The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) offers convenient online access to over 2 million items including books, photos, video and audio from libraries, museums, and archives around the country. Content providers include the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, the New York Public Library, and various academic and regional libraries.
Search the collection by keyword, or browse by subject, place or date. Create an account (free) to save searches or items, or to create playlists.
Special online exhibits include Indomitable Spirits: Prohibition in the United States (learn the origin of the "Sidecar") and This Land Is Your Land: Parks and Public Spaces (see an amazing photo of a black bear looking into a car window at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park).
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Bear on side of car with photographer taking its picture, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Also check out the apps built on the DPLA platform. The StackLife app displays DPLA books as a vertical stack of books. The darker the blue book cover, the more times the book has been accessed. The thicker the book, the more pages it has. The longer the book, the older it is. Search by keyword, title, author or subject, and browse by scrolling through the stack. To start reading, simply click to select the book and choose "Read Book". Fun reads include classics by Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, and works by lesser-known authors including Shepherd's Across America by Motorcycle from 1922 and Long's Motor Camping from 1926.
Review by Rachael Smithey, SWC Librarian
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