Online Resources
The Library develops indexes, databases, and finding aids; scans full text
primary source documents, subscribes to commercial databases and selects free
Internet resources relevant to the academic and professional studies of eighteenth-century
British America and the Early American Republic. These sources encompass text
and images pertaining to the social life, architecture, language, politics,
trades, decorative and performing arts, and literature of the times.
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Search the Library Catalog
- The catalog will default to search the holdings of the Rockefeller Library.
However, choose "All" from the dropdown Library menu to search
William and Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library and the Law Library, the Richard
Bland College Library in Petersburg, Va., and the Virginia Institute of
Marine Science Library in Gloucester, VA.
- Search Other Libraries Using WorldCat
- WorldCat (www.worldcat.org),
a service of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), is the largest library
network in the world. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access
to their free resources on the Web, where most people start their search
for information. Type your search term into the box on the right for an
instant link to WorldCat.
- The Journal List
This growing list of periodicals to which Colonial Williamsburg researchers
have access to, both online and on paper. It is a work in progress with a
projected finish date of March 2008.
- The Digital Library
- The Digital Library is a selection of primary sources and original research
held by the Library. It contains more than 500 research reports, scanned
images and encoded texts numbering several thousand manuscript pages.
- The Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780
- One of the Library's most important digital collections is the full collection
of the Virginia Gazettes published in eighteenth-century Williamsburg.
More than 8,000 digital images are available. If you know the issue you
want to see, select the Browse option below: otherwise,
you may
Search the 1,300-page index to the Virginia Gazette
produced by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff in 1950 for the Institute
for Early American History and Culture. Tradesmen
in the Virginia Gazette focuses on advertisements placed by and for
tradespeople in the Virginia Gazette and includes advertisements from
these years: 1736, 1737, 1740, 1745, 1746, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1766,
1768, 1769, 1771, 1776, 1777, 1779, and 1780.
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- Subscription Database Links
- The Database Links in the dropdown box below include links to subscription
databases that are available to Colonial Williamsburg
users only. Contact the Reference
Desk
for more information.
Finding Aids and
Indexes
Finding aids are collections of references and indices for specific collections
at Colonial Williamsburg. They are available in a variety of formats (html,
pdf and database) and include such topics as the Colonial Williamsburg Publications
Indexes, Genealogical Resources Guides, Photographic Collection Guides and
Picture Indexes and Special Collections Guides.
Searchable
Databases
Designed by Colonial Williamsburg staff, these databases provide access
to favorite reference sources.
Webographies
Internet finding aids compiled by our library staff. Each topic page has
links to a wealth of resources on the Web.
Genealogical
Research
A list of resources to assist genealogical research. These include some
of library's finding aids, links to websites outside the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation and a contact form to request help from one of our librarians.
School Projects
A list of resources helpful for school projects. These include some of
library's finding aids, links to websites outside the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation and a contact form to request help from one of our librarians.
Internet Links
This list of professional resources includes links to websites outside
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. An
alphabetical list and topical lists are available.
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