General
HathiTrust Digital Library: HathiTrust pulls together digital materials from a large number of participant organizations. Some of the content is available without a subscription; more materials are available via the institutional subscription.
- Public link for HathiTrust
- UW Libraries link for HathiTrust (requires UWnetid)
Gallica: digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France: Digital collections from the French National Library, including books, periodicals, manuscripts, audiovisual materials, and more.
- Public link for Gallica
- UW Libraries link for Gallica (requires UWnetid)
British Library Digital Collections: Digital collections including rare books, manuscripts, maps.
UW Libraries Digital Collections: Digital collections from the University of Washington Libraries including Special Collections, partner projects with UW departments, organizations, and faculty, and the Tacoma and Bothell campus collections. Materials include book art and history examples such as bindings, decorative paper, printing methods; political caricatures; maps; fashion plates; ethnomusicology collections.
- Decorated and Decorative Paper collection
- Ethnomusicology Music Instrument collection: Includes images and audiovisual content.
- Fashion Plate Collection: Primarily from 19th and early 20th century French, British, American, and other continental fashion journals.
- Historical Book Arts collection
- Historical Children's Literature collection
- Medieval and Historical Manuscripts collection
- Music Library Digital Scores collection: Materials from 17th-19th century but predominantly 17th and 18th century operas, opera excerpts, and other vocal music.
- Napoleonic Period collection of Political Caricatures