The Australian Society of Archivists Inc. (ASA) is Australia’s peak professional body for archivists and recordkeepers. They advocate on behalf of archivists, and the archival and recordkeeping profession, and seek to promote the value of archives and records as well as support best practice standards and services.
Resources in Australian history and literature at the University of Sydney Library's Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS). SETIS is the creator of digital editions of Australian literary and historical texts and hosts a number of other Australian studies resources.
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The City Archives is the business archive of the Council of the City of Sydney and a collecting archive. The City archives holds items from as early as 1842 when the Municipal Council of Sydney was established. The collection includes documents, photographs, maps, plans and data.
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of Americas libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
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DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. Contains Library Science and Librarianship journals.
This catalogue combines the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue with content from Pollard and Redgrave's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1473-1640 and Wings A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries 1641-1700, as well as newspapers and other serials which began publication before 1801. Its scope extends from the earliest printing in England (ca. 1473) through to the end of December, 1800. The ESTC can be used to find references to the Eighteenth Century and Early English Books online collections.
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Search, view and order items from the British Library main catalogue of nearly 57 million records, or search the contents of the Library's website.
Whilst Explore the British Library gives access to the majority of the Library's collection, it does not yet include records from all the Library's catalogues.
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This page is provided by the Public Library Services branch of the State Library of New South Wales. The interactive map of NSW public libraries provides addresses, contact details and websites for all NSW public libraries. Click on the map or browse the alphabetical list.
The Trust is a partnership of major American research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible. A number of books and journals are available online in the digital library.
The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue is the international database of 15th-century European printing created by the British Library. The database records nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501, but not material printed entirely from woodblocks or engraved plates.
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The Indigenous Archives Collective connects people working with Indigenous knowledge sources in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums across Australasia.
Library Hub Discover brings together the catalogues of 204 major UK and Irish libraries. In a single search you can discover the holdings of the UK’s National Libraries (including the British Library), many university libraries, and specialist research libraries. This service replaces Copac and SUNCAT.
The catalogue of the collections of the US Library of Congress. This searchable database contains records of approximately 12 million items including books, maps, manuscripts and sound recordings. The catalogue includes searching aids such as cross-references.
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The Library of Congress Classification system is used in many university libraries throughout the world. This page at the Library of Congress site provides an outline of the system.
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Museums & Galleries of NSW is an organisation that helps small-medium museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres create exciting experiences for visitors and, through this, thriving local NSW communities.
Museums of History NSW is a new cultural institution that brings together the historic houses, museums and collections previously in the care of Sydney Living Museums with the vast archives and records in the NSW State Archives Collection.
