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    1.California Digital Library
     A collaborative effort of the nine University of California campuses to provide access their shared collections.
    www.cdlib.org
    2.University of Texas System Digital Library
     Supporting the learning and research needs of the University of Texas Telecampus and University of Texas System students and faculty on campus and at a distance.
    www.lib.utsystem.edu
    3.Gibson Digital Library
     The GDL is a Project Gutenberg mirror site, with downloadable books by FTP, telnet, web, or via their BBS system HomeBBS, other reading rooms, and archives.
    www.usastores.com
    4.Indiana University Digital Library Program
     Access to the collections of the Indiana University digital library.
    www.dlib.indiana.edu
    5.Perseus Project
     Digital collections for the study of the Archaic and Classical Greek world and the Renaissance.
    www.perseus.tufts.edu
    6.Information Technology and Society Project
     Archives and research tools for the study of the history, sociology, politics, economics and culture of the digital age.
    www.stanford.edu
    7.Columbia University Digital Library Collections
     Access to Columbia University's unique collections.
    www.columbia.edu
    8.Digital Research Library Service
     Access the digital resources at the University of Pittsburg.
    digital.library.pitt.edu
    9.White House Tennessee Cyber Library
     An independent, citizen-built, evolving cyber library consisting of collections of selected and annotated internet resources.
    www.whitehousecyberlib.org
    10.Internet Public Library
     Online resources and reference help on all subjects from trained volunteer librarians worldwide.
    www.ipl.org
    11.Handbook for Digital Projects
     From the Northeast Document Conservation Center, a manual for preservation and access, 1st edition, edited by Maxine K. Sitts.
    www.nedcc.org
    12.Kentucky Virtual Library
     Online catalogs and databases, online tutorial and help with internet-based research, a virtual reference desk, and access to Kentuckiana digitized collections, serving Kentuckians and supporting the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University.
    www.kyvl.org
    13.William Gedney Photographs and Writings
     Provides access to over 4900 photographs and 1000 pages of writings from the William Gedney Collection at Duke University.
    scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
    14.Australasian Virtual Engineering Library
     AVEL provides access to engineering information resources such as electronic engineering publications and databases, software, online teaching modules, and conference announcements.
    avel.library.uq.edu.au
    15.The Electronic Library of Free eBooks and Best Sites
     Free eBooks include over 400 classics and contemporary works. Focus on tutorials, learning and knowledge, ranging from accounting to zoology.
    www.web-books.com
    16.de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at USM
     Collection of children's literature with emphasis on American and British works, current and historical works.
    avatar.lib.usm.edu
    17.Library of California
     Details the Library's services to local libraries, state and local government and the public as well as links to California Research Bureau papers online, LDS publications, the California Library Directory and other useful information.
    www.library.ca.gov
    18.Simon Fraser University Library Electronic Document Centre
     Promotes access to knowledge created at Simon Fraser University and makes some of the Library's unique holdings available to a wider audience.
    edocs.lib.sfu.ca
    19.Worditude.com
     Ebook site with free downloads of current and public domain literature.
    www.worditude.com
    20.TAEVIS Online Home Page
     Tactile access to education for visually impaired students.A collection of 2,500 tactile diagrams covering college-level course.In either braille or low-vision format, for sale to subscribers
    www.taevisonline.purdue.edu
    21.Center for Retrospective Digitization
     Access to the digital collections at the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen, Germany, including the Gutenberg Bible, travel literature and North Americana from the 18th and 19th centuries, DIEPER (Digitized European Periodicals), historical mathematics materials, and Goethe illustrations.
    gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de
    22.Celtic Digital Library
     Contains digital links, artwork and information about the Celtic society from 400 B.C to 1500 A.D and Celtic Reconstruction of today.
    celtdigital.org
    23.Mylib's Knowledge Portal
     A portal to on-line dictionaries and reference works. Some emphasis on Malaysian society.
    www.mylib.com.my
    24. Web Companion
     Personal library and web companion for children. Access to dozens of homework help resources.Subscription and non-subscription.Excellent site.
    www.brarydog.net
    25.Danish Electronic Research Library
     Links to subject-specific portals, databases, and link collections, as well as access to the catalogs and home pages of participating research libraries. Site in Danish or English, but many of the linked resources are in Danish only.
    www.deff.dk
    26.Iran Virtual Library
     Nonpartisan archive of social, political, economic and cultural documents pertaining to Iran. Edited by Frederick  Nemani, a professor at South Bank University, London.
    www.irvl.net
    27.The Online Archive of California
     This union database of manuscripts and images from institutions across California is comprised of over 5,000 archival finding aids encoded using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard and the SGML document type definition. Part of the California Digital Library.
    www.oac.cdlib.org
    28.Persian Digital Library
     Texts in Farsi for major Persian authors and poets. Site is in English.
    digilib.sharif.edu
    29.SAILOR: Maryland's Public Information Network
     Provides public information for citizens of and visitors to Maryland, including resources for health, business, education, and history.
    www.sailor.lib.md.us
    30.Documenting the American South
     A collection of digitized sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century, with a focus on North Carolina.
    docsouth.unc.edu
    31.University of Tennessee-Martin Andy Holt Virtual Library
     Focus is on the humanities and fine arts, with access to local and world library catalogs, electronic journals, databases, virtual reference desk, digitized documents, and departmental resources. Partners with the physical Paul Meek Library to provide face to face services.
    www.utm.edu
    32.Original Sources
     Electronic library with works from history, the social sciences, philosophy, literature, and religion. Fee required for access.
    www.originalsources.com
    33.AGF Library
     Contains works from many authors with mostly religions content.
    groups.msn.com
    34.Alexandria Digital Library Project
     Digital map collections at the University of California Santa Barbara.
    www.alexandria.ucsb.edu
    35.Archives of Maryland Online
     Online access to the historical documents of Maryland. Browse by volume or search using a variety of parameters. Documents are available as image or searchable text. Site includes a glossary of terms used in documents.
    www.mdarchives.state.md.us
    36.Digital South Asia Library
     Materials related to South Asia, including maps, statistics, photographs, and official publications.
    dsal.uchicago.edu
    37.Images from the Heritage Collection of the State Library of Tasmania
     A searchable database of images from the Heritage Collection of the State Library of Tasmania, Australia.
    images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au
    38.Library of Virginia Digital Library Program
     Provides access to multiple databases and millions of digital images of text, photographs and maps pertaining to the history and culture of Virginia.
    www.lva.lib.va.us
    39.Questia
     Paid subscription service that provides access to a large online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.
    www.questia.com
    40.Worthington Memory
     Online history scrapbook of Worthington, Ohio.
    www.worthingtonmemory.org
    41.CHILDE Project
     Children's Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe is a project, funded under the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme, which has created a collection of images from early children's books.
    www.bookchilde.org
    42.Kibbutz Sasa Virtual Library
      for locating online sources of information.
    lib.sasa.org.il
    43.The Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History
     Collection includes photographs, books, drawings and artifacts. Site in English with French version under development.
    www.nextlibrary.com
    44.Digital Library of Information Science and Technology (DLIST)
     Developed by the School of Information Resources and Library Science and the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona using Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compliant Eprints v.2 software.
    dlist.sir.arizona.edu
    45.Life in Western Pennsylvania 1840 -1970
     Historic photographic collection provided by the library and archives of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The site also covers the local history of photography and information on the care and handling of photographs.
    www.lifeinwesternpa.org
    46.There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch: Freely Accessible Databases for the Public
     Article by Sandy Lewis containing a list of databases that produce a list of citations to scientific literature, published in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship.
    www.library.ucsb.edu
    47.Digital Library Network for Engineering and Technology (DLNET)
     A collaborative effort by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Iowa State University (ISU) and Virginia Tech (VATECH) to provide a platform for posting, reviewing and accessing learning resources in Engineering and Technology and a gateway to education and research materials.
    www.dlnet.vt.edu
    48.75th Anniversary of the Free Library of Philadelphia
     Special collection of over 225 texts and images covering local architecture, history and African American architects.
    libwww.library.phila.gov
    49.Nalanda Digital Library
     Based at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) in India. Open access is provided to selected collections of published papers, PhD theses, student projects, research reports, course materials, ebooks, etexts and Perl scripts.
    www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in
    50.Online Bilingual Library of Russian Literature
     Collection of texts and audio, including works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Fet, Krylov, Esenin, Akhmatova and Chekhov provided by the Online Russian Language Center. Texts are available in Russian and English.
    www.learningrussian.com
    51.Washington State Digital Library Resources
      local history collections. Site includes best practice guide and Digital Imaging Initiative project pages.
    digitalwa.statelib.wa.gov
    52.epub WU
     Virtual University Project at the Vienna University of Economics. Collection of fulltext dissertations, PhD theses and working papers. Site in German with some holdings in English.
    epub.wu-wien.ac.at
    53.St Laurentius Digital Manuscript Library
     A collection of scanned images of medieval manuscripts comprising 67 volumes, ranging from the 10th century to the 1640s provided by Lund University Library in Sweden.
    laurentius.lub.lu.se
    54.NLS Digital Library
     Special collections held by the National Library of Scotland including: The Murthly Hours medieval manuscripts, Experiences of War, Maps of Scotland, First Scottish Books, Scottish Decorative Bookbinding, Photographs of Modern Scottish Writers, Churchill, Robert Louis Stevenson, and The Last Letter of Mary Queen of Scots.
    www.nls.uk
    55.Digital Bridges
     Collection of historical bridge design manuals, images and books from Lehigh University.
    bridges.lib.lehigh.edu
    56.The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)
     A 5-year project by the Internet Archive and the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab to develop a library using innovative software specifically for children.
    www.icdlbooks.org
    57.ibiblio
     A collaboration of the Center for the Public Domain and The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill to provide public domain material, organised by subject and UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) including journals, ebooks and a special collection of linux programs and documentation.
    www.ibiblio.org
    58.National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
     Comprehensive source for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Funded by the National Science Foundation.
    nsdl.org
    59.IntraText Digital Library
     A multilingual, open access and XML-based digital library offering texts and corpora in 36 languages from religions, humanities, and research.
    www.intratext.com
    60.Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)
     A paid subscription service providing access to articles, scholarly journals, electronic books and re-digitized documents from cultural and scientific publications related to central and eastern Europe.
    www.ceeol.com
    61.Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes
     Provides access to materials including including books, images and databases selected from Fish and Mammal Divisions of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and the Fungus Collections of the University of Michigan Herbarium.
    www.lib.umich.edu
    62.Digital Archive for Chinese Studies (DACHS)
     Based at the Institute of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), the collection includes websites, e-journals, films, snapshots of discussion boards, and single documents covering social and political subject matters.
    www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de
    63.Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
     Presents the collection of the Dutch Royal Library and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum in The Hague. Highlights and database with images and backgrounds.
    www.kb.nl
    64.Sagnanetiđ
     Saganet project by the National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University with the association of the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland to provide the entire range of Icelandic family sagas and other works published before 1900 online. Site in English and Icelandic.
    sagnanet.is
    65.DSpace: Durable Digital Depository
     A joint project between MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard to provide stable long-term storage for the intellectual output of MIT faculty and researchers using open-source software. Site includes mission, policy, technology description and download, implementations, news and staff information.
    www.dspace.org
    66.The Digital Mirror
     The welsh national collection of manuscripts, early and rare printed books, antiquarian maps, and diverse images at The National Library of Wales. Site includes online exhibitions and information about the digitisation program.
    www.llgc.org.uk
    67.Digital Library Project
     A University of Pennsylvania selection of digital library collections, exhibits, and finding aids prepared by digital librarians. Site includes information on tools and technology.
    digital.library.upenn.edu
    68.University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service
     The Digital Library Production Service (DLPS) was formed in 1996 to provide infrastructure for campus digital library collections, including both access and delivery of collection content.
    www.umdl.umich.edu
    69.The Digital Reading Room (DRR)
     An Athabasca University Library project. The DRR is an interactive online reading room, offering a digital solution for course readings and supplementary materials. It has been designed to provide access to faculty-selected resources and can accommodate a range of formats, including online journal articles, electronic books, audio or video clips, web sites and learning objects.
    library.athabascau.ca
    70.Colorado Digitization Project
     A collaborative initiative to provide access to the unique collections of Colorado's archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums.
    www.cdpheritage.org
    71.Science Direct - Journals
     An online library featuring fulltext journals from Academic Press and other scholarly publishers. Access by subscription.
    www.sciencedirect.com
    72.New Zealand Digital Library (NZDL)
     Based at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. The site contains text, image and audio-visual collections; including historical documents, humanitarian and development information, computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary works, and magazines.
    www.sadl.uleth.ca
    73.University of Tennessee Digital Library Center
     Promotes the development of a growing collection of digital content for the University community and the State of Tennessee.
    diglib.lib.utk.edu
    74.DelAware: The Digital Library of the First State
     Includes links to libraries and library catalogs, government information, and online search services for Delaware public library patrons.
    www.state.lib.de.us
    75.Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (ATON)
     Collection of written (PDF) and spoken (MP3) texts in several Turkic languages at Texas Tech University.
    aton.ttu.edu
    76.UCEEL Digital Library
     Project based at the University of Central England. Collections include past exam papers, book chapters, journal articles and student projects.
    diglib.uce.ac.uk
    77.Internet Archive
     A digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
    www.archive.org
    78.Brigham Young University Digital Media Library
     The public access interface of this online resource allows browsing or searching of university publications, including theses and the Mormon Studies Index.
    www.lib.byu.edu
    79.Victorian Women Writers Project
     A collection of text, essays, and fiction written during the Victorian period, by women writers.
    www.indiana.edu
    80.Digital Projects at the University of Illinois
     Information and access to the digital collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
    www.library.uiuc.edu
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