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# Go to the website https://archive.org where On the home page you will see several types of material that can be accessed (Video, Audio etc.). Go to the far right a row of the second row down icons and click on Texts.# Don’t be put off by the apparent complexity of the next page!two search options below:
3. Suppose If you hover the mouse pointer over each icon you are interested in books with titles mentioning journeys (to, from or within) India published in will see the period 1800–1850. Fill range of media included in the appropriate boxes as shown belowdatabase. Note It’s probably always best to use Advanced Search, so that you must fill in year, month and day can specify more precisely what you are looking for each date or . Don’t be put off by the apparent complexity of the page! [[File:Internet-Archive search won’t workscreenshot.jpg|600px]]
[[File:Internet-Archive As you can see from this example, it’s usually only necessary to fill in two fields. Be prepared to rephrase the search screenshotif you have no luck. In this case, entering “journeys india” found nothing.jpg]]
4. The search results To the right of the Results screen you will look see something like this:
5. When Choosing a Collection gives you have clicked on a titlebetter idea of what is available. For example, look to in the left of the next present search, clicking on European Libraries gives page to see a box like the one belowthis:
If you choose Click on any page image to see the full document. On the page where the Read Online option use first page of the icons in document is displayed notice that at the bottom top right-hand corner of , on the screen as followsblack background, you have these choices:
[[File:Google books-settingsIf you now choose the lens icon you can search for words in the text (the search can take a minute or two). Finally, notice that above the book there is the title in lower case, underlined. That is a link which, if you click on it, will take you to the earlier screen. Notice that in the lower half, in the white section and to the right, there is a choice of download options. The PDF choice is usually a good bet if you want the whole text for future reference.jpg]]
This site is not very user friendly and is sometimes unavailable. The quality website contains a number of Gazetteers which may be located by using Gazetteer as the scanned print varies from excellent to poorsearch term. Individual Other books do not have their own URL and it will be necessary available to search for download include ''Chronicles of the book you requireEast India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1835'' by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926. The great advantage of the site however Volumes [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23767 1], [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23769 2], [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23770 3], [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23771 4], is that you can find books which are not available elsewhere[https://dspace.gipe.ac. in/xmlui/handle/10973/23772 5]
Book Reader 1 is now the only option. Make sure you can see the bottom ==National Library of the screen which has the arrows and the page numbersIndia Digital Collection==*[http://nlirepository. You will need to see these to be able to turn the pagesnvli. If you can’t see these, there are two scrolling devices on the side of the screen, and you will need to scroll the bottom one until you can see the arrows etc. Individual books do not have a search facility. If however you have a page reference (from the indexin Website], or elsewhere), you can first click over the existing page number to delete it, type the page number you require, then press ‘enter’ on your computer keyboardaccess through through [https://www. This may not bring you to exactly the page you require, but by looking at the actual page number of the page displayed, (as opposed to the computer page number) you should be able to find the page you requirenationallibrary. The first few pages of the book may be blank, you just need to keep going further into the book before you can read a pagegov. (Note that the facility to type in the page number was, until October 2013, apparently only available with the browser Internet Explorer but now extends to other browsers including Google Chrome and Safari) NLI]/Digital Collection.
This India List The Library is located in [[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-03/1300628694 postCalcutta]] advises that for Reader 1, “I scrolled through on the text option so that download time was faster, and then I switched to administered by the tiff images if I wanted to see Ministry of Culture of the full image”. However, it seems as though your options very much depend on your particular computer, as for the writer Government of this section, within Reader 1, the only reading option which works is the TIFF optionIndia. (Reader 2 no longer exists)
Mac users can read about suitable plug-ins in this There are a number of [http://wwwnlirepository.usptonvli.govin/faqhandle/plugins123456789/tiff.jsp link1 Collections] from the US Patents Office including Gazetteers and this [http://wwwGovernment Publications.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060219160433715 link] Most of the from MacOSXhints.com. [http:other English language books appear to be in the categories Monographs or E-Books, but not in Rare Books (as at 2020/06/www.lva.virginia.gov/public/tifftips.htm TIFF tips] Library of Virginia has general information about viewing TIFF images30)
==Hathi Trust Digital Library==*[http://www.hathitrust.org Website]Pdfs The website advises::"Hathi Trust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the futureread online."
Many The digital collection appears to be a selection of the online books originate from Google BooksLibrary's Collection only, but there are some volumes available which are not available on and it is unclear whether the Google Books websitedigital collection will increase.
The books are available to read online, but can only be downloaded to your computer if you are associated with There is perhaps a participating institution. An advantage is possibility that the pages may digital collection will be rotateduploaded to the Internet Archive, which is a handy feature for in the pages same way as happened with Central Secretariat Library digital collection, (but this had not happened at 2020/06/30).==Central Secretariat Library (CSL) Digital Repository==*[http://cslrepository.nvli.in some books, particularly Army ListsWebsite]
==DSpace at West Bengal State The Central Secretariat Library==*(CSL) is one of the oldest libraries of the Government of India and is now located in Delhi, although originally established in 1891 as the Imperial Secretariat Library in Kolkata ([http://dspace[Calcutta]]).wbpublibnet.gov.in Website] It is administered by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India.
'''DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library''' is the Digital repository of the ‘West Bengal Public Library Network’ which is a joint effort There are five main collections being [http://cslrepository.nvli.in/handle/123456789/8 Rare Books], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in/handle/123456789/7 Gazetteer Reports] including modern publications, but none in respect of public Libraries of West Bengal. The texts are Burma; available as searchable pdfs to downloadand Committee Commission Reports, Settlement Reports, Statistical Abstract.
The most useful volumes appear to be those under the heading Gazetteers and Gazeeters. Browse ‘Subjects’and select ‘Gazetteers”, or the direct link is Pdfs [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in/dspace/items-by-subject?subject=GAZETTEERS Gazetteers]. In addition to various Gazetteers, there are editions of the ''Calcutta Gazette'', 1846 and 1872- 1942 (broken range) and the ''Gazette of India'' 1877-1918 (broken series). Under [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in/dspace/items-by-subject?subject=GAZEETEERS Gazeeteers], there is Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas 1914 by L.S.Sread online. O'Malley
*[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/ Website]==Digital Library of India, now closed==
Osmania University is situated in Hyderabad. The library Digital Library of India has been closed down as a connection with the separate entity, although texts labelled "Digital Library of India, however it is not known whether all the books available on OUDL " are also available o through the the DLI website. An example National Digital Library of a book available is [http://oudlIndia, see next section.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/2228 ''Fatehgarh And The Mutiny''] by C L Wallace 1933
The texts are available as pdfs In January 2017 many (but not all) of the book files, from the then Digital Library of India were uploaded to downloadthe Internet Archive (Archive.org). An example of the URL for an Internet Archive book file is https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97227
The OUDL site appears to be available only during Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm)Noted in October 2020, according files were uploaded to this [httpthe Archive.org which were files from the previous Digital Library of India. An example of the URL for an Archive.org book file uploaded at that time is https://www.sanskritdocumentsarchive.org/scannedbooks link] (sanskritdocumentsdetails/dli.ernet.org) (IST = GMT+5:30)238435
==Family History Books==* [http://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/A portal sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, with the aim of providing a single window searchfacility.do?vid=FHD_PUBLIC Website]Hosted by FamilySearch this It is a searchable site containing over 40not immediately clear which other digital libraries have contributed content,000 family history related books but includes content from seven major US Librariesthe previous Digital Library of India, and also Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) and South Asia Archive. This The latter is a subscription website (with a red lock icon) and access to it through NDLI is limited to "all the UGC colleges in India". For non Indian residents the viewing of content will generally need to be via the website of the contributing institutions, as it appears to register with NDLI, you need to be an Indian resident at an ongoing projecteducational institution. All database sources with a red lock icon require registration. However you can access content from the previous Digital Library of India, (which shows a green lock icon) although it may be slow and the Internet Archive (Archive.org) may be preferable for those DLI files also uploaded to Archive.org.
If the catalogue reference indicates 'Public access', you can download the book file to your home computer. If the catalogue reference indicates 'Protected access', the material is accessible on a Family History ==DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library computer at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]] The protected status extends to books which are subject to copyright laws and, therefore, restrictions on usage applies. (See ==*[httpshttp://familysearchdspace.org/learn/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Online_Book_Collection_FAQs explanations on websitewbpublibnet.gov.in Website] for further details).
An example of a 'Public access' book available is the [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1931667?availability=Logan%20Utah%20FamilySearch%20Library 'DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library'Indian Army List'' April 1921] is the Digital repository of the ‘West Bengal Public Library Network’ which is a joint effort of public Libraries of West Bengal. The texts are available as a free (large (99MB)) pdf type searchable pdfs to download (located, if the given link is not permanent, by [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search searching the Library catalogue]).
There may The most useful volumes appear to be those under the heading Gazetteers and Gazeeters. Browse ‘Subjects’and select ‘Gazetteers”. In addition to various Gazetteers, there are editions of the ''Calcutta Gazette'', 1846 and 1872- 1942 (broken range) and the ''Gazette of India'' 1877-1918 (broken series). The site also hosts the Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas download problems during maintenance night time 1914 by Utah Time (Utah Time=GMT less seven hours)L.S. Try again at another timeS. O'Malley
An Adobe Acrobat reader is required for Some of the digital files from West Bengal State Central Library are now available at the Internet Archive (archive.org), refer above, as part of the [https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia Public Library of India Collection].==Digital Library of the West Bengal Secretariat==*[http://wbsl.gov.in/homePage.action Website] The website advises "The West Bengal Secretariat Library at Writers''Indian Army List'' April 1921Building, Kolkata, so is probably generally requiredone of the oldest and largest library under Government of West Bengal". [http://wbsl.gov.in/aboutUs.action About Us] sets out the main holdings of the Library.
Examples of books available Note that is necessary to download include be ''Gazetteer of Kangra District-Parts II to IV Kulu, Lahul and Spiti'signed in' 1897, ''Official Account of the Abor Expedition 1911-12'' 1913, both listed under "Books-Indian Subcontinent" and under "Journals" many editions of ''The Indian Forester''. ==Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee==*to [[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace WebsiteFamilySearch]Bhagirathi, in the [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/158 Archives collection of the Central Library] of to access the Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee has books and documents relating to Rourkee and Engineering, and some Gazetteers, which may be downloaded as pdfs. Most of these are large book files.
==Digitised Books from can also be accessed through the GIPE, Pune==*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.acfamilysearch.in/jspui/handleorg/1catalog/4 Websitesearch FamilySearch Catalog]Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune ([[Poona]]). Pdfs to downloadwhich also contains additional books which are digitised FamilySearch microfilms from various sources.
The website contains a number of Gazetteers which may be located by using Gazetteer as If the Digital Library catalogue reference indicates "Access Level Public", you can read the search term. Other books available book online, and it is also possible to download , either a specific page, or the entire include ''Chronicles of book file. If the East India Company trading to Chinacatalogue reference indicates "Access Level Protected", it is not stated who, if anyone, 1635 to 1835'' by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926can access the book. [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/jspui/handle/1/7063 For members of the public, the Volume 1]access message is "Due to copyright restrictions, [http://dspacethis book cannot be viewed online".gipeThere are limited number of books where the Access Level is "Member Permission" where the access message is "This book may only be viewed online at the Family History Library, a family history center, or one of FamilySearch’s partner libraries".ac.in/jspui/handle/1/7065 Volume 2]The material is accessible on a Family History Library computer, see [[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/jspui/handle/1/7066 Volume 3FamilySearch Centres], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/jspui/handle/1/7067 Volume 4], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/jspui/handle/1/7134 Volume 5: Supplementary, 1742–74]
==Rare Books On Sindh==*[http://www.panhwar.com/rarebooks/Books.htm Website]This link is part of Some books which which are digitised FamilySearch microfilms which were filmed in institutions such as the British Library, even if the website [http://www.panhwar.com Panhwar.com] about SindhMany books on Bombay and Sindh. Must would otherwise not be downloaded subject to viewcopyright restrictions, can only be viewed at [[FamilySearch Centres]], or perhaps also at FamilySearch Affiliate libraries.
==Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection==*An example of a "Public access" book available is the [httphttps://digitalcommonswww.unlfamilysearch.eduorg/search/catalog/afghanenglish Website]1931667 ''Indian Army List'Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English''' from April 1921] which may be read online, or downloaded. This is the link through the Main Catalogue. URL though the Digital Library is https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/286965-indian-army-list-april-1921 and if you want to save the link to a particular page, say digital page 161, the format for that page is https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/286965/161, see the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at Share icon on the University far right hand side of Nebraska-Lincolnthe book reader.
==Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online==
*[http://statelibrary.kerala.gov.in/rarebooks/index.php Website]
Click on 'Archives' and then 'Titles' to browse the books available. Many editions of the ''Travancore Almanac'' 1880-1925, ''Travancore Almanac and Directory'' 1911-1944 and ''Travancore Directory'' 1939-1946 are available.
It appears that the Search facility can be used to search for titles, or for keywords
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Various websites provide access to digitised copies of books. Most are '''free'''. Online books can contain a wealth of useful material with the added bonus of often having the ability to search the text. '''You will find many links to online books across the FIBIwiki. Use the Search at the top of this page to locate pages of interest'''.
Please note that links to historical books are provided as an information and research tool and FIBIS cannot verify the accuracy of such works nor guarantee they are free from bias. Readers are advised to note the date of any historical books and assess the material accordingly.
See also:
*[[:Category:Online books]] including**[[Directories online]]**[[Newspapers and journals online]]**[[Military periodicals online]]
*[[:Category:Recommended reading|Recommended reading]]
==Google Books==
*[http://books.google.com/ Website]. A link to the Search.
'''Google Books''' is an online repository of digitised books scanned from libraries around the world. Books that are labelled 'Full View' can be read in their entirety and pdf copies can be saved to your computer.
Books may be viewed in a one page, or two pages side by side, format. The icons are in the top left hand corner. If you are viewing a book in the two pages side by side format, you may not be able to scroll through the book. If this occurs, you will need to change back to the one page format to scroll.
Currently (2018/3) [https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/43729?hl=en Search Help] includes links to Advanced Search and information about how to download a book if you want to save a copy rather than read it online. If you want to download a book file, look for "eBook - Free" on the left hand side of the webpage. Sometimes the Google Books Search or Advanced Search may not locate a book and you may find a Google Search using the search terms site:books.google and the book name may locate the book file. If still unsuccessful and you have full details of the book try browsing in Google Books
[http://books.google.com/sitemap/Sitemap/Unclassified.html Sitemap/Unclassified] Select year of publication, then the first letter of the exact title. There are also other categories in the Sitemap.
===FIBIS resources===
===FIBIS on Google Books===
FIBIS has a Google Books library with books on topics related to its aims. The library is currently still growing.
*View the [http://www.google.com/books?hl=en&uid=4345922024743697884 FIBIS Google Books Library]
=== Searching for and reading books in The Internet Archive site ===
The Internet Archive has the texts of more than six million out-of-copyright texts on its siteand Open Library offers over 8, either for reading online or downloading for personal use000,000 fully accessible public domain eBooks. These notes aim to help you retrieve what you are looking for.
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If you chose PDF (Google.com) choose the one indicated you will be taken able to a Google Books pageread the text in book form. Look for Use the “wheel” icon icons at the top bottom right of thepage and click on the small triangle screen to move between pages or change the right of it. In the dropdown menu, click on the bottom choice, and follow theinstructionslayout.
If you have any problems please email [mailto:jgdc99@gmail.com John Carpenter]
'''[https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us Internet Archive Help Center]''' (Archive.org page). For texts, click on the section Archive.org
*Scroll to "Search" for Search Tips which includes the section "How do I sort search results", the latter in Search - A Basic Guide
*Scroll to "Books and Texts Information"
*Scroll to "Borrowing From The Lending Library". Some books are only available to read using a system similar to a lending library - only one person at a time is able to read the book. Includes information about signing up for an archive.org account, which is necessary to read books in the Lending Library.
: The "default" borrowing time period is one hour. Additionally, some books are also available for a 14 day period. The latter option may be displayed, or for some books, there is a downward arrow icon on the "Borrow for 1 hour" heading, which can be clicked on to show a 14 day borrowing option, which can be selected if required. For books which can only be borrowed for 1 hour, the book may be re-borrowed at the expiry of that time.
*Archive BitTorrents. Some books are available to read using this format. See Files, Formats and Derivatives/Archive BitTorrents
Video presentation [https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/rtc2021/session/navigating-the-internet-archive Navigating the Internet Archive] by Alexis Rossi from 2021 RootsTech, FamilySearch. Direct [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCcRM0Z72GA YouTube video].
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==HathiTrust Digital Library==
*[https://www.hathitrust.org Website]
*Watch a YouTube video for details of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i_eh-ZBJKg the new book reader introduced July 2021].
The website has in the past advised :
:"HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future."
Many of the online books originate from Google Books, but there are some volumes available which are not available on the Google Books website.
The books are available to read online, but can only be downloaded to your computer if you are associated with a participating institution. An advantage is that the pages may be rotated, which is a handy feature for the pages in some books, particularly Army Lists
There are some books which are Searchable, but are not generally available to read online due to copyright issues, unless you are a member of a participating institution, but note some members may '''not''' have access to in-copyright material. Most of these institutions are located in USA, but other institutions (at 2020/09) are: Australia: Australian National University, Canberra ACT; Monash University, Clayton Campus, Vic; University of New South Wales, Sydney and University of Sydney, NSW; University of Queensland, Brisbane; New Zealand, University of Auckland; Spain, Complutense University of Madrid; Lebanon, American University of Beirut. Enquire whether visitors are able to access the HathiTrust Digital Library database, and whether that includes in-copyright publications. [https://www.hathitrust.org/community HathiTrust Members]
==British Library Digital Collection==
*See [[British Library#Digitised books|British Library - Digitised books]]
==Project Gutenberg==
Over 30,000 free electronic books to download. The books available are out of copyright, so there are many dating from the 19th century. They are available in Plain text (.txt) format, having been OCR scanned and carefully checked by volunteers.
==Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Library of IndiaDataset==*[http://www.new1.dli.ernetpahar.in Website]This dataset consists of a collection of books, journals and maps related broadly to the Himalayas and its outlying attached ranges, available as pdf downloads. The categories include "Indian Subcontinent", Afghanistan, Nepal, "Tibet And China", and books, journals and maps are listed according to date of publication.
Examples of books available to download include ''Gazetteer of Kangra District-Parts II to IV Kulu, Lahul and Spiti''1897, ''Digital Library Official Account of Indiathe Abor Expedition 1911-12''' has 1913, both listed under "Books-Indian Subcontinent" and under "Journals" many interesting books editions of whose titles you can see if you search using words such as Bengal, Calcutta , Madras and Bombay''The Indian Forester''. However to actually view these books you will need to download From c July 2020 the website was some months unavailable mid/end of the month with a plug-in message "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded" but was then available from the beginning of the next month. From 18 January 2021 some but not all, PAHAR files have been uploaded to read the TIFF format Internet Archive (Archive.org) as part of the Collection "Historical Resources of India", and currently, at 23 January 2021, [httphttps://wwwarchive.alternatifforg/details/IndiaHistory?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22pahar.com/installin%22&sort=-ie Alternatiffpublicdate latest upload date] for Windows users and is 21 January 2021. Perhaps there will be more uploads in the future. ==Digitised Books from GIPE, Pune==*[httphttps://fredrikdspace.gipe.hubbeac.netin/plugger.html Pluggerxmlui/handle/10973/17705 Website]Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune ([[Poona]] for Linux users) whose details you will also find within the website. Books available include volumes of the ''Calcutta Review'' published later than those available on Google Books, books in the Indian Records Series, Yearbooks etcPdfs to download.
Many volumes have been uploaded to the Internet Archive, Archive.org, commencing 28 February 2020 (but currently 9 March 2020 not all) in the collection [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Central+Secretariat+Library%22&sort=Osmania University Digital -publicdate "Central Secretariat Library [OUDL"]==.
==National =DLI history===The Digital Library of Singapore: Singapore Digitised Books==India had many interesting books which were unavailable online elsewhere.*[http://sgebooksA new website was introduced in the latter part of 2015, where all the digital book files were Adobe pdfs.nlPreviously the website had used TIFF format.sg Website] Books <br>January 2017. Roughly 80% of the books from the Digital Library of India became available on the Internet Archive (Archive.org). These books may be read online, in addition to the download include: options.<br>c May 2017. Digital Library of India website no longer available due to maintenance and other issues. The last message on the website advised the website is closed to remove books still in copyright.:*[http://sgebooks<br>June 2017.nl A large number of DLI books added to Archive.sg/googlecseorg appeared to have since been delated.aspx?q=Directories&start=0&cx=006597985428264677513Roughly 67%3Awzo_av3kkyw&cof=FORID%3A11#914 Directories for Singapore] for of the years 1853-1957total DLI books appeared to remain.<br>September 2017. Further DLI books appeared to have been delated from Archive.org, 1859-1861and the collection was renamed the "Public Library of India" Collection.<br> c September 2018. DLI website is available with reduced content, 1867-1870, 1875, 1877,1879, 1881with no books published after 1900. There It is also an 1821 Directory for Prince of Wales Island (Penang)now necessary to register to download books.:*[http://sgebooks<br> c October 2020.nlFiles originating from DLI are being uploaded to Archive.sg/details/03_10055c4org.html These appear to be The stranger's guide to Singapore with maps] 1890files which were not previously uploaded.
==Cornell University National Digital Library: South East Asia Visionsof India==*[httphttps://digitalndl.libraryiitkgp.cornellac.edu/s/sea/index.php in Website]The website says: '''South East Asia Visions''' is a collection of European travel accounts of pre-modern Southeast Asia from Cornell University Library's John M. Echols Collection. The site provides online access to more than 350 books and journal articles written in English and French. The works in the collection were selected for the quality of their first-hand observations and, together, provide a comprehensive representation of Southeast Asia.
==Panjab Digital Library==
It is necessary to register to read more than the first few pages of each online book. The collection includes a number of [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazetteer&x=16&y=12 Punjab District Gazetteers] (The spelling also includes [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazeteer&x=20&y=9 Gazeteer]/ [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazetter&typebox=1 Gazetter]/ [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazeetter&x=13&y=9 Gazeetter])
==PaharSani Panhwar.com==*[http://sanipanhwar.com Website] Scroll down to collection of books on Sindh and Vicinity, and General Books. With link to**[http://sanipanhwar.com/reaebooks.html Rare Books] including Administration Reports on various topics.This link is part of the website [http://www.panhwar.com Panhwar.com] about Sindh.Many books on Bombay and Sindh. Pdf format. A few books (as at 2020/10/17) from this collection have been uploaded to the Internet Archive (Archive.org) by member [https://archive.org/details/@panhwar panhwar] including [https://archive.org/details/1950-while-memory-serves-by-tuker/mode/2up ''While Memory Serves''] by Lieut.-Mountains General Sir Francis Tuker. Digital reprint edition reproduced by Sani H Panhwar, originally published 1950. ==Tamil Virtual Library==Tamil Virtual Library, a Division of Tamil Virtual Academy.*[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in Website] For examples of books and newspapers included on the Tamil Virtual Library, see [[Cemeteries# Inscriptions in online books|Cemeteries - Inscriptions in online books]] and [[Newspapers and journals online# Madras Courier|Newspapers and journals online - Madras Courier]]. Some, but not all, books from this Digital Library are also available as mirror versions on the Internet Archive (Archive.org). However, '''none''' of the previously mentioned publications are currently (2019/07/13) available on Archive.org. ==Kerala State Central Asia Digital DatasetLibrary Rare Books Online==*[http://paharstatelibrary.kerala.gov.in /rarebooks/index.php Website] Click on 'Archives' and then 'Titles' to browse the books available. Many editions of the ''Travancore Almanac'' 1880-1925, ''Travancore Almanac and Directory'' Website1911-1944 and ''Travancore Directory'' 1939-1946 are available. It appears that the Search facility can be used to search for titles, or for keywords. Many, perhaps all, of the book files are now available on the Internet Archive (Archive.org), refer above, added c September 2018, as part of the [https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia Public Library of India Collection] . This dataset consists ==Archaeological Survey of India, Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi==*[https://asi.nic.in/central-archaeological-library/ Central Archaeological Library] with a link to a collection List of digitised books, journals which may however be incomplete, and maps related broadly a**[https://asi.nic.in/book-search/ Book Search] which however at a recent access (2020/07/27) was not working. Previously there were pdf files to download, but it is not clear whether this is still possible directly from the website. If however you have the ASI catalogue reference, you can derive a pdf URL in the Himalayas format http://ignca.nic.in/Asi_data/31295.pdf '''Some''' of these digital files are now also available at the Internet Archive (archive.org), see above, a collection [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Archeological+Survey%22&sort=-date subject:'''"Archeological Survey"'''] as part of the [https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia Public Library of India Collection], with a Internet Archive URL in the format https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31291 Some editions of ''Bengal, Past and Present'' from the ASI Library are available online at the Government of India website [https://indianculture.gov.in Indian Culture], see the Fibiwiki page [[Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society]]. ==Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani. Pay/subscription==*[https://granthsanjeevani.com/jspui/ Website] The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani database currently includes over twenty thousand digitised books in English from its outlying attached rangesown collection, including some not apparently online elsewhere, in addition to digitised newspapers, including an almost complete run of the ''Bombay Chronicle'' (1913-1959). Also included are some editions of ''The Pioneer'', Allahabad. A paid personal or institutional membership is required to access the contents. Note however, in 2020 mirror versions of many books were uploaded to the Internet Archive (Archive.org), a free website, in the [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Granth+Sanjeevani%22&sort=-publicdate Granth Sanjeevani Collection], part of the Public Library of India Collection. It appears editions of ''The Pioneer'', Allahabad were '''not''' uploaded (as at 2020/10/22) ==National Library of Singapore: BookSG==*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/index.htm Website]See the Fibiwiki page [[Singapore# Historical books online|Singapore]] for examples of some of the digital books available from BookSG. ==Cornell University Library: South East Asia Visions==*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu Website]The website says: '''South East Asia Visions''' is a collection of European travel accounts of pre-modern Southeast Asia from Cornell University Library's John M. Echols Collection. The site provides online access to more than 350 books and journal articles written in English and French. The works in the collection were selected for the quality of their first-hand observations and, together, provide a comprehensive representation of Southeast Asia. ==FamilySearch Digital Library==Previously known as pdf downloadsFamily History Books from FamilySearch*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/ Website]. To access the books.*[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/digital-library FamilySearch Digital Library] Includes Helpful Resources. From [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library]/Family History Library Collection. Contact email is <nowiki>DigitalLibrary@familysearch.org</nowiki>*[https://www.familysearch. The categories include org/blog/en/family-history-books/ "Indian SubcontinentIs Your Family in the Updated Digital Library?"] FamilySearch blog 5 April 2019. Details some of the functions available.*FamilySearch Help articles**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-find-a-digitized-book-in-the-familysearch-digital-library How do I find a digitized book in the FamilySearch Digital Library?]**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/what-are-the-icons-on-the-familysearch-digital-library-book-viewer What are the icons on the FamilySearch Digital Library book viewer?]**[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/the-online-book-that-i-was-reading-in-the-famlysearch-digital-library-timed-out The online book that I was reading in the FamlySearch Digital Library timed out] Hosted by FamilySearch, Afghanistanthis is a searchable site containing many family history related books from a number of major US Libraries. In addition there are now many books which are mirror copies from the Internet Archive, NepalArchive.org, "Tibet And China"(see above), (where you may prefer the and booksonline viewing format, journals and maps downloads are listed according to date of publicationpossible), added February 2019. This is an ongoing project.
==Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek==
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de Website]
The website (at May 2014) states stated "Please find here 2,115 institutions currently registered with the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. The number of partners is rising all the time and, in the long term, all German cultural and scientific institutions are to contribute their contents". By August 2017, the number of institutions had increased to 4348.
Search results may be filtered according to Language, Media type etc
You can view a volume by clicking on either “Data provider's object view” or "DFG Viewer". The first option takes you to the contributing institution's website, where you will generally find a pdf download in addition to the online book file. The second viewer appears to be a "standard" viewer across all institutions.
==Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Bavarian State Library==
*[httphttps://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Aktuelles-aus-der-Bayerischen-Staatsbibliothek.14+M57d0acf4f16.0.html en/ Website][https://opacpluswww.bsb-muenchen.de/metaopacen/search.do?methodToCall=start -and-service/searching-and-finding/ Search] for books and maps. The search result will indicate whether the item is available online. It is understood most of the online books are also available on the Google Books website. If searching for maps, use the search term plan in addition to map. There is a digital category [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/ausgaben/uni_ausgabe.html?projekt=1352889503&recherche=ja&ordnung=sig Karten und Pläne]. The search here is however limited to title words. Some maps were located using the words India, Calcutta and Indus. The maps (and possibly even the books) may use a Tiff TIFF format. If so you may need a plug-incannot see the images, see [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more detailsyou will need to download suitable software.
==Savifadok- Heidelberg University==
Savifadok: English Books from British India collection, Heidelberg University Digital Repository, South Asian Studies. Currently (September 2013} consists of a small collection. The website also contains other items such as [http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/volltexte/2009/254 Burma/Myanmar Bibliographic Project: A Collection of Publications in West-European Languages] by Siegfried M. Schwertner. An extensive bibliography, with separate downloads for each letter of the alphabet.
==South Asia Open Archives (SAOA), part of JSTOR.org==
[https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/ Website]
South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) is hosted on JSTOR.org as part of the library-contributed Open Access collections on JSTOR.
While there are some digitised books, the main content appears to be official reports and journals. Those in English include [https://www.jstor.org/site/SAOA/SouthAsiaOpenArchivesSAOA/LandSettlementReports-26610308/ Land Settlement Reports], [https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/report-native-papers-bombay-presidency-berar-26318836/ Report on native papers published in the Bombay presidency and Berar, for the week ending...] 1874-1880; [https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/report-native-papers-1876-1916-26318835/ Report on native papers for the week ending ...] Calcutta, Bengal 1876-1916; [https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/selections-vernacular-newspapers-26318842/ Selections from the Vernacular Newspapers Published in the Panjab, North-Western Provinces, Oudh, Central Provinces and Berar] 1881-1901; [https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/selections-native-newspapers-26318838/ Selections from the native newspapers published in the United Provinces of Agra & Oudh] 1903-1912. There are Census reports from 1871 to 1951, and trade related reports.
==Gallica==
*[http://gallica.bnf.fr Website]
There are a surprisingly large number of English books, especially scientific journals, and travelogues. Somebody in France was systematically collecting these throughout the early and mid 19th century. There was an earlier version of the "Great Game" going on between Britain and France. My 4 x great uncle John Croft Hawkins, a Bombay Marine officer, took the first steam vessel up the Euphrates to Hit in what is now Iraq. I knew he had done this, because it is mentioned in his obituaries, but do you think I could find an account of it in the British papers? No, either it was so "secret" that the papers were hidden away and lost, or the ants had got it. Yet I have found a nearly contemporary French account of his progess! I have found books in Galica that are not available in Google Books, and some that are only Snippet View in Google Books are available in Full View.
==Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection==
*[https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/afghanuno/index.html Website]
'''Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English''' from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
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