American Memory Collection<\/a> (Library of Congress) With the American Memory Collection, the Library of Congress has created access to over 100 primary source collections, with more than 7 million digital items available online. These collections contain a wealth of information: from photographs and drawings, to oral histories, maps, and sound recordings. There are several ways to locate content within these collections.<\/p>\n To begin, you should identify how the collections are structured. In recent years, Library of Congress has migrated the American Memory Collection into their Digital Collections portal. Currently the extensive digitized collections are accessible in both spaces, but you may find that it is easier to identify content using American Memory. Use the recommended strategies below for further exploration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n National Archives and Records Administration<\/a> (NARA) houses the nation\u2019s archival material, including immigration, military, and census records, maps, films, photographs and more. Only a small portion of these records are available online, but the website may help you to locate material to view in person at one of seventeen Research Facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n To begin, use the Research Our Records<\/a> page as a starting point. The staff at NARA have prepared a number of resources to get researchers started, including; Resources for Genealogists<\/a>, Resources for Research in Military Records<\/a>, and Resources for Research on a particular subject or topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Digital Public Library of America<\/a> (DPLA) Combining the resources of libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage institutions, DPLA is a great resource for digitized documents, images, maps, and other material. Unlike the Library of Congress American Memory Collection or the National Archives and Records Administration, DPLA does not house extensive primary or secondary source collections. Instead, DPLA makes it possible to search across the digitized resources of a growing list of repositories<\/a> across the United States.<\/p>\n Get started on DPLA homepage<\/a>. There are several ways to locate resources through the DPLA.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Internet Archive<\/a> \u00a0The Internet Archive is a digital library that preserves digital copies of analog sources as well as born-digital sources like websites, software programs, audio recordings, videos, images and more. These collections include digitized archival material contributed by libraries and archives around the world.<\/p>\n There are several ways to locate content within the millions of items held in the Internet Archive.<\/p>\n To begin, view this helpful video by the staff at Central Connecticut State University Elihu Burritt Library<\/a> which includes an overview of how to navigate the Internet Archive. Also utilize the blog for discussion on how to use particular search features, like Faceted Filtering and Full-Text Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Umbra Search African American History<\/a>. This search tool brings together material related to African American history from more than 1000 US libraries, archives, and museums. It aims to make this material more accessible and to make it easier to draw connections between sources. The sources included in Umbra Search are not always readily identifiable as related to African American history in the collections from which they come. The metadata that describes them often does not identify race and lacks references to historical topics. Staff at Umbra Search have modified and enhanced metadata and added keywords so that materials are included in broad searches for common topics, including the Black Arts Movement, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Politics and Government, Music and Theater, and more.<\/p>\n To begin there are five example searches; each is annotated with explanation of the search terms.<\/p>\n Apply the lessons learned in this section with this scavenger hunt for digital sources. 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Activity 2.1.1:\u00a0 Scavenger Hunt<\/h4>\n
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