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The Lilly Library is the principal rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library of Indiana University, Bloomington. It is part of the IU Bloomington Libraries. Admission is always free and the library is open everyone, affiliation with Indiana University is not required.

Together, the distinct collections that comprise The Making of Modern Law cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and dig deep into the legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia, and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary. Encompassing a range of analytical, theoretical, and practical literature, these collections support and complement the traditional study of law by featuring valuable books from the most influential legal writers throughout history.

The Making of the Modern World contains books, pamphlets, serials, and essays that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth.

The first full-length study of the Minerva Press.

A museum and independent research library located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints.

The National Archives, based in London.

Digital Collections is the National Library of Medicine's free online repository of biomedical resources including books, manuscripts, still images, videos, and maps.

The Toronto Public Library provides free and equitable access to services which meet the changing needs of Torontonians. The Library preserves and promotes universal access to a broad range of human knowledge, experience, information and ideas. Used as a source if a physical copy is consulted.

City-wide library services are provided through Toronto Public Library’s network of 100 branches. It has over 12 million items in its collection. Used as a source if the item is part of their digital collection.

The Library at the Ulster University holds a significant number of Special Collections which will be of interest to researchers locally, nationally and internationally, including The Henry Davis Collection, The Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Library Collection, and The Magee Rare Books.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library (UNC) provides collections, expertise, services, and facilities that are essential to achieving the University’s mission of research, teaching, learning, and public service for the campus community, state, nation, and world.

Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), at the University of British Columbia Library, houses significant collections of rare books, archival materials, historic maps, photographs, broadsides and pamphlets. The principal focus of the collections is British Columbia: history, exploration, settlement, business, politics, ethnicity, and labour. 

The University of Wisconsin Digitized Collections (UWDC) were established in the summer of 2001. The Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL) and UW System’s Office of Learning & Information Technology created the UWDC to provide quality digital resources from its academic libraries to UW faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state, and scholars at large. The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC) was formed to be the utility that digitizes, provides access to, and maintains digital projects. Since that time, the UWDCC has digitized over two-million objects, developed and implemented technologies to enhance digital collections, and partnered with a variety of content providers to create illustrative and valuable digital resources.

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is Harvard University's flagship library. The library's holdings, which include works in more than one hundred languages, comprise comprehen­sive research collec­tions in the humanities and social sciences.

Online encyclopedia.

The UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is a rare book and manuscript library that is open to all researchers who wish to conduct research with its holdings. The Library specializes in the study of England and Western Europe from the Tudor period through the long eighteenth century and from the mid-Victorian to late Edwardian periods, with a focus on Oscar Wilde and his circle. Other collection strengths include modern book arts; fine printing and the history of the book; and Montana and the West.