This document provides links to various online resources for exploring primary sources and digital collections. It includes short descriptions of each resource and suggests things to search for within the collections, such as photographs, manuscripts, or audio recordings. Some of the highlighted resources allow browsing museum collections, maps, newspapers, and educational materials from around the world. The focus is on accessing digitized special collections from Illinois and other states.

1. IETC 2010
Workshop Participants’ Slides

2. http://www.illinoishist
ory.gov/PrairiePages.ht
m
Prairie Pages, first
published in 1985, was
intended to provide
teachers and other
interested persons with
curriculum materials
for elementary age
students.
PrairiePages from
The IllinoisHistoric
PreservationAgency
Something to Search: Look at the pages that interest you. Look at how the
digital resources from libraries and museums are used in a lesson.

3. http://www.idaillinois.
org/cdm4/browse.php
The Illinois Digital
Archives (IDA) was
developed to provide
access to primary
source materials in
Illinois libraries,
archives, museums,
historical societies and
other cultural
institutions.
Illinois Digital
Archive
Something to Search: Explore these collections by using the drop down browse
menu and pressing “go”. Try to find a photograph, a manuscript, a map, a printed
booklet, a newspaper or other kind of special collection material.

4. http://www.digitalillin
ois.org/
Digital Illinois is a
consortium of libraries
in Illinois. It contains
digital collections from
libraries, historical
societies, museums,
and other cultural
institutions in Illinois.
Digital Illinois
Something to Search: Explore different kinds of technology that are used to present the
information in these collections. Find the “Louis Sullivan Buildings Extant in Chicago” on the
Art Institute’s site. Also look at “Illinois Digital Harvest” and find an example of a page turning
technology under “Collections-Text Collections-Digitized Books”.

5. http://www.artic.edu/a
ic/collections/artists
Explore our online
collection, which offers
access to over 45,000
works and basic
information about
works of art from all
areas of our
encyclopedic
collection.
Art Institute of
Chicago
Museum Collection
Database
Something to Search: Look at the A to Z Browse and open the link for
“Photography-Cityscapes”. Find the link called “About My Collections” below the
“Log in to My Collections” box and open it to learn more about this feature.

6. http://www.encyclopedi
a.chicagohistory.org/
The Encyclopedia of
Chicago is a dynamic
and unprecedented
metropolitan history.
Thousands of
historical resources-
including articles,
photos, maps,
broadsides and
newspapers-related to
Chicago's colorful and
complex history are at
your fingertips.
Browse by Entries,
Historical Sources,
Maps, Special Features
Encyclopedia of
Chicago
Something to Search: The map technology on this site is interesting. Browse the
maps and open one. Use any of the other browse features to find out if there is
information from the 21st century included.

7. http://hannah.spertus.edu:
8881/R/DE11UKVHB1G275M
JCJ5N98E8RP2EX64DT9FS7
JRUV1G7J13HP6-
01336?func=collections&coll
ection_id=1007
The Sentinel newspaper,
1911-1949 is part of the Asher
Library collection at the
Spertus Institute. This is
Chicago’s longest-running
Jewish weekly newspaper.
Spertus Institute’s
AsherLibrary’s
The Sentinel
Newspaper
Something to Search: Open a year and look at the articles.

8. http://www.pritzkermilitarylibra
ry.org/events/2010/
We have hosted over 250 events,
including presentations by many
of the top military writers,
biographers, historians, and
journalists of our time. Our
programming includes book
lectures, special one-on-one
interviews, and a series of
interviews with Medal of Honor
recipients…
.
Pritzker Military
Library’s
Podcasts
Something to Search: Browse the list of programs under the “Archive” link and
open one of interest. Open and play this podcast.

9. http://www.si.edu/Enc
yclopedia_SI/
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian provides
articles by scholars on
topics in the areas of
Art and Design,
History and Culture
and Science and
Technology. Click a
topic to see them.
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Something to Search: Open the “Health and Medicine” link and scroll down
to find a site on polio or open the link called “Freeze Frame” about
photography.

10. http://dmc.ohiolink.edu/
The Ohio Library and
Information Network,
OhioLINK, is a consortium of
88 Ohio college and
university libraries, and the
State Library of Ohio, that
work together to provide
Ohio students, faculty and
researchers with the
information they need for
teaching and research.
The Digital Media Center
archives and provides access
to a variety of multimedia
material.
http://www.ohiolink.edu/res
ources/public-databases.php
OhioLINK
Something to Search: Open any link. Some collections are only available by
password so look for the free ones. Use the zoom tools in “Geology Digital
Photographs” and the audio tools for “Recorded Bird Sounds”.

11. http://memory.loc.gov/am
mem/browse/index.html
American Memory provides
free and open access
through the Internet to
written and spoken words,
sound recordings, still and
moving images, prints,
maps, and sheet music that
document the American
experience.
Dayton C. Miller Flute
Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/dcm:
@field(DOCID+@lit(dcm00
0710))
American Memory
Browse
Something to Search: Browse the collections by format. Find the Dayton C.
Miller Flute Collection and use the navigation and zoom tools there.

12. http://www.folger.edu/C
ontent/Whats-
On/Digital-
Folger/Folger-Podcasts-
.cfm
Folger Podcasts bring you
fresh perspectives on
Shakespeare and his
times.
Digital Collection page:
http://www.folger.edu/te
mplate.cfm?cid=3077
Scroll down to find the
Collection Database
Link:
http://titania.folger.edu/
browse
Folger Shakespeare
Library’sAudio
Podcasts
Something to Search: Listen to the language of Shakespeare in the “Arms and
Armor” audio podcast. Also explore the “Digital Collection” link. You must cut
and paste the URL into your Firefox browser in order to use this collection.

13. http://www.frick.org/virtual/
fragonard_tour.htm
The Frick Collection includes
some of the best-known
paintings by the greatest
European artists, major
works of sculpture (among
them one of the finest groups
of small bronzes in the
world), superb eighteenth-
century French furniture and
porcelains, Limoges enamels,
Oriental rugs, and other
works of remarkable quality.
Virtual Tours Link
http://www.frick.org/virtual/
index.htm
Frick Collection
VirtualTour
Something to Search: Explore the Fragonard room. Use the CONTROL KEY and
then click to open the links in the room and see the description of the object.

14. http://www.metmuseu
m.org/
The Metropolitan
Museum of Art is one
of the world's largest
and finest art
museums. Its
collections include
more than two million
works of art spanning
five thousand years of
world culture, from
prehistory to the
present and from every
part of the globe.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art’s
Web Tools
RSS feed to the Artwork of the Day
Something to Search: Open the link to the RSS feed and find out how to get the
“Artwork of the Day”. Find the “Metshare” link on the left side and explore the
web2.0 and collection sharing features of this museum.

15. http://www.metmuseum.
org/explore/index.asp
Learn about art, artists,
and world cultures
through fun activities,
family-friendly
publications, teachers'
guides, and more.
Mets Kids Museum
Explore and Learn
Something to Search: Open the “Artist” link and use the “Dancers and Degas”
site or open the “A Closer Look” link and look at the site for the “Unicorn
Tapestries”. Look at the viewing software and the other technology activities
provided.

16. http://www.louvre.fr/llv/co
mmun/home.jsp?bmLocale
=en
Founded in 1793 as a
museum for all, it celebrates
humanity's long journey
with the remarkable scope
of a collection that spans
thousands of years, reaches
from America to the borders
of India and China, and is
highlighted by such iconic,
universally admired works
as the Mona Lisa, the Venus
de Milo and the Victory of
Samothrace.
The Louvre
Museum’sVirtual
Tour
Something to Search: Click on the “Guide” and follow him to his workshop. Click
on one of the objects and find out more about it.

17. http://www.childrenslibr
ary.org/icdl/SimpleSearc
hCategory?ilang=English
The ICDL Foundation's
goal is to build a
collection of books that
represents outstanding
historical and
contemporary books
from throughout the
world.
http://en.childrenslibrar
y.org/
International
Children’s Digital
Library
Something to Search: Select a language and enter the name of a country and
enjoy the books from libraries around the world. Explore the collections using any
of the icons provided. Use the page selection features provided for reading these
books.

18. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/
The Digital South Asia
Library provides digital
materials for reference and
research on South Asia,
including books and
journals, full-text
dictionaries, bibliographies,
images, maps, and
statistical information from
the colonial period through
the present.
Digital SouthAsia
Library at the
Centerfor Research
Libraries
Something to Search: Browse the map collection or using the examples provided
next to the keyword boxes , search the image collections.

19. http://digicol.lib.depaul.e
du/site-
templates/client_CM1/ind
ex.html
These postcards are a part
of the Vincentiana
Collection at DePaul
University Special
Collections and Archives.
This pictorial history
documents the spirituality
and mission of the
Vincentians. The images
in this collection include
institutions such as
hospitals, churches and
seminaries.
DePaul University
Libraries’
Vincentian
Postcard Collection
Something to Search: Open the “Location” link and find Illinois and look
at the postcards. Open the “ knife” tool and select part of the image or use
the Reference URL or Favorites features of this software.