An annotated list of libraries with online content accessible from anywhere.

The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way.

HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than fifty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide.

The Library of Congress has put its “Fasincating Finds in Three Minutes"

The Prelinger Library is an appropriation-friendly, browsable collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals, printed ephemera and government documents located in San Francisco, California, USA.

A collection of blogs by librarians.

This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

From the Library of Congress -- Textbooks chronicle historic facts and often focus on well-known women. Diaries, journals, memoirs, reminiscences, letters, speeches and interviews can offer a glimpse into the private lives, thoughts, hopes, and goals of lesser-known women providing a snapshot of life at the time.

A free resource to discover learning and research materials, covering all subjects, from 38 national libraries across Europe.

Alibris' website for libraries.

From the LIbrary of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving California, the nation, and the world.

The Archival Photographic Files document the history of the University of Chicago and the development of its campus, academic programs, and community life.

American taxpayers spend over $100 million a year to fund the Congressional Research Service, a "think tank" that provides reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. Yet, these reports are not made available to the public in a way that they can be easily obtained. A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology through the cooperation of several organizations and collectors of CRS Reports, Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports.

A reference guide on the financial crisis from Colorado State University.

Resources about the the financial crisis from the Folger Library in Maine.

Free and Open Source Educational Resources

Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.

The WWW Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva. Unlike commercial catalogues, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compi...

Flickr photos from the Library of Congress.

Library Journal is the oldest and most respected publication covering the library field. Considered to be the “bible” of the library world, LJ is read by over 100,000 library directors, administrators, and staff in public, academic, and special librar

Beyond Words is a blog about books, movies, music and more. Highlighting titles both old and new from the rich collections of the Chicago Public Library, we urge you to check out Beyond Words, to find out what to check-out!

Online databases available to patrons of the Chicago Public Library.

Providing leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library services in Illinois and for the library community, in order to enhance learning and ensure access for all.

The objectives of this Chapter shall be those of the Special Libraries Association: To provide an association of individuals and organizations having a professional, scientific or technical interest in library and information science, especially as the...

Through publications, projects, and programs, CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come. In partnership with other institutions, CLIR helps create services that expand the concept of "library" and supports the pro...

The DLF is a consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering the use of electronic information technologies to extend collections and services.

World Public Library Consortia, Classic Literature Online, World's Largest eBook Collection, ebooks, free books, books, book, ebook, pdf ebooks, adobe, classics

Read Print is a free online library. We offer free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.

A site with 48,000 completed films and over 30,000 cans of unedited footage, including a wide variety of American ephemeral motion pictures.

The Prelinger Library is an appropriation-friendly, browsable collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals, printed ephemera and government documents located in San Francisco, California, USA.

The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service.

The Humanities Text Initiative, a unit of the University of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service, has provided online access to full text resources since 1994.

The Open Library website was created by the Internet Archive to demonstrate a way that books can be represented online.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is the premier repository for materials relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln and the history of the Prairie State. The ALPL, originally the Illinois State Historical Library, was created in 1889 by the Illino...

The Newberry Library is an independent research library concentrating in the humanities with an active educational and cultural presence in Chicago. Free and open to the public, it houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, maps, mus...

Chicago jazz archive from the University of Chicago Library.

Searchable online literature. Books by famous authors. Author Biography's. Literature Quotes

Find what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.

Archives.gov Home Page

INFOMINE is a comprehensive virtual library and reference tool for academic and scholarly Internet resources, including Web sites, databases, electronic journals, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of resear...

Book reviews and suggestions from the Williamsburg Regional Library

What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book—a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.

International database on censorship of books and newspapers, and literature on freedom of expression

Find the best library and reference resources at LibrarySpot.com, including top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, quotations and much more.

The "Rare Book Room" site has been constructed as an educational site intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world.

I Love Libraries is a site dedicated to Library Advocacy

From the Library of Congress

Oakland Public Library Official Website (Oakland, CA)