The links below lead to information about how to find, evaluate, and learn more about the content of archives. They also describe how to arrange to work in an archive, and how to conduct that work.
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The following links include useful tools for finding archives based on geographic location, content, collection type, and more information that can help researchers assess where to find the data they need for their project.
Provides access to online findings aids, detailed collection guides or inventories describing where to find an archival collection, how it's arranged, and what it contains.
ArchiveGrid is a collection of archival material descriptions, including MARC records from WorldCat and finding aids harvested from the web. It's supported by OCLC Research as the basis for experimentation and testing in text mining, data analysis, and discovery system applications and interfaces. Archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives are represented in ArchiveGrid.
The following links contain foundational background information and key tools and concepts that will be useful for those starting archival research.