Digital Collections and Archives

Did you know that you could visit some of the UK's best research materials without actually coming here?

There is a rich set of over 100 digitised Collections and Archives available online from UK institutions covering centuries of literature, art, science, politics and culture.

• Online access to research and learning resources hosted by top institutions in the UK and Ireland.
  
• Covering major events, ideas, discoveries, and dramatic changes in society following social and political upheaval.

Image from the Film publicity press book: Woman to woman, W&F Film Service, University of Exeter Digital Collections Online.

Who are the Collections and Archives for?

These digitised Collections and Archives are for scholars, teachers and interested individuals who wish to discover new information and become inspired about Arts and Humanities, Science and Social Sciences.

Online visitors can gain a rich learning experience through viewing a wide array of materials including rare and fragile documents, films, images and sound recordings.

The digitised resources, plus online research tools, are either open access or accessible for free to those who are visiting, working or studying at UK institutions. They represent just part of the extensive collections and archives available in the UK for research.

See below for links to individual collections and archives grouped according to four main themes.

• Arts, culture, media
• War and politics
• Science, health, environment
• Society and lifestyle

These collections have been digitized and made accessible through JISC.

Related Links

• Euraxess UK
• JISC Digital Collections