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From: "R. Houston" <>
Subject: California Online Libraries & Archives
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 13:24:42 -0400

http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/oac/
The Online Archive of California
four collaborative projects to create a searchable online union database of
finding aids to archival collections. This database includes the finding
aids to repositories from several institutions statewide and is continuing
to expand. Currently the database includes finding aids from You won't
believe how many LINKS!!

Finding aids are inventories, registers, indexes or guides to collections
held by archives and manuscript repositories, libraries, and museums.
Finding aids provide detailed descriptions of collections, their
intellectual organization and, at varying levels of analysis, of individual
items in the collections. Access to the finding aid is essential for
understanding the true content of a collection and for determining whether
it is likely to satisfy a scholar's research needs
Several other repositories world-wide - LINKS
In addition to finding aids, several other important online resources are
available to researchers interested in primary sources.
You can't go wrong with this one. Rhonda Houston

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