164 · Representative Documents: Promoting Digital Collections
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Digital Collections card
University of Michigan
quod.lib.umich.edu
D I G I TA L C O L L E C T I O N S
The University of Michigan Library is justly famous for our efforts to digitize our print
collections, and to make them as freely available as possible via the Internet. We
led the creation of HathiTrust, a partnership of institutions offering open access to
millions of readable and fully-searchable volumes.
But our digital initiatives extend much further—for example, at quod.lib.umich.
edu you’ll find more than 250 collections of images, texts, bibliographies, and
finding aids. There you can search for a specific collection, browse by title, format,
subject, and more, and search the text collections for specific words or phrases. These
collections feature our own digitized print materials, as well as those of other U-M
departments, including the Bentley Historical Library, and local institutions, includ-
ing the Ann Arbor District Library.
Among other things, these digital collections enable scholars here and everywhere
to access primary-source and image materials for their research, and for the public to
have ready access to images documenting the rich history of the university.
Featured Digital Collections
(An asterisk indicates that material is restricted to U-M affiliates.)
Bentley Image Bank: Photographs and other images from the Bentley
Historical Library, the official archives of the university and documenter of the
history of the State of Michigan.
Bible: King James Version: A fully-searchable text of the King James Bible.
(Four additional collections feature other Bible editions and translations.)
Clark Library Maps: Digitized maps from the Stephen S. Clark Library at U-M.
Clements Manuscript Division Finding Aids: Descriptive inventories for
manuscript collections at the Clements Library, which houses resources for the
study of American history and culture from the 15th-19th centuries.
Art, Architecture and Engineering Library: A portion of the library’s collec-
tion of images via the Imageworks service. (*)
Making of America: A collection of primary text sources in American social
history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
Michigan County Histories and Atlases: Digitized images of Michigan county
histories and atlases as resources for historical and genealogical research.
Middle English Dictionary: Comprehensive analysis of the lexicon and usage
of Middle English, from 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of
over three million citation slips. (*)
To find subscription-based online collections that the library provides to the U-M
community, go to lib.umich.edu/searchtools.
Contact Us
For questions about our digital collections, email dlps-help@umich.edu.
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