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Digital Fieldwork

The British Library – Digital Collections

The national library of the United Kingdom which give access to the world’s most comprehensive research collection. Provides information services to academic, business, research and scientific communities. Collection of over 170 million items includes artifacts from every age of written civilization.

National Archives of Singapore

The National Archives of Singapore (NAS) is the official custodian of Singapore’s collective memory. Ranging from government files, private memoirs, historical maps and photographs to oral history interviews and audio-visual materials, the NAS is responsible for the collection, preservation and management of Singapore’s public and private archival records.

The Pacific Rim Library Project

The Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance, also known as PRRLA, focuses on cooperative ventures among academic libraries located around the Pacific Rim to improve access to scholarly research materials.

The LUMS Digital Archive

The LUMS Digital Archive is a research repository that aims at collecting, cataloging and preserving rare material (books, pamphlets, newspapers and other items) of historical significance and making them available to researchers. The archive focuses on events, groups, movements and personalities relating to broader historical, political and cultural trends in South Asia.

Chatham House Archives Online

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.

Commonwealth Oral History Project

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 with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation.

Library of Congress – Digital Collections

A collection of more than 171 million items includes more than 40 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 74 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world’s largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.

Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives

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.