Electronic Access to archives and manuscripts elsewhere

Collections in other libraries, historical societies, and archives can be located through electronic databases which are available to subscribing libraries, and Penn State-affiliated faculty, staff, and students.

From the University Libraries home page, Penn State-affiliated researchers may select MultiSearch , on which can be found:

• ArchiveGrid - access to catalog records of archival and manuscript collections in the Research Libraries Group (RLG) database and indexed finding aids from RLG member institutions
• Archives USA (manuscripts) - is a directory of archival and manuscript repositories with catalog records submitted to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections and finding aids submitted to the National Inventory of Documentary Sources
• WorldCat - access to catalog records of archival and manuscript collections in the OCLC database

Ready, 'Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources is another valuable resource for researchers. It includes links to master lists of archival Web pages and international archival portals, and direct links to archival search engines for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

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