Research Guides: Educational Technology: Digital Collections for the Classroom

Interdisciplinary Collections and Teaching Resources

Creative Commons
Creative Commons works with the organizations that are leaders in the content and knowledge sharing movement. Over 1.1 billions works have been shared across areas like arts & culture, open access, educational resources and OER, open data, legal, open science, policy & advocacy, and technology.
DPLA: Digital Public Library of America
DPLA partners with libraries and other cultural heritage institutions across the nation to provide free, digital access to materials.
HathiTrust
A large digital repository created as a collaborative effort from Google Books, Internet Archive, and a number of cultural heritage institutions.
Library of Congress
Provides large collection of materials and collections that can be used in the classroom.
National Archives
Provides large collection of materials that can be used in the classroom.
PBS Learning Media
Access thousands of free, innovative, standards-aligned and curriculum-targeted digital resources.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Discover resources, create collections or tools for assessment, and share your work and ideas with this valuable resource.

Subject-Specific Collections

There is a wide variety of subject-specific collections that are available online and can be used in the classroom. Looking for collections for a specific subject? Check out one of the pages below.

Resources Used in Rhode Island Schools

Ask RI
Provides quality reference services and resources to all Rhode Island residents.
RICAT
Although Salve students do not have access to books through the RI Catalog, it is a good resource for identifying appropriate collections, including reliable websites (Webpath Express).

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