National Libraries

Archival & Special Collections Resources

Online Literature

The European Library
A portal to the collections of 43 European national libraries. It replaces "Gabriel: Gateway to Europe's National Libraries." There are currently 13 fully participating libraries whose collections are currently searchable through this gateway. These include:Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the ICCU (the national central cataloguing unit from Italy), and CENL (the Conference of National Libraries of Europe). The other 34 libraries will come online at a later date.

Cybrary: National Library Catalogues Worldwide

Archeion: Ontario's Archival Information Network
Information on what archives exist and where they are located in Ontario.

Archives Hub
A national gateway to descriptions of archives found in UK colleges and universities. Easy to use search interface, useful collection summaries.

Archives of Ontario

Archives.gov
The United States' National Archives and Records Administration site contains hundreds of thousands of archival images of historical documents, figures and sites.

Archives Canada.ca: Canadian Archival Information Network (CAIN)
Comprehensive set of links to Canadian archival collections with data collected from national, provincial, university, municipal, museum, commercial and religious repositories. There are links to useful Canadian archives resources including: listservs, association information, geneological information.

City of Toronto Archives

Directory of Special Collections of Research Value in Canadian Libraries

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web: a Project of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
A searchable database of online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, historical societies and museums, where the online exhibitions have a significant focus on library and archival materials.

Repositories of Primary Sources
University of Idaho's listing of over 1500 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs and other primary sources for the research scholar.

Ready, 'Net Go! Archival Internet Resources

University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services

University of Toronto Libraries with Special Subject Collections

United Church of Canada Archives

WATCH: Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders
Search the WATCH database to find the names and addresses of copyright holders for unpublished works of authors and artists.

Yahoo's Directory of Special Collections Libraries

See also Victoria University Special Collections

Electronic Books available at the University of Toronto Libraries

Internet Classics Archive

Online Books Page

Project Bartleby from Columbia University

Project Gutenberg

University of Toronto English Library
Contains a comprehensive range of electronic texts of the major works of literature. There are separate sections of non-fiction prose, poetry including the anthology "Representative Poetry On-line," and prose fiction.