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European Online Library: Europeana

More than 1,000 cultural organisations — including the British Library, the European Commission, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Louvre — are contributing material to Europeana, the European online library: “Internet users will be able to access more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archive documents, paintings and films. ” More at BBC today, [...]

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2008 11 21 digital media
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New Detective Fiction Database

Gumshoes, Sleuths & Snoopers, at the University of Buffalo Libraries, is a database that offers “an in-depth look at 185 detective and mystery novels originally published during the period 1930-1960.” Included is cover art and extremely detailed information about plot, motives, setting, characters, weaponry, violence level, ethnicity, sexuality, gender roles, etc. They’re looking for volunteers [...]

2008 04 29 booklists
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