In addition to our digital collections and exhibits, you may also want to explore the following useful links for utilizing digital resources. Contact Special Collections if you are interested in a consultation or instruction on using digital resources and facsimiles.
Find the locations of archives, libraries, and museums that preserve materials based on your research topic.
Access to more than a million items such as manuscripts, maps, artworks, and photographs.
Access text, video, and sound recordings from American libraries, museums, and archives.
Online collection of books published before 1923. Keyword searching is available.
Includes free access to books, videos, software, and more. The Wayback Machine, a project of the Internet Archive, has archived billions of web pages (plus some that no longer exist).
Search various Library of Congress collections, subjects, and items.
Provides some digital reproductions of the holdings in the National Archives.
Locate archival collections from around the world, as well as historical information regarding individuals, families, and organizations.
Digital images from the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and National Zoo.
Digitized materials and historical records from around the world.
Temporary access is available via the Galesburg Public Library. For more information on applying for a library card, contact the Galesburg Public Library.
Discover digital resources from academic and research libraries in Illinois.
Includes local images of Galesburg via the Galesburg Public Library’s Archive.