Multidisciplinary

This is the browse list of the digital collections at the
University of Michigan Library.

Dr. Joseph Needham was sent by the British Council to
Southwest China in February 1943, to aid the anti-Japanese
war effort there. He stayed until April 1946, by when he
had travelled extensively throughout Sichuan, Yunnan, and
other parts of South, Southwest and Northwest China that
was
not under Japanese occupation. He took over 1,000
photographs during the period, which have been digitized
and
made available online by the Needham Research Institute.

EThOS is the UK’s national open access thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK’s doctoral research theses. There are approximately 350,000 records relating to theses awarded by over 120 institutions. Around 120,000 of these also provide access to the full text thesis, either via download from the EThOS database or via links to the institution’s own repository. Of the remaining 250,000 records dating back to at least 1800, three quarters are available to be ordered for scanning through the EThOS digitisation-on-demand facility.

The HKU Scholars Hub is the current research information
system of The University of Hong Kong. As a key vehicle of
HKU's Knowledge Exchange Initiative, the Hub strives to
prmote HKU authors and their research.

HKU Theses Online is the open Access thesis database of Hong
Kong University.

This is a sub-collection of the Moving Image Archive (of the Internet Archive). It has digitized feature films, shorts, silent films, and trailers from around the world.

This digital library contains digital movies uploaded by users of the Internet Archive, which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

This searchable Flickr database contains over 12 million
historical copyright-free images (photos and drawings) that
are sourced from more than 600 million library book pages
scanned by the Internet Archive. Streaching half a
millennium (1500-1922), the vast range of images shows how
the portrayals of things have changed over. The database is
created by Kalev Leetaru, an American academic.

Edward Bangs Drew joined the Chinese Maritime Customs
Service in 1864 after earning his BA degree from Harvard.
In 1868, Drew was appointed a Commissioner of the Service, a
position he held for decades. During that time he collected
photographs that document clothing, customs, and daily life
in 19th century China, as well as Drew's life and career,
including family and social gatherings, public appearances,
and events and ceremonies.

The website lists a selection of Harvard Library digital
collections. Collections related to China and Asia have
already been highlighted on the list. Readers can visit the
website to explore collections concerning other areas.