All Collections

DLPS provides access to over 200 text, image, and finding aid collections that collectively provide access to over a million digital objects.

List of All Collections | Texts | Images | Finding Aids

DLPS Featured Collections

(Michigan Digitization Project)

MBooks, also known as the Michigan Digitization Project, is the system that provides access, via the library catalog Mirlyn, to digital books and journals scanned by the Library and as part of the Google Books projects. We are currently working on developing additional functionality that will include improved accessibility and the ability for users to create collections.

More about MBooks | Example (The Abolition of Poverty, ca.1914)

Advanced Papyrological Information System

APIS is a "virtual library," created and maintained by the University of Michigan and other universities to provide online access to papyrological collections. Users are able to view digital images and detailed catalog records containing information on papyrus characteristics, corrections to published papyri, and republications.

Collection home | Example (Letters of Saint Paul, ca. 3rd Century A.D.)

Michigan County Histories and Atlases

The Michigan County Histories and Atlases Digitization Project is comprised of 362 digitized titles (many composed of multiple volumes) published before 1923. The collection offers all members of the community free keyword searching and page-by-page access to digitized reproductions of Michigan county histories and atlases as a resource for historical and genealogical research.

Collection home | Example (Atlas of the state of Michigan, ca. 1873)

Making of America

Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

Collection home | Example (Bees and Bee Keeping, 1860)

OAIster

OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources and provides access to over 12 million resources from over 800 different repositories - including images, text, audio, movies, and datasets.

Collection home

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