The British Columbia Digital Library

International Collections by Institution

The focus of this set of links is on collections of electronic texts (not individual titles) preserved through libraries, archives, museums and corporate or private initiatives. Listings here are therefore primarily for the written word as expressed in manuscripts, books and periodicals, including newspapers. Non-book digital library collections may be included. Readers wishing further leads to non-book digital content should consult one of the directories or guides.

Unless indicated, access to these Web sites is free and open to the general public.

Multinational and International Content

• American Overseas Digital Library. Washington, D.C.: Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Summary: " The American Overseas Digital Library is designed to include in one consolidated, web-based digital library a host of materials including bibliographic records, selected full-text materials, article-level indices, archival descriptions, databases and digitized versions of maps, dissertations, musical recordings, photographs, and other important and unique research resources representing the distributed holdings of all the CAORC member center libraries." Date accessed: 2004-02-28. Date added: 2004-02-28.
• Bibliotheca universalis: a G-7 global information society pilot project, includes national libraries from Europe, Canada, the United States, and Japan.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Virtual Library. In addition to online catalogs, this site features the FAO Corporate Document Repository. Date accessed: 2002-12-26. Date added: 2002-12-26.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Memory of the World Programme. Access to digitized collections of documentary heritage of global significance from archives, libraries and museums via the Memory of the World Register or the UNESCO/IFLA Directory of Digitized Collections.

Africa

The Americas

1. Latin America
2. North America: Canada
3. North America: Mexico
4. North America: United States
5. South America

Asia and India

Europe

Pacific Ocean (including Australia and New Zealand)

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