12 resources you can use for free!

2. Follett Destiny (KAS Library Catalog)
• 42% of responders hadn’t
ever used our library catalog
• https://kas.follettdestiny.com/
• Your “Library Barcode” is
your Student ID#
• Renew & hold books from anywhere
• Access library databases
• Get & send book recommendations
• Write book reviews

3. Google Newspaper Archive
61% have never
heard of it
Access Newspapers
from all over the
world
View primary source
documents

4. Project Gutenberg
42,000 free ebooks
Mostly classics
Can be read on
Kindle, online, and
epub
http://www.gutenberg.org/

5. Hathi Trust
Over 11 million books, articles and journals
Academic Institutions open their digital collections
for search or for full-view
www.hathitrust.org

6. Open Access Journal
Search Engline (OAJSE)
93% of respondents
had never heard of it
Search all Open
Access Journals
Browse a particular
journal
http://www.oajse.com/

7. Google Scholar
Search Open Access and
Proprietary resources
Read abstracts
Save articles to “My Library”
Cite directly from the page
http://www.scholar.google.com
/

8. World Digital Library
Thousands of items
viewable by
topic, year, region or type
of item
Books, films, newspapers,
prints are available
http://www.wdl.org/

9. Digital Public Library of America
5.7 million digital items
Photographs, primary
source documents, maps,
letters and more!
Explore by place, by time
period or view an online
exhibition
http://dp.la/

10. American Journeys
Eyewitness accounts of
American exploration
Over 18,000 pages
Read Lewis & Clark’s
original journals
http://www.americanjourneys.org/

11. American Memory Project
Managed by the Library of
Congress
Part of the National Digital
library, it organizes some
of the 5 million digital
items into thematic units
Holds video, audio, images
and text
http://memory.loc.gov/

12. Digital Archive of
American Architecture
Organized by Boston
College
Holds images of
architecture from 17th-20th
century America
Browse by building type,
architect or style
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp
/cas/fnart/fa267/
Boston library, 1818

13. Ryhiner Digital Map
Collection
Browse 16,000+
historical maps from
around the globe
In German, but still easy
to browse
http://www.stub.unibe.c
h/stub/ryhiner/ry-
arch1.htmlMap of Asia, 1573

14. VADS (Visual Arts Database Service)
120,000 art images free to
use in education
Browse or search by
artist, location, material, te
chnique and more!
Holds fine art, political
cartoons, advertisements
and more
http://www.vads.ac.uk/

15. Oxford Text Archive
Holds academic primary
source documents,
especially those pertient
to the humanities,
including linguistics,
poetry, plays, philosophy
and classics.
http://www.ota.ox.ac.uk/cat
alogue/index.html