History Librarian
Finding Digital Copies of Books
- Archive of Americana This link opens in a new windowBooks published in the North American colonies and United States during the 18th and early 19th century.
- Digital Public Library of AmericaSearches materials digitized by libraries, archives, and museums.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new windowBooks published in the UK between 1473 and 1700.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowPrimarily books published in UK between 1700 and 1800.
- EuropeanaSearches across European digital libraries.
- GallicaBooks published in France and French-speaking colonies.
- German Digital LibraryFor books published in Germany and German-speaking colonies.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowParticularly good for non-English books and books published between 1850 and 1925.
- U-M Library Catalog Search This link opens in a new windowUse the Advanced Search to limit to books available online.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowCombined library catalog of libraries in (primarily) North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa.
NOTE: A lot of libraries, archives, and museums also host their own digitized materials. There isn't a single good way of searching across these, but using Google Advanced Search can be helpful. Try limiting the domain to .edu and then including terms like "archive," "special collections," and "library" in the "any of these terms" field.