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Historical books online
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.00970/page/n1/mode/1up ''Books about Malaysia''] by National Library of Singapore 1964. Archive.org
*National Library of Malaysia, currently (11 Oct. 2020) appears to have two digital websites, what perhaps may be termed an older, and a newer. It is unclear whether eventually all the content will migrate to the newer website, but currently there is content on the old website which goes not appear on the new.
:[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my Repositori Digital] older website. A number of the English language books are in the category [httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/111/browse Koleksi Peribadi]. :[https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome MyRepositori] Newer website. Many of the English books appear in Collections: Khazanah Warisan Negara/Malaysiana/Koleksi Khas/ [https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome/content/browse-content/collection/12 Koleksi Nadir] and [https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome/content/browse-content/collection/11 Koleksi Peribadi]. There are also some online English language newspapers in the collection Surat Khabar. There is a note on the website: Users who are not in the PNM premises '''only get a preview display of 10 pages''' for copyright reasons.
:For both websites, book files are available as pdfs. It does not appear possible to browse the English language books as a distinct category. For some books the “date of issue” appears to be the digitization date, rather than the date of publication. [http://www.aseanlibrary.org ASEAN Digital Library] contains some content from the National Library of Malaysia, and can be searched by language.
:'''Some downloads Downloads of books are generally sample pages only, or even title page only, (see previous comment) but this may not be apparent from the catalogue entry. This appears to be a frequent the general situation for books, although and may even apply to articles appear to be fully available'''.
:Books available from NLM include (and others are listed later):
:*[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2728 ''Notes from the Sarawak Gazette 1909-1915''] by J C Moulton. Older website. Also available on the [http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12499/17115 newer website]. This appears to be a new entry, not transfer from the older website. Unclear whether these are sample Sample pagesonly, or the whole filenewer version has fewer pages.
::Note some editions of the ''Sarawak Gazette'' are online from 1907, see below.
:*[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2533 ''Malaya and Singapore Survey Directory of Churches and Missions in the Federation and Colony''] by V A Chelliah, No date in catalogue but c 1948. Older website. Introductory chapter only.:*[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/809/browse Articles from ''Malaya in History''] including:**[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2017 "Kelantan During World War 1"] by W E Pepys. An article from ''Malaya in History'' July 1960.:**[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/handle/123456789/2031 ''The Last of The Creepers: Memoirs of A Malayan Rubber Planter 1907-1917''] by C R Harrison, 1961. This is an article from ''Malaya in History'', Volume 7, No 1, September 1961. A Creeper is variously described as described as a very new junior assistant,<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sb-JAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA31&pg=PA28 Page 28, "Chapter 2: Creeping in Johore April 1930- December 1930], ''Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy'' by Boris Hembry 2011 Google Books.</ref> a novice assistant<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ADgUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA208 Page 208, "Chapter 13: The Planter’s World"], ''The Devil’s Milk: A Social History of Rubber'' by John Tully 2011. Google Books</ref> or an assistant planter.<ref>[http://www.christopherhalemedia.org/2013/01/the-planters-life/ "The Planter’s Life"] by Christopher Hale, January 2013.</ref>:**[httphttps://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2058 ''Untapped Historical Source: Rest House Register Books''] by Robin W Winks. Article First page only of an article from ''Malaya in History'' April 1964. All older website.
: Note this website in the past was often unavailable, and possibly may only be available during office hours, Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm (local time), being GMT 00.00 to 9.00am
*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sejarah Melayu Library] (abrizain.org) has an extensive collection of English language historical books to download as pdfs, with some to also read as text. Click on the titles for further details of the author and year published. If you prefer to read original images, look at the text version (if available), as for some books, it may be apparent they are available on websites such as Archive.org or Google Books. Books available include
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