Archive Title: NewspaperArchive Link to Archive or Database: https://newspaperarchive.com/homev1/?utm_expid=.nDnRbphcQ0iqoNXHuEUWQg.1&utm_referrer= About: NewspaperArchive.com is the first commercial newspaper archive online. The archives contain more than 15,675+ different titles from every US state and twenty-eight other countries around the world. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword, date, place, and Read more…
Archive Title: Historical Papers Research Archive – University of the Witwatersrand Link to Archive or Database: http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/ About: The Historical Papers research archive, situated in the William Cullen Library, was established in 1966. We are a friendly, vastly used, valued and popular service as well as unique and accessible hub Read more…
Archive Title: The West African Arabic Manuscript Database – University of California Berkeley Link to Archive or Database: https://waamd.lib.berkeley.edu/about/index About: WAAMD is a bi-lingual database that was developed at the University of Illinois in the late 1980s to describe a collection of Arabic manuscripts in southern Mauritania (Boutilimit). It subsequently Read more…
Archive Title: African Online Digital Library – Michigan State University Link to Archive or Database: http://www.aodl.org/ About: AODL provides free universal access to cultural heritage materials from and about African countries and communities. It brings together tens of thousands of digitized photographs, videos, archival documents, maps, interviews and oral histories Read more…
Name of Archive: Center for Research Libraries – Digital Collections Link to Archive or Database: http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S1/X?SEARCH=(*)&searchscope=1&SORT=D&b=campn About: Scholars and researchers from CRL member libraries have use of the CRL collections, at no charge, through interlibrary loan. The loan period is unlimited, but materials may be subject to recall after a Read more…
Name of Archive: Chatham House Archives Online Link to Archive or Database: https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/chatham-house-online-archive About: With approximately half a million pages of content, Chatham House Online Archive provides a searchable research environment that enables users to explore close to ninety years of expert analysis and commentary on international policy. Subject indexing Read more…
Name of Archive: Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire Link to Archive or Database: http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/home About: This website holds detailed information on over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. Over 150 films are available for viewing online. You can search or browse for films Read more…
Name of Archive: Commonwealth Oral History Project Link to Archive or Database: About the Project About: The aim of this AHRC funded project is to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965. When completed, it will include at least 60 major interviews Read more…
Name of Archive: Archives of Sexuality and Gender – GALE Primary Sources Link to Archive or Database: https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/archives-of-sexuality-and-gender About: Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender program spans the sixteenth to twentieth centuries and is the largest digital collection of historical primary source publications relating to the history and study of Read more…
Name of Archive: Wilson Center Digital Archive Link to Archive or Database: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/ About: The Digital Archive is a resource where students, researchers and specialists can access once-secret documents from governments and organizations all over the world. Constructed and maintained by the Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program, the Read more…
Resource Title: Electronic Newspapers of Africa by Country Source: Columbia University Libraries Link: https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/global/virtual-libraries/african_studies/newspapers/country.html
Resource Title: World News Guide Source: The Guardian Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/world-news-guide
Name of Archive: Library of Congress – Digital Collections Link to Archive or Database: https://www.loc.gov/collections/?sp=2 About: Today’s Library of Congress is an unparalleled world resource. The collection of more than 171 million items includes more than 40 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 74 Read more…
Name of Archive: Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives Link to Archive or Database: https://sova.si.edu/ About: The Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA) provides integrated access to descriptions and detailed inventories of thousands of primary resource collections maintained by archival units across the Smithsonian. Discover archival collections related by topic and/or by names Read more…
Sanjek, R., & Tratner, S. (2016). eFieldnotes: The makings of anthropology in the digital world. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/1086.html