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This is a compendium of digital sources of varying types. It is not comprehensive, and there are other sources out there as well. (Additions welcome!). Q 10:24, 12 December 2008 (EST)
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| Free Library Sources.
| | The Million Book Project |
| | Google Books | Easy to Use, Image and OCR versions of text
| | Project Gutenberg |
| | Digital Appalachia | Photographs, Audio Interviews, Documents, Music, focused on Appalachia
| | World Catalogue | Libraries where a book can be found, citation maker
| | MOA | "Making of America"; 1815-1923 period publications from Cornell University Library
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| | Search Machines
| | GenealogyLocator | GenealogyLocator.com is DeepSearcher's niche Genealogy search engine containing over 200,000 free Genealogy and Family History related Internet resources and websites. These resources are all freely available and offer visitors a wealth of data and content for those seeking more information about their ancestors and family. More free genealogy resources are added to the database every month, a predefined search page is offered to help find what visitors are looking for, and all users' search results are kept in the site map for easy reference. [Descriptive Blurb from site. Fair Use.]
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| | Subscription Services
| | Questia | No Experience
| | Ancestry Histories | Focused on Genealogy, Many Volumes, but image only, no "transcription" as provided by Google Books, Million Book Project, etc.
| | NetLibrary | No Experience
| | Ebary | No Experience
| | America---History and Life | No personal Experience. Available through University Libraries and some Large Libraries. Includes access to JSTOR articles.
| | Historical Abstracts | From the site blurb:"Indexes the world's periodical literature in history and the related social sciences and humanities. The database corresponds to the two companion publications: Historical Abstracts: Part A, Modern History Abstracts (1450-1914) and Historical Abstracts: Part B, Twentieth Century Abstracts (1914 to the Present), produced by ABC-CLIO. Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada, which are covered by America: History and Life, File 38."
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| | Map Sources
| | National Atlas | Selectable Data Display (e.g., Streams, County boundaries,etc); no Topo
| | David Ramsey Collection | Great Selection of Historic Maps. A bit difficult to find things
| | Google Maps | Good 3D Topo, Lacks USGS Detail
| | Trails.com (old Topozone) | Great 3D Topo, Full USGS Detail, but frustrating without subscription
| | Acme Mapper | Good replacement for Topozone, but cluttered display using GoogleMap engine. "Zoom" function works erratically in my experience, but in someways better than Topozone.
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