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ArchiveGrid : At a glance

ArchiveGrid at a glance

ArchiveGrid provides online access to nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.

Benefits

  • Students, faculty, librarians, genealogists, scholars, researchers and authors all can discover primary source information and their locations faster than ever before. Additionally, they can discover important content that may be hidden or hard to find with usual search methods on the open Web.
  • Researchers can learn about the contents of archival collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials or order copies—all from one search.
  • For genealogists, ArchiveGrid provides links to locations for birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records. Professional genealogists can find complete results much more quickly, and amateur genealogists have a professional-quality tool to work with.

Features

  • Detailed, archival collection descriptions written by archivists
  • Collection descriptions from more than 2,500 libraries, museums and archives worldwide
  • Powerful search engine
  • User-friendly interface
  • Search results that include the title of the collection, holding institution, brief description and a link to an extended description