Can you access the National Archives online?
National Archives Catalog It provides access to data, digitized records, selected series from Access to Archival Databases (AAD), over one million electronic records from the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), all of the web pages from Archives.gov, and all of the web pages from the Presidential Libraries.
What database records National?
The National Archives is Her Majesty’s Government’s official archive, “containing 1000 years of history from Domesday Book to the present”, with records from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites.
How do I get manuscripts from the British Library?
To consult the British Library’s main catalogue of manuscript material visit Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts. Selected images of illuminated manuscripts can be found in our Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts.
How do I access my archives online?
Try web searches for a city or state digital library, such as “Illinois digital library” or “Chicago digital library.” Search for the state library and archives commission (for instance, “Texas State Library and Archives”) to look for major state-wide digitization initiatives.
How do I find my archives online?
To search for websites on the Wayback Machine, enter the specific URL of the website into the search bar and select Search archived websites in the drop-down. Alternatively, click on the Web icon on the upper left side of the black bar. Enter the correct URL into the Wayback Machine search bar. Select the desired year.
How many archives are there in the UK?
This is a list of archives in the United Kingdom. As of 2009 there were 122 national, 654 local, 328 university, 1,224 special and 61 business archives.
Where can I find the UK government web archive?
The archived materials are kept in the UK Government Web Archive (UKGWA) which the members of the public can access online . The National Archives’ Operational Selection Policy OSP 27: UK Central Government Web Estate provides further detail.
What does web archiving do for the government?
Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web to ensure that the information is preserved in an archive for future researchers, historians, and the public. The National Archives carries out web archiving to preserve the websites and some social media accounts of central government.
Where can I find archived version of UKGWA website?
If you cannot find the archived version of a website in UKGWA, you can use the ‘Memento’ browser plugin to search across multiple web archives easily. We recommend using this plugin with the Chrome web browser.