. Here are
seven digital libraries with specialized collections you can visit to honor the
contributions of our nation's libraries and library workers.
Digital
Public Library of America
The DPLA is an online collection of over 36 million free digital
materials from libraries, archives and museums. Its digital exhibitions and
primary sources cover everything from the 1918 influenza pandemic to the golden age of comic
books.
Nautical
Archaeology Digital Library
If
you're fascinated by shipwrecks, the Nautical Archaeology Digital Library has you covered.
The library, a collaboration of Texas A&M University and ShipLAB, contains
searchable shipwreck databases and ancient ship models.
CIA's
FOIA Electronic Reading Room
Looking
for digital data to make you feel like a secret agent? Look no further than
the Central Intelligence
Agency's Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. The online collection
houses items from FOIA and CIA release programs, including more than 50 years
of CIA information on
UFOs and
a collection dedicated to the oldest classified
documents in the US.
Biodiversity
Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage
Library provides open access to biodiversity literature. The
archives are home to curated collections with books from Charles Darwin's
personal collection to field diaries from explorations of Antarctica.
New
York Public Library
The New York Public
Library's online collection contains nearly 890,000 digitized items.
Its archives and manuscripts cover books, prints, photographs and more unique
collections, like a massive database of over 17,000 historical restaurant menus.
Getty
Publications Virtual Library
The Getty Publications
Virtual Library hosts an impressive collection of art books, with more than
300 publications that can be read and downloaded for free, including some that
are out of print.
National
Library of Medicine
The History of Medicine Division at the National
Library of Medicine contains a vast collection of digital materials related to
health and disease. Through its online resources, patrons can view the earliest
anatomical drawings, read about the history of forensic
medicine and explore an exhibition dedicated to the
accomplishments of women physicians.
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