|
||||||
|
E-Books & Other Media (audio, video, images)
Recent books online
ebrary Academic
Complete NetLibrary
Safari Tech Books Online
NAP Online Books - publications of the National Academy Press (NAP) and John Henry Press on a wide range of topics in science, technology, engineering, and health.
Children's Books online International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) -- a digital library of international children's books (five-year project beginning in 2002;funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS))
Classics online: older books, mostly pre-1923 (now in public domain) FIND E-BOOKS Digital Book Index -- tool for finding e-books (free and for pay) on the Web Internet Archive -- a public nonprofit that was founded to build an ‘Internet library,’ with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to collections that exist in digital format. Searchebooks.com -- for freely accessible e-books on the Web (primarily public domain books) COLLECTIONS OF E-BOOKS Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts, Infomotions, Inc. Project Gutenberg, promo.net & project gutenberg E-Text Links, Electronic Text Center, Cornell University IPL Online Texts Collection, Internet Public Library and the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative Electronic Text Center Collections, University of Virginia Page by Page Books, provides public domain books with one page on each web page; designed for easy bookmarking. Wright American Fiction 1851-1875, digital collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction,1851-1875. The On-Line Books Page, by John Mark Ockerbloom Specialized collections online Nineteenth Century Schoolbooks, University of Pittsburgh Europeana (European Digital Library) - Europeana is a prototype digital library developed by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, for the European Digital Library project. Europeana offers approximately 12,000 copyright-free documents from the BnF, the Széchényi National Library of Hungary, and the National Library of Portugal.
Assume all images, audio, & video are copyright protected unless the source specifically states otherwise. Copyrighted material may only be used (on your website; or published in another medium) with the permission of the owner. Flickr -- There is a method of searching which makes it easier to discover items that you might be able to use without contacting the copyright owner. To find out whether an image may be used and for what purposes (without contacting the owner), use Advanced Search and check the box to "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content." Then, when you click on an image, look for a link to "Rights" information; for example, the link might be labeled "some rights reserved." Read the Creative Commons rights information for the image carefully to determine whether you can legally use that image in the way you want. Google image search -- To help you find images that you might be able to legally use in the way you want without contacting the copyright owner, use Advanced Search and select the Usage Rights limit that you need. Internet Archive -- a public nonprofit that was founded to build an ‘Internet library,’ with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to collections that exist in digital format. Public Domain Images for Use in Multimedia Projects and Web Pages -- provides links to sites with public domain images.
Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Archives -- a collection of radio and tv clips about themes and events that have affected Canadian life since the creation of radio in 1936 and television in 1952. Internet Archive -- a public nonprofit that was founded to build an ‘Internet library,’ with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to collections that exist in digital format.
American Memory, Library of Congress - examples of the numerous online collections of the Library of Congress include Woody Guthrie and the Archive of the American Folksong, The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920, and History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library Avalon Project at the Yale Law School -- digital documents relevant to the fields of history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. Conveniently arranged in categories from pre-18th Century documents to the 21st Century, here you can find the text of the "Laws of Kings" 753–510 B.C.E. from ancient Rome, the Magna Carta from 1215 C.E., or the latest executive order about the "attack on America." Documenting the American South, U. of N. Carolina ILEJ: Internet Library of Early Journals, Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford -- conducted under the auspices of the eLib (Electronic Libraries) Programme. It aims to digitize substantial runs of 18th and 19th century journals, and make these images available on the Internet. Titles include Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Gentleman's Magazine, The Annual Register, Notes and Queries, The Builder, and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Making of America, primary sources at U. of Michigan; primary sources at Cornell University's Making of America project are available at http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/ Medicine & Madison Avenue, Duke University & others - marketing images from the 1910s through the 1950s from 600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines Southeastern Native American Documents, U. of Georgia. Select “Digital Library of Georgia,” then select “Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842.” If asked for a GALILEO password, select “Public Databases” at the bottom of the password screen.
Art Museums Worldwide -- from Artcyclopedia European Museum Guide -- "detailed and very comprehensively illustrated, the European Museum Guide provides information about permanent collections, actual and future exhibitions of European Museums" MOOM: The Museum of Online Museums -- "online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions" MuseumLand.com -- "worldwide portal to museums and cultural heritage" Museum Network -- "explore museums worldwide" through this portal 123World: Museums & Galleries -- list of museums & galleries on the net
BookMooch -- "BookMooch is a community for exchanging used books. BookMooch lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want."
Indiebound.com -- a virtual consortium of independent-bookseller websites Out-of-print agents AddAll - used and out-of-print book search that searches several out of print agents at one time. Advanced Book Exchange / AbeBooks Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
MediaSleuth -- Does not sell films; describes over 150,000 educational video titles, which are listed on the database of the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). Films Media Group (Films.com) -- more than 10,000 video, CD-ROM, and videodisc programs cover a broad range of subject areas appropriate for schools, colleges, and public libraries. Internet Movie Database -- Does not sell films, but provides information about movies (cast, plot outline, etc.) and includes user comments about them.
|
||||||
|
||||||
= Library subscribes to the database for Dakota State University
students/staff/faculty. Login using Library ID and
password when off-campus; no login required when on-campus